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archived discussion (June 2009) from Worldfamilies DNA site

After three years of the Cullen DNA project, we have made some great discoveries. We have found that there are many independent Cullen families throughout Ireland, so DNA can be a powerful tool to help...

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archived messages from Worldfamilies Cullen DNA site

Hello Pappy,Thank you for updating your pedigree here, and I know that you have been able to find out even more information since January. Your DNA results are complete, and they show descent from the...

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archived Cullen patriarch information from Worldfamilies DNA site

Members with Cullen ancestors from England:C-23 Arthur Cullen, b.cir1760 m. Mary Epps - - P Cullen [neensollars AT btinternet.com ]Richard b cir1798-1800 Deal, Kent, England m. Harriet ShaldersGeorge...

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McCullen family still present in County Antrim

I received the message below a few days ago. Please email me at berniecullen@gmail.com and I will forward your message to Charlotte"I am from County Antrim N Ireland and my maiden name is McCullen.  My...

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Update on The only American ever executed in Northern Ireland

Back in 2010 I posted about an Eddie Cullens who was an American citizen, hanged for murder in Northern Ireland in 1932. I quickly was able to learn some additional information but never posted it...

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Cullens of Carrick, Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon, Ireland

Gerry Cullen of Australia sent me this story:"My great great grandfather was James (or at least we are led to believe from one old land notice) who was said to be married to Sarah Cullen, of Carrick,...

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Bernard Cullen, Trappist monk, 1923-2013

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=113498658Legacy.com guestbookMonastery News Index (look for June 2013)

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Trip to Ireland

Thanks to this Cullen genealogy blog, I got in touch with Pearse Cullen of Northern Ireland (See his comment on Cullen's point altar field).It's hard to believe that he is new to genealogy research...

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New Cullen Distribution Map

Map Updated June 2008 with new DNA Project MembersDownload this map and you can see it in much better detail (doubleclick to see it fullscreen, or right-click and save the picture). This is based on...

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Cullinane/Cullinane distribution map

Distribution of Cullinans and Cullinanes based on Griffith's Evaluation (1848-1868). Cullinan is the blue dots, and Cullinane is the red.Compare this map to the map showing the distribution of Cullen,...

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Cullens in Clogher history: Priests: Archdeacon Muireadhach O'Cuillen

from lewis' topographical dictionary of Ireland (1842):Tyrone--Clogherscroll down or search for Clogher or O'Cuillen:Clogher is called by Ptolemy Rhigia or Regia; and according to some authors, St....

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Cullens in Clogher history: Priests: Piers O'Cullen

from Military History magazine:Irish Triumph at Yellow Ford"Russell was only too glad when the Irish agreed to a truce in southeast Ulster, which lasted until the summer of 1597. During that time,...

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Cullens in clogher history: Cullen's Point, Cormore

Clogher is a very small town in county tyrone which I visited in 1989. I also visited my Heagney relatives in Tullycorker, which is a townland (like a rural crossroads) just a couple miles to the north...

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Famous Cullens

There aren't very many.There is Countee Cullen, the Harlem Renaissance poet, but Cullen wasn't his birth name (see below).There was Bill Cullen, the game show host. My great-aunts thought he might be a...

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Southern and Protestant Cullens

I think of Cullen as a typical Irish-American surname, with our ancestors emigrating during the potato famine in the 1840s and until the early 1900s, settling in the northeast/midwest, ending up in big...

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Cullen as a German surname?

It could mean "From Cologne":seethis link at about.comGeographical Surnames - Derived from the location of the homestead from which the first bearer and his family lived (Leon Meer - Leon from by the...

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McGirr from Clogher, Tyrone

I've been corresponding with a woman named Ellen, who is researching her McGirr family (changed their name to McGarr) and McSorley from Clogher civil parish, County Tyrone, which is where my Cullen...

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What does Cullen mean anyway?

Most people named Cullen are from Ireland, or have ancestors from Ireland, and I've read that the original name in Irish meant "holly tree", but others with the Irish name "whelp""small dog" have also...

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English Cullens in Tasmania

There is a great story here that I'd like to learn more about:http://www.heavenandhelltogether.com/index.php?q=node/31 (link updated May 2009).In 1835 Luke Cullen was convicted of stealing by a court...

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English and Scottish Cullens in 1881

As some of you might know, there were only a few places in Englandwhere the name Cullen was found in the 1800s: the main areas werecentral England (Nottinghamshire and surrounding area),...

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