Keveny to Cavanagh: Review of Y-DNA results
Y-DNA Testing My father, Noel Cavanagh, submitted a Y-700 DNA test to FamilyTreeDNA in July 2019. Dad's most distant male-line ancestor is Thomas Keveny, born c1797, a native of County Sligo, Ireland. Thomas arrived in NSW, Australia in 1822 on the vessel "Southworth." In 1823 his wife and child were recorded as being of the parish of Emlaghfad near Ballymote. The reference includes the detail that they were known to Rev. F. Boland and Michael McDonnough, who would have acted as referees. Thomas had a brother Francis Keveny, born c1806, who was also recorded as being a native of Sligo. Their names are spelled in various ways on different records - Keveny, Keveney, Kaveney, Cavanagh, Cavanaugh, Kavanagh, Cavenagh DNA results Dad's haplogroup result is R-FT149229, which is a branch extending from R-M269. To date, there are no Y-DNA matches who also have an Autosomal DNA match, and no useful or close Y-DNA matches. There is the possibility that a non-Keveny male w