The Maine Irish Heritage Center's genealogy program is coming along very nicely. Every week, sometimes every day, people come in and discover more about their Irish heritage. Many people have taken DNA tests and have discovered they are related to many other Portland Irish people who have taken the test...Maureen Coyne Norris and Margaret Feeney LaCombe, who went to high school together, never knew they were related until they took the FamilyTreeDNA family finder test...they are third cousins!!
Discoveries of this nature occur weekly....some people have discovered they are related to eight or more people who have taken the test...the results have been truly amazing!
The MIHC currently has DNA tests available for purchase...price as of August 2012 is $250.00...
FMI, 207-780-0118

The Maine Irish Heritage Trail was established in 2008 by Acro-Global Company of Boothbay Harbor, Maine and compiled by Portland historian and genealogist Matthew Jude Barker...the trail will eventually cover all of Maine...thus far Portland and South Portland have been finished...Westbrook is near to completion.....for mistakes and omissions, please contact the author at mjudebark@gmail.com.  An updated version will appear in the immediate future hopefully



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