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From: Jeff Scism <>
Subject: Re: [DNA-R1B1C7] Mormon Founder Joseph Smith was R-M222
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:05:59 -0700
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Paul Conroy wrote:
> Interesting article on the founder of Mormonism, and another example of a
> person of Irish descent with high verbal fluency aka "the gift of the gab"!
> In Ireland generally people whose Lastname (surname) is Smith can be either
> of Irish or English descent and more often Catholic, while those with the
> variant spelling Smyth or Smythe are invariably of English descent and more
> likely to be non-Catholic. In the US of course it would be more likely to
> call all of these Anglo surnames, whatever their original derivation.
>
> The Irish (Gaelic) for "Smith" is "Gabhan" and thus descendants of smiths
> would be McGabhan, with variant spellings:
> MacGabhan
> McGabhann
> MacGabhann
> MacGowan
> McGowan - Like Shane McGowan - lead singer of the Pogues
> MacGown
> McGown
> Gowan
> Cowan - Like Brian Cowan - Irish Prime Minister (aka Taoiseach) from the
> Laois/Offaly area
> Gowing - Cousins of mine from Laois/Offaly area
> Going
> Goings
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>

Can't help it, but Gohan, Goin, Gone. [Sold!]

--

Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG



"In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory
of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general
government. They can exist without the latter, but the latter
cannot exist without them."

-- Joseph Story (Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833)

Reference: Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 191.

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