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Drimoleague / Bantry
Co. Cork
Ireland
Wholey - It is worth noting that this surname has a variety of spelling versions and indeed to this day the Wholley, Wholey, Whooly, Whooley, Whorly, Houley, Houly, Hooly, Howley and Hooley are among the ones to be found.
From documentaion and DNA comparisons it seems that the Wholey names listed below were siblings or first cousins. Descendants of each in particular all share Chromosome 5 within the range of 74,239,946 and 141,334,921.
Ellen Wholey who married John Daly, Drimoleague
John Houly who married Kate Regan, Drimoleague
Timothy Wholey who married Mary Brien, Drimoleague and Bantry
James Houly who married Ellen Collins, Drimoleague
Patrick Wholey who married Mary Brien, Leap
It is interesting for those who have added DNA to the website familytreedna.com to looks at our Ancient Origins analysis and quoting from the website we read "The European Continent has been witness to many episodes of human migration, some of which have spanned over thousands of years. The most up-to-date research into these ancient migrations on the European Continent suggests that there were three major groups of people that have had a lasting effect on present day peoples of European descent: Hunter-Gatherers, Early Farmers, and Metal Age Invaders."
The figures below display the percentages of autosomal DNA that we still carry from these ancient European groups:-
13% Metal Age Invader coming from the Black Sea area
43% Farmer coming from the near East
44% Hunter-Gatherer coming from around NE Africa (Egypt) area.
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