April 29

Journal - Who is the oldest family member of your family you have ever met? What do you know about your family history? Have your parents ever told you anything thing about your family history? Do you know what kind of heritage you have? Explain as much as you can about your family and any history you have knowledge of.

The oldest person in my family that I have ever met is my great grandfather.  He is 99.  My family history can be traced mostly like back to Ireland.  My family name, "Daugherty", comes from a clan in northwestern section of the Republic of Ireland.  It was originally spelled "O Dochartaigh" but was changed to be easier to spell when my ancestors came to America. The O Dochartaigh clan was forced off of their ancestral lands when the British invaded northern Ireland and many of them moved to America.