Kevin Ireland

Ancestors

Son of G Ireland and Carolyn (Lewis) Kordt

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Biography

Kevin Ireland participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the 2024 Connect-a-Thon, and added 179 connections.

Kevin Ireland participated with Southern Super Sweepers during the 2023 Connect-a-Thon, and added 216 connections.

This profile is part of the Ireland Name Study.

This profile is part of the McCool Name Study.

Kevin Ireland is a member of the Ireland Name Study Project.

Kevin Ireland is a member of the McCool Name Study Project.

Kevin Ireland is a member of the Sollenberger Name Study Project.

Kevin Ireland is a member of the Hodges Name Study Project.

I was born in Boston in the early 1960s to an Ireland-surname father and Lewis mother; my father is living as of March 2023. I grew up in Michigan and have lived in Atlanta, GA since about 1984.

I've been a very active genealogy researcher since about 2015. My special focus is using AncestryDNA and Y-DNA tests to support or exclude conclusions made using traditional genealogy research.

DNA and Confirmation

Paternal line: Big Y-700 test

Kevin's Big Y-700 test results are available in FTDNA kit# B103907. As of Mar 2023, he's one of the three Ireland-surname tested men in the world in an R1a subclade, all of whom match. His current haplogroup is R-BY169453, a subclade of R-Z284, R-L448, and R-CTS4179. His direct paternal line is believed to descend from Vikings who colonized Scotland, Ireland, and Northern England.

One of his Y-DNA matches has tested at Y-500; they have a GD of 3 at Y-111. His final match is Y-25; all three men match at GD 0 at that level. All three men trace their lines back to the greater-Belfast area in the mid-1700s, but the exact relationship between them is unknown. Each of the three lines are well-supported individually by AncestryDNA tests.

These Y-DNA tests don't confirm individual ancestors, because we haven't found the connection between the three lines. However, the tests DO appear to confirm the Ireland-surname on each of the three lines back to Ulster in the 1700s.

Paternal lines: AncestryDNA tests

Kevin, Kevin's father, 3 aunts, and many of his father's first, second, third, and fourth cousins have all taken AncestryDNA tests. Results support all of our known relationships.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kevin Ireland and G Ireland, his father (direct ancestor). Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Parent, based on sharing 3455 cM across 27 segments.

Father: Kevin and his father, Ireland-1573, match on AncestryDNA with 3455cM, confirming their relationship.

Paternal grandparents: Kevin's father, Ireland-1573, and Kevin's aunt, Ireland-3468, match on AncestryDNA with 2898cM, confirming that they are full-siblings. This confirms that Harry Ireland and Clarease (Nichols) Ireland are Kevin's paternal grandparents.

Paternal grandfather's parents: Kevin's father, Ireland-1573, and his father's Ireland first-cousin, Ireland-3515, match on AncestryDNA at 760cM, confirming that they are full first-cousins. This confirms the relationship of Kevin to two of his great-grandparents, William Matthewson Ireland (1875-1959) and Eva May (Wright) Ireland (1879-1934)

Paternal grandmother's parents: Kevin's father, Ireland-1573, and his father's Nichols first-cousin, Bowers-7436, match on AncestryDNA at 937cM, confirming that they are full first-cousins. This confirms the relationship of Kevin to two of his great-grandparents, Clinton Wakefield Nichols (1885-1964) and Grace Annis (Gwartney) Nichols (1889-1983).

Maternal line: Big Y-700 test

Kevin's Lewis first cousin's Big Y-700 test is FTDNA kit# 890293. As of October 2020, his terminal haplogroup is I-L1272, a subclade of I-M223. He has a total of six Y-DNA matches (one Y-25, four Y-37, and one Y-111); all carry the Lewis surname. His Y-111 match has a GD of 7. The link between the men is not known, so while this confirms an unbroken Lewis line since at least the 1500s, it doesn't confirm our specific ancestors yet.

I-L1272 is considered to be an old line. We hope to have at least one of his matches upgrade their test to narrow down where the Lewis lines split.

Maternal line: AncestryDNA tests

Kevin's mother, uncle, and many of his mother's first, second, third, and fourth cousins have all taken AncestryDNA tests. Results support all of our known relationships - including Lewis back to the mid-1700s.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Kevin Ireland and Carolyn (Lewis) Kordt, his mother (direct ancestor). Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Parent, based on sharing 3438 cM across 32 segments.

Maternal grandparents: Kevin's mother, Lewis-26465, and Kevin's uncle, Lewis-42454, match on AncestryDNA with 2345cM, confirming that they are full-siblings. This confirms that Gilbert Lewis Sr and Margie (Hevenor) Lewis are Kevin's maternal grandparents.

Maternal grandfather's parents: Kevin's mother, Lewis-26465, and his mother's Lewis first-cousin, Bergquist-171, match on AncestryDNA at 1021cM, confirming that they are full first-cousins. This confirms the relationship of Kevin to two of his great-grandparents, Archibald Heber Lewis (1870-1955) and Bessie Hastings (Williams) Lewis (1870-1928).

Maternal grandmother's parents: Kevin's mother, Lewis-26465, and his mother's Hevenor first-cousin, Klein-6076, match on AncestryDNA at 902cM, confirming that they are full first-cousins. This confirms the relationship of Kevin to two of his great-grandparents, Winfield Scott Hevenor (1875-1972) and Lillian Fredericka (Reineck) Hevenor (1874-1959).

Maternal line: mtDNA

Kevin's maternal second cousin, who strongly matches all of our extended family on AncestryDNA, has taken an mtDNA test. Although we track our common direct maternal line back about 8 generations, there are no known other testers within a genealogical period. Therefore, these results neither support nor disprove our current understanding of our family line.

AncestryDNA Studies

AncestryDNA Matches Among Siblings

This study analyzes the amount of DNA (and matches) shared by several small sets of siblings.

Active Research Projects - Paternal Line

I'm probably working on too many things at once, but here are some of them.

Ireland Surname Study

Unfortunately, WikiTree directs the tag Ireland to country information and provides no way to tag the Ireland surname. I'm technically the leader of the WikiTree Ireland surname one-name study but without a way to direct people to it I've invested very little time outside of my own line.

McCool Name Study

Wright, Wilson, Hodges, and Allied Families through Hart Co KY

Descendants of Thomas Hodges and Susannah Bomar

Although we don't know the parents of my ancestor Elizabeth (Hodges) Wright (abt.1825-1870), we believe she is the granddaughter of Thomas and Susannah. The goal of this project is to identify the connection.

Active Research Projects - Maternal Line

Lewis Name Study - Y Haplogroup I-L1272

We had great results from a Big Y-700 test from my Lewis maternal first cousin. He had multiple matches all with Lewis-surname men. It appears that we descend from a Lewis line that lived in southeast England in the 1500s.

Kevin's Free Spaces on WikiTree

Note that many of these are under construction; some are duplicative.

• Kevin's Free Spaces
• WikiTree Tips
• Connect-a-Thon Strategies for Ireland-1445

To Do List

I keep track of a variety of genealogy tasks on my To Do List.

Semi-Private Database Information

Genealogy Database Details

Sources

I have access to extensive written genealogies on my mother's side:

1) A Lewis Genealogy: the record of 12 generations of the Lewis direct lineage from John Lewis I of Bossenden-in-Blean, Kent, England

2) The ancestors and descendants of Ebenezer and Martha Porter Williams of Painesville, OH

I also have very well-researched genealogies on my father's side:

1) Descendants of Robert Ireland, born in Belfast in 1765.