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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Patrick by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Patrick:
I think that the history of this area supports my research on this Hughes family. In 1801, Monaghan Town had Rossmore Estate,. There was the Ulster Canal through Monaghan linking the River Blackwater at Moy with the River Erne near Clones was built between 1825 and 1842. By the time it was completed, competition in the form of the Ulster Railway from Belfast to Clones was already under construction. The canal was never a commercial success and was formally abandoned in 1931.
The Ulster Railway linked Monaghan with Armagh and Belfast in 1858 and with the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway at Clones in 1863. Map 8 It became part of the Great Northern Railway in 1876.The partition of Ireland in 1922 turned the boundary with County Armagh into an international frontier.
The Ulster Railway linked Monaghan with Armagh and Belfast in 1858 and with the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway at Clones in 1863. Map 8 It became part of the Great Northern Railway in 1876.The partition of Ireland in 1922 turned the boundary with County Armagh into an international frontier.