My Family history has a hiccup or two in it. It starts with my G3XGF John Henry O'Brien's b. 05 Sep 1847 unstable childhood, recorded in various homes of different people during census times. The same goes for his sister Cathe Elizabeth b 1852. Abandoned by their stepfather John Martin Brownson when his wife Margaret Harman died in 1859. Her first husband Hiram O'Brien or O'Brine had passed away in 1855. John Martin let his relatives looking after his three with biological children with Margaret but left non biological children on their own to fend for themselves.

In a 1861 the two children show up living with Henry O'Brien age 40 his wife Rachel as 23 and Catha as 67. Could Henry be Hiram's brother? Not sure....if true that means the O'Brien's go back to the 1700's in Ontario.

Then the O'Brine's marry into the McGregor family who immigrated to Canada in 1855. John Henry married Ellen J. McGregor b. 1858 on 25 Apr 1977. Both are buried at The Ridge John passing 1914 and Ellen in 1918.

They had 5 children, which produced 13 grandchildren including my Grandfather Robert John O'Brien b 15 Aug 1915.

The family lived off the land hunting, logging. The first several years of my Dad's life he grew up in a tent while his Dad was in England as an MP with the Canadian Army during WWII.

Uncle Donnie ( my grandfather's youngest brother) was the story teller in the family. He always said we were descendents of King Brian. That we have royal blood running through our veins and we must never forget where we came from.

Well that is where I am stuck. I don't know where we came from in Ireland? I don't know where they sailed from and when? My hiccup is rather large. I wonder if I would meet the 37 markers for the DNA testing?