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Subject: Re: [R-M222] Keilty surname research
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:36:18 -0400 (EDT)


In a message dated 7/28/2011 12:53:56 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
writes:

Hello, I just joined the list and figured out how to browse/search. I am
new to DNA as well. I am really just a lurking sole who doesn't know what to
do with all of the dna info as of yet. FTDNA tells us customers to read
the tutorials. I have been researching Keilty family history for just a few
years here in the USA (paperwork genealogy).

Bernard, your DNA shows quite a few off modal markers. That should make
it easy to find other matches within your surname group should any appear.
The problem is I only see one Keilty in the databases now - that's your
own sample.

Off modal matches refer to differences between the overall M222 group modal
and your own DNA. You can easily check this yourself in a spreadsheet by
comparing your own DNA to M5UKQ, which is the M222 modal on Ysearch. Modal
just means the most common result at any given marker.

Just to name a few:

389-1=14
458=18
437=16
449=29
464d=18

There may be more. I didn't check each location. But that already is a
lot at 25 markers.

If you're wondering about matches with other surnames through DNA that's
problematical. We have lots of family modals and some cluster modals in the
project involving more than one surname. But most are just family modals.

<I am interested in researching how far back the Keilty surname goes.

For an answer to that you need to do research in Irish history. I looked
up the surname Keilty in MacLysaght's Surnames of Ireland and found a few
vague references which eventually led me to Quilty - but the Quilty
references were mostly Munster (Limerick), Connacht, Down and surrounding counties,
in short it's a surname with multiple origins. Unfortunately Tyrone is
something of a black hole in Irish genealogy - there are no 1659 census
returns and the Hearth Money records are spotty and difficult to find (I now the
LDS have some on microfilm).

The earliest records I can check for you are the Tithe Applotment Books
which precede the Griffith's Valuations. These returns are from the CD which
is notorious for missing records.

The variant Keilty appears in Down (10), Antrim (3), Armagh (1). Two more
variants in Down (Keiltie).

The variant Keightly appears in Tyrone (3) Two in the parish of Arboe,
one in Ballinderry.

Archy Keightly
Steward Keightly
Saml. Keightly

The variant Kielty appears in the same counties (Antrim, 3), Armagh (1),
Down (1), Londonderry (1)

I think these are all variants of the same surname. But I don't see any
large concentration in one location except perhaps Co. Down. And even there
it's not large.

I only see one possible variant in the 1660 Heath Money Rolls for Antrim,
a Kittelly, Abraham.

The variant Keightly as found in Tryone appears to be an English surname.
It's found in Ulster, lowland Scotland, northern England and all over
England.

_http://www.dynastree.co.uk/maps/detail/keightley.html_
(http://www.dynastree.co.uk/maps/detail/keightley.html)

There simply isn't a large enough concentration in Ulster in any one
location for me to think this is a native Irish sept. But that could be wrong.

I do not see any possible Keilty variants in the 1659 census returns for
Antrim, Down or Armagh.



John


















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