Professor asks residents to help solve mystery
ELAINE BLAISDELL Cumberland Times-News CUMBERLAND, Md. Harvard University Professor Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. is asking all residents of Allegany County who are of Irish descent to get their DNA tested to help solve a 150-year-old family mystery — who is Gates' great-great grandfather? Through genealogical records, the Gates family history can be traced back to Jane Gates, a slave who lived ...
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Martin Sheen to explore his Irish roots in upcoming “Who Do You Think You Are?” episode – VIDEO
The show sees Sheen travel to Ireland where he investigates his uncle’s ties to the Irish Civil War and his devotion to activism. His mother, Mary-Anne Phelan, from Borrisokane in County Tipperary, emigrated to the US during the Irish war of Independence.
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