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How Does Your Family History Define You?

In a world where everyone is connected to each other through the internet, we’re now more disconnected from our roots than ever before. There’s so much more to your identity than what you put up on your online profile – a lot of which is still undiscovered.

Ask yourself how much you really know about your family history or ancestors. What have your ancestors been through? What made them unique? Where are they now? How are you a part of a family that lived a different reality than you? If you don’t have the answer to these questions, learning more about your family history is worthwhile. Here’s why.

It Develops Your Identity

Your family history is an important part of your identity. It not only defines your physical features, but it also shapes your beliefs, ideologies, and virtues. The way the people around you see you is largely how you’re part of a bigger cultural or social group. For example, if you belong to a certain race or a country, people will automatically associate you with it every time they see you.

It Connects You with Others

When you learn more about your family history, you make sense of all the missing links and understand how you’re connected to others. You have a different equation and close ties with people with the same background. Ultimately, this is what forms the basis of a community with shared values, culture, and beliefs.

It Defines Your Culture and Celebrations

Every family has its own celebrations and customs that have been around for decades. Learning more about your family history can help you embrace these celebrations and apply them in your own way. You can adapt them according to your preferences, but they’ll always remind you of your family traditions and act as a way of bringing everyone together.

Do You Want to Learn More About Your Irish Family History?

Did your ancestors migrate from Ireland, and you’re looking for ways to discover your ancestral Irish roots? At My Ireland Family Heritage, our qualified professionals can help you discover your roots with complete Irish genealogy research. For many years, our company has been helping thousands of people of Irish descent trace their ancestors and better understand their Irish heritage.

We also provide detailed one-day family heritage tours and Irish ancestry and genealogy tours for those who want to take a trip to their ancestral townland and visit their Irish homestead.

Get in touch with us now for more information about our services, and discover your family history now!

Do You Want to Learn More About Your Irish Family History?

Did your ancestors migrate from Ireland, and you’re looking for ways to discover your ancestral Irish roots? At My Ireland Family Heritage, our qualified professionals can help you discover your roots with complete Irish genealogy research. For many years, our company has been helping thousands of people of Irish descent trace their ancestors and better understand their Irish heritage.

We also provide detailed one-day family heritage tours and Irish ancestry and genealogy tours for those who want to take a trip to their ancestral townland and visit their Irish homestead.

Get in touch with us now for more information about our services, and discover your family history now!

 

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Review of My Ireland Heritage Tours Presented on Trip adviser Oct 2024 By • Family TomBarron2013 New York City, NY2

Once in a lifetime experience

Oct 2024 • Family

We highly recommend My Ireland Heritage for anyone who wants to learn and be guided to their Irish “roots” and much, much more. Sean Quinn and Ian Darragh of My Ireland Family Heritage have deep knowledge or the areas we wanted to visit in Meath, Sligo and Kilkenny. While we knew about one side of the family history back to 1690, there was nothing known about the other that arrived in the US in the 1870s.

Ian, Sean, and Nicola did thorough research on our localities and locations from which our ancestors left for America in 1849 and later. In addition, Ian and Sean did separate day-long “recons” in advance of our time with them, seeking out local people and the specific properties with maps and whatever records still available. Their results were absolutely outstanding! In both our cases, they found and took us to our still-existing cottages and shops from the early 1820s.

It was so enjoyable to be with Ian for three days and for a special day with Sean. Whether it was the Newgrange World Heritage sites 5,500 years old , the Battle of the Boyne 1690 , or the local cemeteries and churches of our ancestors. Ian was especially attentive to my wife throughout the travels after she twisted her ankle in a rain-soaked old cemetery.

Throughout the process of trip preparation over months to giving us the final, wonderful books of Meath and Sligo, Aisling was highly professional and responsive with all the many details. The bound books she prepared are treasures! Thanks to all for truly exceptional experiences.

Newgrange World Unesco Site 5500 years old
Battle of the Boyne 1690 AD
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Entrance stone at Newgrange

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Review of My Ireland Heritage Tours Presented on Trip adviser by Shelley L @ sjlively

Exceptional in every way!

Over the last few months of preparing for our trip, every single detail was meticulously attended, not only professionally, but helpfully, and in such a friendly manner, that I felt as if I knew Sean, Aisling and Ian before I even stepped off the plane.

The amount of work these wonderful people put into our personal history is mindboggling. My mother was an avid amateur genealogist, and had worked for decades to bring to light the trail our family took, but our resources are limited.

Sean knows exactly where to look, and was able to fill in so many gaps that had eluded us for generations. Some of the information he found, unbeknownst even to him, actually solidified the findings we had amassed over the years. Ours was a family in coal mining – I only found on our tour that they had originated from a mining area, and their arrival on the  border coincided exactly with the decline in the mining industry in County Wicklow.

I would have been overjoyed simply with the knowledge of why they left when they did, about 12 years before the famine. Breaking through our brick wall of great grandparents even farther back on the family tree was a dream come true, but to be able to set foot on not only the area they lived, and find that the house is still there was overwhelming. Seeing the family church and cemetery where our ancestors and extended family still rest is a truly moving experience.

The care taken by this company in each and every aspect of the journey cannot be overstated. Only about 2 weeks prior to my trip, Sean contacted me to let me know that he had also stumbled across some of my husband’s family name in the process and included them as well in his research. How often can anyone say that they not only got what they paid for, but more than they ever imagined? I can say that. They were even kind enough to answer a few follow-up questions after my return home, as I was so stunned on my tour with Ian that I didn’t think ask at the time.If you have the opportunity to make the trip to Ireland, contact My Ireland Family Heritage before you go.

If your family was there, Sean will go above and beyond to find them. Even without family, contact them anyway. Ian is a walking encyclopedia of history, and so fun to talk to. Aisling will make sure every “I” is dotted, and every “T” is crossed.  Thank you so much for the trip of a lifetime, and the opportunity to pass on everything we have discovered to future generations

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