Some of the Irish Surnames I've found I am descended from on my personal ancestral journey of discovery include O'Connor, McCarthy, McCarty, Cox, Carrell, Lancaster, Dungan, Dugan, Donnegan, Mac Donnagain, Corryel, Keirll, Forster, Netterville, St. Lawrence, Hollywood (don't laugh, it's true!) Hungerford, Whyte, and many more I imagine . . .
The quintessentially English and Scottish surnames include my own surname Hoopes, Clarke, Travers, Weaver, Latham, Freeborn, Holbrook, Burnsworth, Dillworth, Grant, Stainhouse, Bruce, Thayer, Taylor, Mackins, Harman, King, Bane, Williamson, Cock (ha ha ha), Worrilow, Perkes, Grant, Harrison, Greasley, Worrilowe, Mercer, Scutt, Carter, Chapman and more. . .
On the Welsh side, I've found I'm descended from the following surnames: Foulke (Samuel Foulke disowned by the Quakers for being sympathetic to the American Revolutionary War), Hugh, Lloyd, Williams, Hughes, Evans, Reynolds, Griffith, David, Vychan, Rhys, Cadwallader, and more.
I am a small person, descended from many families bearing the "small dark" (dark Irish and dark Welsh folk) look, yet I've taken on Swedish (Gustavssen/Claasen/Freeburg) facial features, which I imagine blends into the Viking invader blood that found its way into England. Also, my German features blend into the Saxon genetics of England. Complicating this is my connection to Spain, Portugal, and the Robertians. Italian and Greek also? Frankish for sure. I find this muddle of genetic influences to be worthy of traveling through due to the amazing amount of historical data personally relevant to me at the moment. How does it all add up to me? That is the million dollar question.
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