Connecting O'Rourkes
Hi - I'm not posting here to do any special advertising. If you've hit a wall with your genealogy research and want to try and connect with other distant relatives, I'd like to encourage O'Rourke males to participate in a DNA project administered by Family Tree DNA.Especially if you have a paper trail OR good reason to believe that your O'Rourke roots lead back to any of these counties in Ireland - Leitrim, Sligo, Cavan, Roscommon or Longford.
I'd suggest choosing between either of these two projects at FTDNA.com - Irish Heritage Project or Breifne Clans Project.I like this site because it is gaining popularity and very organized, plus they offer good discounts on their DNA tests. Most select either the 25 marker test or 37 marker test. (the 12 marker test isn't useful)Thanks for reading - Moe.