Dear Friends of the Kolbe Center,
Glory to Jesus Christ!
Among people of European descent, the easiest way to trace one’s ancestry back to St. Adam is to identify an ancestor among one of the royal families of Europe. This is because the members of the royal families of many (if not most or all) of the tribes of Europe wanted to be able to trace their ancestry, and were able to show their descent to Japheth, the son of Noah, and, through him, all the way back to St. Adam and St. Eve, just as the Miao people are able to do to this very day. The following genealogy traces the ancestry of my wife through certain high kings of Ireland all the way back to Japheth and, through him, to Adam:
Maria Owen (nee Mitchell) to Adam
Compiled by Owen D. McClain
Maria Mitchell (m. Hugh Owen), was the daughter of
John Howell Mitchell (m. Lois Marilyn Peck), who was the son of
Nelson Howell Mitchell (m. Margaret Howard Hanway), who was the son of
John James Mitchell (m. Elizabeth Howell), who was the son of
John Nelson Mitchell (m. Mary Smith Howell), who was the son of
Mary Baldwin (m. John Mitchell), who was the daughter of
Job Baldwin (m. Hannah), who was the son of
Zachariah Baldwin (m. Rebecca Crane), who was the son of
Zachariah Baldwin (m. Sarah Merwin), who was the son of
Zachariah Baldwin (m. Elizabeth Ratliff), who was the son of
Elizabeth Alsop (m. Richard Baldwin), who was the daughter of
Temperance Gilbert the Immigrant (m. John Alsop), who was the daughter of
Anne Clere (m. William Gilbert), who was the daughter of
Sir Edmund Clere (m. Frances Fulmerston), who was the son of
Sir John Clere (m. Anne Tyrell), who was the son of
Alice Boleyn (m. Sir Robert Clere), who was the daughter of
Margaret Butler (m. William Boleyn), who was the daughter of
Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond (m. Anne Hankford), who was the son of
James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond (m. Joan Beauchamp), who was the son of
Anne Welles (m. James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond), who as the daughter of
John de Welles, 4th Baron Welles (m. Maud de Ros), who was the son of
Margaret Bardolph (m. Adam de Welles, 3rd Baron Welles), who was the daughter of
Elizabeth Damory (m. John Bardolph, 3rd Baron Bardolph), who was the daughter of
Elizabeth de Clare (m. Lord Roger d’Amory, Baron d’Amory), who was the daughter of
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester (m. Princess Joan of Acre), who was the son of
Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester (m. Matilda de Lacy), who was the son of
Isabel Marshal (m. Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester), who was the daughter of
Isabel de Clare (m. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke [2nd Creation]), who was the daughter of
Aoife Ni Diarmait MacMurrough (m. Richard “Strongbow” de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke [1st Creation], who was the daughter of
Diarmait MacMurrough, King of Leinster (m. Mor O’Toole of Ui Muirdeaigh), who was the son of
Donnchadh mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, who was the son of
Murchadh mac Diarmata, King of Leinster, who was the son of
Diarmait mac Donnchada, King of Leinster and Claimant to the High Kingship, who was the son of
Donnchadh “Mael na m-Bo” mac Diarmata, who was the son of
Diarmait mac Domhnall, who was the son of
Domhnall, who was the son of
Cellach, who was the son of
Kinaeth, who was the son of
Cairbre, who was the son of
Aedh, who was the son of
Ruaghalach, who was the son ofd
Oncu, who was the son of
Faelcu, who was the son of
Faelan, who was the son of
Silan, who was the son of
Eoghan Caech, who was the son of
Nathi, who was the son of
Criomthann, who was the son of
Enna Kennselach, who was the son of
Bresal Belach, who was the son of
Fiacaidh Bachedha, who was the son of
Cathair Mor, the High King, who was the son of
Feidhlimidh Firurglas, who was the son of
Cormac Gelta Gaeth, who was the son of
Niadh Corb, who was the son of
Cu Corb, who was the son of
Mogh Corb, who was the son of
Conchobhar Abradhruadh, the High King, who was the son of
Fionn the Poet, who was the son of
Rosa Ruadh, who was the son of
Fergus Fargi, who was the son of
Nuada Necht, the High King, who was the son of
Sedna Sithbacc, who was the son of
Lughaidh Lothfinn, who was the son of
Bresal Brecc, who was the son of
Fiacaidh Fobrecc, who was the son of
Olioll Glas, who was the son of
Fiacaidh Foglas, who was the son of
Nuada Follamhain, who was the son of
Alloid, who was the son of
Art, who was the son of
Mogh Art, who was the son of
Crimthann, who was the son of
Feidhlimidh Fortrain, who was the son of
Fergus Fortamhail, the High King, who was the son of
Bresal Breoghamain, who was the son of
Aengus Follamhain, who was the son of
Oiliol Brachaen, who was the son of
Labraidh Loingseach, the High King, who was the son of
Oiliol Ani, who was the son of
Loegaire Lorc, the High King, who was the son of
Ugaine Mor, the High King, who was the son of
Eocaidh Buadach, the High King, who was the son of
Duach Laghrach, the High King, who was the son of
Fiacaidh Tolgrach, the High King, who was the son of
Muredach Bolgrach, the High King, who was the son of
Simeon Breacc, the High King, who was the son of
Aedan Glas, the son of
Nuada Fionn Fail, the High King King, who was the son of
Gialcaidh, who was the son of
Oiliol Ol-Caein, who was the son of
Siorna Saegalach, who was the son of
Dian, who was the son of
Rothectach, who was the son of
Maen, who was the son of
Aengus, who was the son of
Fiacaidh, who was the son of
Smirgoll, who was the son of
Enboth, who was the son of
Tighernmas, the High King, who was the son of
Follomhan, who was the son of
Ethrial, the High King, who was the son of
Irial the Prophet, the High King, who was the son of
Erimhom, the High King, who was the son of
Mileadh Galamh, who was the son of
Bioth, who was the son of
Breogan, who was the son of
Bratha, who was the son of
Degatha, who was the son of
Arcadh, who was the son of
Alladh, who was the son of
Nuada, who was the son of
Nenual, who was the son of
Febric Glas, who was the son of
Eber Gluinn Fionn, who was the son of
Lamfionn, who was the son of
Agnon, who was the son of
Tath, who was the son of
Eogamhain, who was the son of
Beoghamhain, who was the son of
Eber Scott, who was the son of
Sru, who was the son of
Esry, who was the son of
Gaedhal Glas, who was the son of
Niul Nemnach, who was the son of
Fenius Farsa, who was the son of
Baath, who was the son of
Magog, who was the son of
Japheth, who was the son of
Noah, who was the son of
Lamech, who was the son of
Methuselah, who was the son of
Enoch, who was the son of
Jared, who was the son of
Mahalaleel, who was the son of
Kenan, who was the son of
Enos, who was the son of
Seth, who was the son of
Adam, who was Created by God
Believe it or not, my beloved readers, you too stand at the end of a living line of descent that connects you to our first parents St. Adam and St. Eve, and through them, to your Heavenly Creator.
The oldest of our nineteen grandchildren, Owen Dominic McClain, who researched and provided us with my wife’s genealogy, has become quite an expert in doing genealogical research. If any of you are interested in hiring him to help you to research your own ancestral lineage, you can contact him through his website www.myprogenitors.com.
Yours in Christ through the Immaculata in union with St. Joseph,
Hugh Owen
P.S. Our annual leadership retreat has been scheduled to take place from August 27-September 3, 2023, at the Apostolate for Family Consecration retreat center in Bloomingdale, Ohio. For more information or to register, please contact me at howen@shentel.net.
