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The tree below shows the ancestors of Edward and Kerry O'Brien Biggins.

Of the 64 great great great grandparents for Edward and Kerry, 32 are Irish, 16 are Lebanese, 8 are German, 4 are Swiss, 2 are French, 2 are British.

Their children, therefore, are one-half Irish, one-fourth Lebanese, one-eighth German, 1/16th Swiss, 1/32nd French, 1/32nd British.

Jennie Mae Duprey was an 8th cousin of Calvin Coolidge, who served as the 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929. (See arrow on the left-hand side of the tree.) Kerry is 8th cousin of Calvin Coolidge, three times removed.

John Coolidge 1604-1691
Born in Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England. Emigrated to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635
BrothersNathaniel Coolidge 1636-1711Simon Coolidge 1632-1693
1st cousinsJohn Coolidge 1674-1755Obadiah Coolidge Sr. 1663-1706
2nd cousinsJonathan Pratt 1701-1788 m. Deborah Coolidge 1711-1793Obediah Coolidge Jr. 1695-1741
3rd cousinsIsaac Town 1733-1775 m. Huldah Pratt 1739-1796Josiah Coolidge 1718-1780
4th cousinsJonathan Harris 1760-1830 m. Huldah Town 1759- John Coolidge 1756-1822
5th cousinsIsaac Harris 1788-1876 m. Esther Bickford 1796-1887Calvin Coolidge 1780-1853
6th cousinsWilliam Richard Cockle 1816-1887 m. Phoebe Harris 1822-1895Calvin Galusha Coolidge 1815-1878
7th cousinsB. Frank Duprey 1857-1943 m. Jane E. Cockle 1851-1874John Calvin Coolidge 1845-1926
8th cousinsLawrence Lynch Hayes 1860-1943 m. Jennie Mae Duprey 1862-1927President Calvin Coolidge 1872-1933
Removed 1Leo O'Brien 1895-1957 m. Mabel Mary Hayes 1890-1975
Removed 2Daniel O'Brien 1933-2020 m. Sandra Corey
Removed 3Kerry

Through Y-chromosome DNA testing, the deep ancestry of five of the 32 great great great grandfathers have been identified through Y-chromosome DNA testing as descending from: Clan Colla, Old Saxony, Breassal Breac, Niall of the Nine Hostages, and Brian Boru. (See links on the right-hand side of the tree.)

Immigrants in italics Patrick and Bridget Biggins Irish Flag Clan Colla
Philip and Sarah McNally Biggins
James and Bridget McNally Irish Flag
Leslie and Emily Foy Biggins
Dominick and Anne Walsh Foy Irish Flag
John and Mary Stanton Foy
William and Bridget O'Malley Stanton Irish Flag
John Alfred and Jane Drueke Biggins
Wilhelm and Bernardina Heller Drüeke German Flag Old Saxony
William and Elizabeth Berles Drueke
Franz and Regina Green Berles German Flag Celtic
William and Rose Smith Drueke
John and Mary Augusta Schickell Schmitt German Flag
Cris J. and Christine Koch Smith
William and Theresa Fassnacht Koch German Flag
Peter and Marilyn Carroll Biggins
Thomas and Mary Carroll Carroll Irish Flag Breassal Breac
Edward and Catherine Higgins Carroll
John and Catherine Condon Higgins Irish Flag
David and Emma Starke Carroll
Unknown Starke Swiss Flag
George and Kathryn Meyers Starke
Petro and Maria Alleman Wittenmeier Swiss Flag
Edward and Henrietta Kenny Carroll
Unknown Kenny Irish Flag
James and Mary Hartigan Kenny
Unknown Hartigan Irish Flag
James and Charlotte McDonald Kenny
Daniel and Eliza Young McDonald Irish Flag Cenel Moain
Daniel and Ellen Flannery McDonald
James and Mary Murray Flannery Irish Flag
Edward and Kerry O'Brien Biggins
Daniel and Ellen Barry O'Brien Irish Flag Brian Boru
Michael and Julia Coffey O'Brien
Michael and Ellen Ryan Coffee Coffey Irish Flag
Daniel and Bridget Keefe O'Brien
Unknown Keefe Irish Flag
Unknown Keefe
Unknown Irish Flag
Leo and Mabel Hayes O'Brien
John and Bridget Ryan Hayes Irish Flag
Lawrence and Mary Lynch Hayes
John and Mary Murphy Lynch Irish Flag
Cal 8th cousin → Lawrence and Jennie Duprey Hayes
C. John and Sophronie Laroque Dupres French Flag
Benjamin F. and Jane Cockle Duprey
William and Phebe Harris Cockle British (UK) Flag
Daniel and Sandra Corey O'Brien
Unknown Lebanese Flag
Unknown
Unknown Lebanese Flag
Dominic and Mary Augurson Corey
Unknown Lebanese Flag
Abraham Ellis and Sarah Eldella Augurson
Unknown Lebanese Flag
Eseph and Adelle Corey Corey
Unknown Corey Lebanese Flag
Unknown Corey
Unknown Lebanese Flag
Louis and Amelia Noah Corey
Unknown Lebanese Flag
Unknown
Unknown Lebanese Flag

Y-DNA Tree Back to R-L151 in Ukraine

Tester FTDNA kit Most Distant Known Ancestor Mutation Group, Year. Place, Steps from Adam
Most Recent Historical Shared
Paul Drueke, first cousin of Peter 230496 Johann Drücke (name originally Börger), b. 1743 in Elspe, Lennestadt, Olpe, Germany R-BY3323, 450 BC, Old Saxony, 51 steps R-Z381, 2700 BC, Old Saxony, 36 steps Saxon, R-U106,
3050 BC,
Poland,
32 steps
R-L151, 3050 BC,
Ukraine,
31 steps
James David Berles, second cousin of Peter, once removed 1019704 Adam Berles (Berlars), b. 1794 in Landenbeck, Eslohe, Hochsauerland, Germany R-FTC82590, 300 AD, England, 43 steps R-L21, 2650 BC, Southern England, 34 steps Celtic, R-P312,
2850 BC,
Southern Germany,
32 steps
Leo O'Brien, uncle of Kerry 1019704 Michael O'Brien, b. 1815 in Brough, County Cork, Ireland R-Y5610, 1050 AD, Munster, 51 steps Brian Boru, R-DC782, 900 AD, Munster, Ireland, 50 steps
Peter Biggins 127469 Patrick Biggins (Beggan), b. 1807 in Drumgill, County Cavan, Ireland R-BY3164, 1400 AD, Ulster, 46 steps The Three Collas, R-Z3008, 450 AD, Colchester or Wales in England, 42 steps
Michael McDonnel, third cousin of Marilyn, once removed 252843 Daniel McDonald, b. 1813 in Ireland or Scotland R-BY18200, 1650 AD, Ulster, 57 steps Cenel Moain, R-FGC57780, 600 AD, Ulster, 53 steps
Michael Patrick Carroll, second cousin of Marilyn, once removed 198624 Edward Carroll, b. 1835 in Ballyneety, County Limerick, Ireland R-FT79210, 1150 AD, Limerick, 49 steps Breassal Breac, R-Y5058,< 100 AD, Ossory, 45 steps R-DF27, 2650 BC, Pyrenees, 35 steps

Y DNA from R-L151 in Ukraine, Back to R in Asia, Back to "Adam" in Cameroon

DF13 map
Migration from "Adam" in Africa to R in Asia to R-L151 in Ukraine. Source: R-L151 Migration

Y-DNA We Share with People Around the World

  • Africans (Y-Adam): A-PR2921, 232000 BC, Cameroon, step 1
  • Southern Europeans, and East Asians: CT-M168, 64000 BC, Western Ethiopia, step 6
  • Native Americans, Siberians, Japanese, and Australian Aborigines: CF-P143, 63000 BC, Northern Ethiopia, step 7
  • Romani and Khmers: GHIJK-F1329, 46000 BC, Southern Iran, step 9
  • South Asians on the Indian subcontinent: HIJK-PF3494, 46000 BC, Southern Iran, step 10
  • Arabs and Israelites: IJK-L15, 45000 BC, Southern Iran, step 11
  • Chinese, Koreans, and other Southeast Asians: K-M526, 43000 BC, Bangladesh, step 13
  • Eskimos, Navajos, Apaches, Aztecs, Incas: P-P226, 30000 BC, Eastern Mongolia, step 19
  • Vikings in Scandinavia: R-M173, 20000 BC, Eastern Kazakhstan, step 21
  • Saxons and Celts: R-L151, 3050 BC, Ukraine, step 31
We all belong to the same human family.

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