FitzGerald Dynasty Family Tree | Irish Genealogy

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Chart: Matt Baker
Script/Narration: Matt Baker
Editing: Jack Rackam
Intro animation: Syawish Rehman
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  • @jesusnthedaisychain
    @jesusnthedaisychain4 жыл бұрын

    One of the daughters of Gerald and Nest is my ancestor. Angharad, who was married to William de Barry, who is my direct paternal ancestor (hence the profile picture). It was a pleasant surprise to see Gerald's and Nest's names on a random video suggestion in my feed.

  • @orenum

    @orenum

    4 жыл бұрын

    God damn; I’m jealous; the closest for me is my great grandma is of the house of Schenk von Stauffenburg

  • @jesusnthedaisychain

    @jesusnthedaisychain

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@norlofthor7088 My last name is a variant of de Barry, but to confirm whether or not I was actually descended from the de Barry's, I took a Y-chromosomal test and submitted the results to the database on ftDNA, which confirmed that about 700 years ago, my direct paternal ancestor diverged from the bulk of the rest of the Barry's in Ireland. They're all over Southern Ireland, and my documented ancestry, so far, ends with my great-great-grandfather. I'd like to find some records of him in Ireland, but it's highly doubtful that I'll find anything. He didn't immigrate because his life was going great, after all, so I'd be surprised if anybody kept any records about him, especially in the early 1800s. If someone in Ireland takes the test and shows a much closer relation, within the past 200 or 300 years, that'd be a major boon. But you can't fool that DNA. I'm definitely one of Philip's many direct descendants, just one of the lesser-born ones. Luckily, those earlier generations are well documented.

  • @jesusnthedaisychain

    @jesusnthedaisychain

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@norlofthor7088 I meant Philip de Barry, son of Angharad and progenitor of all Barry's (and all variants of that name) in Ireland.

  • @jesusnthedaisychain

    @jesusnthedaisychain

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@norlofthor7088 Just read the wiki about the de Barry family. They're a Norman family that accompanied William the Conqueror during his invasion in England. They married into Gerald of Windsor's family, settled in Wales, and then took part in the invasion of Ireland, settling in County Cork.

  • @jesusnthedaisychain

    @jesusnthedaisychain

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@norlofthor7088 I don't rightly know. What I know is that my Y-chromosomal DNA connects me with nearly every other Barry male whose ancestry comes from Ireland, which means that there is an unbroken line of fathers and sons that connects me all the way back to Philip de Barry, who is the first of the Barrys in Ireland. Within 3 generation of the de Barry family entering into England, there were at least a dozen males born into the family who didn't inherit titles, lands, money, etc... and were basically nobodies. That number only grew as the centuries went by. As commoners, they wouldn't have documentation that gives birth dates, baptisms, marked graves, etc... What I know is that my DNA definitively links me to Philip, who definitely was the grandson of Gerald and Nest. I feel like I've been exceptionally and repeatedly clear about all of this.

  • @neonpinkfaery
    @neonpinkfaery Жыл бұрын

    As a Fitzgerald, whose lineage has also been traced back to these ancestors, hello to all of my cousins out there! So many fellow Fitzies. Great video! 😊

  • @craigfitzybhoy9543

    @craigfitzybhoy9543

    10 ай бұрын

    Hi Fitzy...can't believe we are related to Mona Lisa😂😂😂

  • @neonpinkfaery

    @neonpinkfaery

    10 ай бұрын

    @@craigfitzybhoy9543 Hi Fitzy! I know! It’s one of the best things I’ve learned all year and possibly explains why I’m always so miserable looking in photos! 😂

  • @raymondfitzgerald-kuhl5976

    @raymondfitzgerald-kuhl5976

    10 ай бұрын

    Hello cousin, nice to meet you.

  • @neonpinkfaery

    @neonpinkfaery

    10 ай бұрын

    @@raymondfitzgerald-kuhl5976 Hey, cuz. Nice to meet you too! 👋

  • @saint4887

    @saint4887

    10 ай бұрын

    Hey Cousins :D

  • @nguyenball3021
    @nguyenball30214 жыл бұрын

    I didn’t even know anything about FitzGerald family before I watch this video Great vid!

  • @victormezynski9727

    @victormezynski9727

    4 жыл бұрын

    I only knew it existed

  • @boemiobe4t993

    @boemiobe4t993

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tu fala Português?

  • @glenfitzgerald9295
    @glenfitzgerald9295 Жыл бұрын

    Im so proud to be a Fitzgerald...my grandfather was born in Ireland in 1892 and came to Australia at a young age,he fought in two world wars for Australia, WW1 and WW2, he never told many people of his past so sadly we never found out where he was born,and sadly he passed away before i was born, you are my hero Grandad.....

  • @prettypic444
    @prettypic4444 жыл бұрын

    0:22 not gonna lie, my first thought was, “they’re both dead?”

  • @lochness96
    @lochness964 жыл бұрын

    You should do the O'Neils and the O'Connors as well, there the two most dominant dynasties in Irish history, and are actually Celtic/Gaelic families instead of Norman.

  • @papadoc711

    @papadoc711

    3 жыл бұрын

    would love to see someone make a video explaining the clan histories of Northern and southern Ui Neill dynasties, Which the O'Neills O'Donnels, O'Dohertys all share a common history with.

  • @procapsicum5802

    @procapsicum5802

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did he do it?

  • @stallion78

    @stallion78

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes that would be awesome 👏

  • @mickryan2450

    @mickryan2450

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lucky you dont know the ryans of the sept

  • @TheVampireWizard

    @TheVampireWizard

    Жыл бұрын

    Heyyyy what about we O'Donnells too?

  • @snowylove5
    @snowylove54 жыл бұрын

    Joan FitzGerald (daughter of John FitzGerald 1st. Earl of Kildare and Blanche de la Roche) is my 24th great-grandmother through my 15th great grandmother Mary Boleyn.

  • @biscuitbitch5608

    @biscuitbitch5608

    4 жыл бұрын

    Liar

  • @noahhhhhh8392

    @noahhhhhh8392

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@biscuitbitch5608 i dont see why you're accusing people of lying haha, once you trace your ancestry about 10 generation its very likely to be nobles and once you go even further 15/20 generations you're likely to find royalty or very high nobles

  • @susannebemis3311

    @susannebemis3311

    3 жыл бұрын

    so you are related to my children thru my ex's side

  • @donahadley4818

    @donahadley4818

    Жыл бұрын

    I am from the same line of fitzgeralds

  • @independentfilmfestival

    @independentfilmfestival

    2 ай бұрын

    me too...

  • @mikhailromanos2633
    @mikhailromanos26334 жыл бұрын

    You could have also chosen Brian Boru, a native Gaelic king who actually did unify Ireland as a single kingdom under his rule (albeit briefly for 12 years) and his progeny the O'Briens. During Brian's reign, the title of High King actually had real meaning as all of the underkings had pledged fealty to him by 1002. It was only in 1014, during a joint Norse-Leinster rebellion, had anyone opposed his rule. Clontarf was a pyrrhic victory for the Irish. They had crushed the rebellion and broken Viking power in Ireland yet, their unifying leader was dead. Had Brian not been killed at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014, Ireland would have probably developed into a feudal Kingdom similar to that of France or Scotland. Sadly, with Brian's death came the old disunification and infighting that he attempted to quell which made it simple for the Normans to conquer the island.

  • @smallfeet4581

    @smallfeet4581

    3 жыл бұрын

    i agree with you on some of this , the infighting was a problem before this too as i think the scotti tribe was being quashed by the as i thought the o'neills and im sure that was maybe before 400 ad , maybe it was the obriens its so long ago i read the history of ireland , i think infighting was a problem in most places and countries , all they seemed to do was fight , no telly or shops

  • @joelfitzgerald8173

    @joelfitzgerald8173

    2 жыл бұрын

    Brian Boru was king of Ireland there's no denying that, it's a shame that he and the Fitzgerald didn't see eye to eye. I'm a proud Fitzgerald, but Brian Boru deserves his respect just William Wallace from Scotland

  • @stevenwilliams9181

    @stevenwilliams9181

    2 жыл бұрын

    Brian Boru was 3x-great-grandfather of Nest's brother's wife Gwenlliuan ferch Gruffydd

  • @kmadge9820

    @kmadge9820

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@smallfeet4581 They fought once the harvest was in, till the planting season. Big wars were only possible on the back of agricultural surplus.

  • @smallfeet4581

    @smallfeet4581

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kmadge9820 yes makes sense that ,

  • @Mistquill
    @Mistquill4 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video! Some facts that of course you might not have had time for: Gerald FitzGerald, the 11th Earl, is known as the "wizard earl." He was exiled from Ireland for a time and travelled as far as Libya and fought with the Knights of St. John and the Knights of Rhodes. His epithet was from his interest in alchemy. It is said his ghost returns "on the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh year" in Kilkea Castle. He is also an ancestor (through his granddaughter) of the Digby family, who produced Jane Digby, a scandalous adventurer in the 19th century who had lovers and husbands in Bavaria, Greece, and eventually married an Arab Sheikh in Ottoman Syria.

  • @UsefulCharts

    @UsefulCharts

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow. So interesting.

  • @nancyb.t.

    @nancyb.t.

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@UsefulCharts I find it hard to work with videos - do you have any _flat_ charts? I tried to make notes as I went along - but, really do need a flat chart to work with. Thank you so much!

  • @shean1331

    @shean1331

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yuck on the Wizards! Thank God I have Jesus

  • @bruhman5722

    @bruhman5722

    Жыл бұрын

    @@shean1331 shut up

  • @fgconnolly4170

    @fgconnolly4170

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nancyb.t. you can buy them

  • @madmaster8304
    @madmaster83044 жыл бұрын

    Me: _looks for genealogy in Ireland_ Ireland: *_I THINK NOT_*

  • @madmaster8304

    @madmaster8304

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would really love some help btw.

  • @skynatkee

    @skynatkee

    4 жыл бұрын

    Damn Britain.

  • @noahhhhhh8392

    @noahhhhhh8392

    3 жыл бұрын

    it sucks :(

  • @gearoidp

    @gearoidp

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@skynatkee Well it wasn't the British who burned the records to be fair.

  • @norahbradley5138

    @norahbradley5138

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@madmaster8304 I’m stuck too.

  • @jasonkiefer1894
    @jasonkiefer18944 жыл бұрын

    0:21 in, saw JFK, and I was not surprised. I knew his middle name and expected it. Hit the like button fast. Then at 3:40 I got a could chuckle out of the Brexit comment. So sad I cannot give a second like. And learned something new about Mona Lisa! Always look forward to your videos. Keep up the good work, Matt.

  • @susannebemis3311

    @susannebemis3311

    3 жыл бұрын

    Read Killing Kennedy Mona Lisa and JFK had a connection

  • @gillianparker4921
    @gillianparker49213 жыл бұрын

    I am a FitzGerald & my great great uncle was Edward, my brother is Gerald FitzGerald. I knew there was a Strongbow connection but this history of yours is wonderful.

  • @gzpo
    @gzpo4 жыл бұрын

    I can't wait to tell my Fritz cousins that they are partly Italian! 🤣

  • @jmulvey371

    @jmulvey371

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mama Mia!

  • @ernestogonzalez5651

    @ernestogonzalez5651

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jmulvey371 66

  • @mariaflores-yd1lt

    @mariaflores-yd1lt

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have FitzGerald in my dna, found that Fitz means son of Gerald

  • @angrypastabrewing

    @angrypastabrewing

    3 жыл бұрын

    My distinct cousins. Lol

  • @michaelrochester48

    @michaelrochester48

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s incorrect. It has been disproven as a flight of fancy that was invented by the Earls of Kildair to give some exotic background to the

  • @joshwhitlam9027
    @joshwhitlam90274 ай бұрын

    My Grandmother was a FitzGerald. She always used to make a point of the large G in the name, and talked about spending time at Glin Castle during her youth. I had no idea how prominent this family was!!! Brilliant video, and so nice to see so many other comments from this lineage.

  • @baronblak
    @baronblak3 ай бұрын

    Fantastic research. Came to the US in the 80s from Ireland and married a Fitzgerald. Still married to the lass. She's having a not-so-great day today but after watching your timeline I just told her that she's my Mona Lisa.

  • @GabriellaFitzGerald
    @GabriellaFitzGerald4 жыл бұрын

    I’m just so happy you spelt it with the right capitalisation - you would not BELIEVE how many people get my name wrong 😅 Now to just go figure out where I fit in to all of this 🤔

  • @GabriellaFitzGerald

    @GabriellaFitzGerald

    4 жыл бұрын

    (Although having said that, before my grandad died and the internet properly became a thing, he was apparently the leading authority on the FitzGerald name and we have several stacks of family trees dating back several centuries somewhere...)

  • @DweebeNerd

    @DweebeNerd

    4 жыл бұрын

    Only way you're going to figure it out is that you do ancestry and trace your line. Unfortunately, because your surname is Fitzgerald that doesn't mean you're related to them. Especially because you're female too.

  • @ciaranfitzgerald2491

    @ciaranfitzgerald2491

    3 жыл бұрын

    We don't use capitalisation. I don't consider it 'wrong', considering that I'm spelling my own name :) !!

  • @GabriellaFitzGerald

    @GabriellaFitzGerald

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ciaranfitzgerald2491 That's cool too! I just very rarely see anyone use the capitalisation who doesn't have any relation to the name themselves - even when I explicitly tell people, or it's right in front of their eyes, 99% of the time everyone seems very intent on ignoring the capital for my name!

  • @mermaidatlantica

    @mermaidatlantica

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you're trying to correct thousands of actually Irish people who write it as Fitzgerald please don't. If you have to figure your lineage out by watching KZread videos and hunting on ancestry websites you don't get to tell a legitimately Irish family how to spell their own friggin last name

  • @candaceloftus1047
    @candaceloftus10474 жыл бұрын

    I'm a direct descendent of Nest, Strongbow, Gerald FitzMaurice, and Henry II

  • @biscuitbitch5608

    @biscuitbitch5608

    4 жыл бұрын

    Liar

  • @seansurfn2

    @seansurfn2

    3 жыл бұрын

    i have dna evidence for that claim do you?

  • @BelcarrigFarm

    @BelcarrigFarm

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your are a distant cousin of queen Elizabeth

  • @slickninja2748
    @slickninja27483 жыл бұрын

    My grandmothers maiden name is Fitzgerald and she has the Fitzgerald coat of arms in her house, we’ve been told that the Fitzgerald’s were our ancestors, her grandparents were also from Ireland

  • @frenchmime1972
    @frenchmime19724 жыл бұрын

    I have Fitzgeralds in my recent family tree, amazing how your videos through talking about royals and nobles, teach us a lot about ourselves.

  • @RLaHive

    @RLaHive

    7 ай бұрын

    Im not sure everybody with the name descends from nobility haha

  • @nicolajennings1284
    @nicolajennings12844 жыл бұрын

    Great video. My mother was a FitzGerald. However I think the line of descent from the Gherardini is debatable and not all genealogists would agree with you.

  • @bobofthekerbals9797
    @bobofthekerbals97974 жыл бұрын

    3:28 I read that as United Kingdom of Great Britain and not Ireland

  • @nytrex_yt7417

    @nytrex_yt7417

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @BelcarrigFarm

    @BelcarrigFarm

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nytrex_yt7417 yes

  • @tagalongtoourpast
    @tagalongtoourpast4 жыл бұрын

    Terrific! Just forwarded the link to my friend, Stephanie Fitzgerald...who knew that she might be related to Mona Lisa, among others? So - how about something on the Isle of Man??

  • @claudiagurr264

    @claudiagurr264

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Stanley family were Kings/Lords of the isle of man, so he could do a video on them. :)

  • @tagalongtoourpast

    @tagalongtoourpast

    4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent idea!

  • @starventure
    @starventure4 жыл бұрын

    There was a sitcom on the Irish TV channel RTE a few years back about a gay couple in Dublin. It was called Gerald Fitzpatrick and Patrick Fitzgerald.

  • @gigistarlings2729
    @gigistarlings27294 жыл бұрын

    I love your Useful Charts! You explain things so well! I am a direct descendant of Gerald FitzWalter through the Gerrard/Gerard line of Lancashire. So Nest was, naturally, my Grandmamamama... I've been reading about her and Welsh history, the Dinewyr Dynasty, the warrior kings. Fun stuff.

  • @smallfeet4581

    @smallfeet4581

    3 жыл бұрын

    im sure a fitzwalter was given land and the position of high steward in glasgow or something for helping matildas brother in the barons wars in england , och i cant remember who matilda was the wife of now but it was a king im sure

  • @mandydavidson9349
    @mandydavidson93494 ай бұрын

    Hello to all my relatives. My grandpa was Rupert Augustus FitzGerald. His son Peter FitzGerald & my beautiful mum Elizabeth Mary FitzGerald. My name is Amanda/ Mandy & I have always been very proud of our lineage. As too are my children. Great to catch up with one & all 🤗

  • @razzmatazz1974
    @razzmatazz19744 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting as usual! i have been following your channel for some months now, and im pleased to see the FitzGeralds here since i recently finished reading The Aristocrats by Stella Tillyard, a book about the Lennox sisters. Im working on my genealogy as well and have found ancestors of noble origin in Aviles, Spain and in Brittany, France. Greetings from Argentina!

  • @mickryan2450

    @mickryan2450

    2 жыл бұрын

    Check the name ryan the sept

  • @h.j.hatcher6265
    @h.j.hatcher62654 жыл бұрын

    You really know your stuff my friend. We really look forward to your videos

  • @margeryfranko1850
    @margeryfranko18504 жыл бұрын

    Totally fascinating. I had no idea about any of this. I’m grateful for this education. I really enjoy learning about our forgotten and unknown history ❤️💚💜 God bless everyone ❤️

  • @colinberry6921
    @colinberry69213 жыл бұрын

    I have finally watched all three of your videos on England, Ireland, and Scotland.

  • @briandennis7081
    @briandennis70814 жыл бұрын

    Wait would you be able to do the family tree of some of the provincial kingdoms, like Munster? McCarthy etc?

  • @gokukevind
    @gokukevind4 жыл бұрын

    While I have no Fitzgerald blood that I'm aware of. My paternal ancestors the O'Dempseys were one of the only few families to resist Strongbow and eventually became the Viscounts of Clanmalier under the Stuarts.

  • @aaronlowry2940
    @aaronlowry29404 жыл бұрын

    The union between lreland and britain broke in 1922 (Anglo-Irish Treaty) when the 26 counties became the Irish free State. Ireland became a republic all but name in 1937 (executive power act) when the office of the president was formed as well as controlling it own international policy. It was not until 1949 (Republic of Ireland act) Ireland became official known as the Republic of Ireland and left the commonwealth Good video and enjoy your work.

  • @IzzyRain
    @IzzyRain4 жыл бұрын

    I’m a descendant of Maurice FitzGerald, he is my 28th great grandfather!

  • @spirituallyours64whengnats69
    @spirituallyours64whengnats694 жыл бұрын

    Half brother to Mary Queen of Scots. 4 grandfather's up. Keeping my head.

  • @matthiasdvorsakhillebrand2393
    @matthiasdvorsakhillebrand2393 Жыл бұрын

    You should do a family tree 🌲 of the O’Brian dynasty. It’s first member was the one Irish ☘️ king who unified the whole of Ireland for the first time, brief as it was. His descendants continued to rule in Munster, and later Thomond for over 500 years and today they are the Barons of Inchiquin in County Clare

  • @yarazooom
    @yarazooom4 жыл бұрын

    wow this is your best in my book. the maps with past history then the family history. that would be great to add to your Polish video as long time history researcher, this helped fill in many connections to so much political & cultural events. clever how you referred to the exodus of Ireland ''they all left'' avoiding conflicts. I's like to share with you that many people now believe that Mona Lisa was Leonardos wife. the story goes: from spain she was the first wife of the legitimate duke of Milano, not Ludvigo Svorza who was a usurper. ludvigo had Galiano Svorza murdered and his wife married Leonardo, giving birth to 5 children. secrets were kept due to his illegitimate status. thanks for a wonderful video.

  • @lorriemiller6750

    @lorriemiller6750

    4 жыл бұрын

    She was not Leonardo's wife he just painted her and her husband was a silk merchant from a prominent family in his own right.

  • @HootsMcPoot
    @HootsMcPoot3 жыл бұрын

    This was great and I wish you would do more Irish dynasties! My family name can be traced back to Norman-Gaelic times (back to 1172 and Gilbert MacOisdealbhaigh, a junior branch of Jocelyn Nangle, who's senior branch, Nagle, held the title Baron of Navan for a few centuries) and there is still a barony in County Mayo named after our line.

  • @kevinhoeg
    @kevinhoeg4 жыл бұрын

    Excellent clip ... and thank you for sharing. Yes...I have Fitzgerald's in my tree. Will need to check....for exact names.

  • @jackfitzgerald2955
    @jackfitzgerald29553 жыл бұрын

    🙌. Finding out I might be related to the Mona lisa. Is something I'm going to be bringing up a lot to people.

  • @jackfitzgerald4381

    @jackfitzgerald4381

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello there

  • @BelcarrigFarm

    @BelcarrigFarm

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jackfitzgerald4381 general kenobi

  • @smallfeet4581

    @smallfeet4581

    3 жыл бұрын

    you can just sit there with a little smile on your face , knowing ,

  • @lengthmuldoon

    @lengthmuldoon

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Gherardini origin is hotly disputed by historians just no way to be sure

  • @Greatoscarrat
    @Greatoscarrat4 жыл бұрын

    I’d really love to see some family trees of different Scottish clans from you.

  • @maggiebee5261
    @maggiebee52614 жыл бұрын

    My mother’s maiden name was FitzGerald, and her branch of the family came to Canada (early 1800s?) from Turlough, County Mayo. No grand earl’s palaces for them, although they must fit into the family tree somewhere. Our family has had lots of Maurices, Desmonds, and Edwards, so the names are consistent. I think I have a family tree done by a great-aunt, so will see if I can marry up the two charts 🇨🇮🇨🇦

  • @ruadhbutler9143

    @ruadhbutler9143

    4 жыл бұрын

    My cousin was the last of that family to live at Turlough! His stepfather was one of the 'Fighting Fitzgeralds'. I think were descended from the Burnchurch family in County Kilkenny but I'll have to check up on that.

  • @jamesellis7469
    @jamesellis74693 жыл бұрын

    this video is so good! i just found out that Lord Otterus Gherardini is my 35th great grandfather. Gerald de windsor is my 28th great grandfather. this is all on my fathers side! Thomas fitzgerald is my 25th great grandfather. this has really helped me understand their roles! thank you!

  • @ME24689

    @ME24689

    Жыл бұрын

    Ah come off it! How does anyone truly know if this was really your ancestor. Seriously, there is no way of knowing! I can go back only 5 generations with all honesty, and I Live in Ireland, and have done my DNA! 😁

  • @louisbrumbly2559
    @louisbrumbly25593 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this informative video. Thomas the eighth Earl is my 19th great grandfather. Sir Gerald (Marquis of Kildare) Fitzgerald was my 13th great grandfather. “Wizard Earl was my 13th great uncle”. Edward Fitzgerald also was my 13 great uncle.

  • @trevorfitzgerald4996

    @trevorfitzgerald4996

    2 жыл бұрын

    Can you give me some advice on how to get info back past 1798 th aat when a my great great grandfather was born. I am trying to find out where my part of the tree fits. My decendent was sent to New south wales for a long holiday.

  • @ME24689

    @ME24689

    Жыл бұрын

    @@trevorfitzgerald4996 You CAN'T.. There is no way of knowing for sure, unless you have a pedigree, or are from Fitzgerald "Royalty" and have Genealogy charts passed down through the family... 🤔

  • @ME24689

    @ME24689

    Жыл бұрын

    How in the name of God can you trace back that far in all honesty and be sure of the facts?

  • @patrickfitzgerald2052

    @patrickfitzgerald2052

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ME24689 I can trace most of my ancestry back over 1000 years in Ireland and Scotland.

  • @siobhanoneill1139
    @siobhanoneill11394 жыл бұрын

    Great video :) my maternal grandmother's family are Fitzgerald's. Such a shame so many of our records were destroyed (and that we weren't great record keepers too), I'll never be able to trace our line pre early 1800s.

  • @lisashhotwife2732

    @lisashhotwife2732

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can, maybe not directly but.. Your second name is O´Neill olden version was Ui Neil. They were kings of Ulster all the way up until the plantations of the 1600´s and still tried rebeliions there for years after. Strongest around where modern day Tyrone is, roughly.

  • @jameshinton-howard6778
    @jameshinton-howard67784 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting. I never knew about the Gherardini family and the connection to Ireland.

  • @mikefitzgerald33
    @mikefitzgerald333 жыл бұрын

    This is new info for me. I have traced my family tree back to the early 1800's in Antrim and Armagh Counties in Ulster (now Northern Ireland).

  • @alexandras7905
    @alexandras79054 жыл бұрын

    I didn't know that my grandfathers name was part of our history, his name was Otho Fitzgerald, thats so cool, thanks for making this video

  • @joshuarawl1003
    @joshuarawl10034 жыл бұрын

    My Mother's side is Fitzgerald, the name is quite prevalent around Wicklow town, never wondered why until now

  • @ericmills581
    @ericmills5814 жыл бұрын

    I am a direct descendant of gerald Fitzgerald 9th earl of Kildare. It is amazing to know more about my ancestors. i am also a direct descendant of Henry ii of England. So who ever is descendants of them, hey distant cuz.

  • @CinephileSinophile
    @CinephileSinophile4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this amazing video. It's definitely something I will add to my family history library. My mother's maiden name is Fitzgerald. I only know that the relative that first came to America came from Limerick. I'm eager to see where we are connected in this exciting family line!

  • @dyread

    @dyread

    4 жыл бұрын

    Have you done DNA and uploaded to Gedmatch?

  • @RLaHive

    @RLaHive

    7 ай бұрын

    Again, having the name FitzGerald doesn't mean you have noble ancestry. At all.

  • @donmigueldecuenca
    @donmigueldecuenca4 жыл бұрын

    My Lancashire Gerard ancestors are also descended from Nest and her FitzGerald husband. "Helen of Wales..." Love it!

  • @gigistarlings2729

    @gigistarlings2729

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here, Michael Stephens! :)

  • @donmigueldecuenca

    @donmigueldecuenca

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@gigistarlings2729 hey, we could be 12th cousins, or somesuch!

  • @gigistarlings2729

    @gigistarlings2729

    4 жыл бұрын

    Woweee, Cousin Michael!!! Seriously exciting stuff. ^_^ ***wave*** from the Western U.S.!

  • @gwizzuk

    @gwizzuk

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've got some GERARDs from Lancashire, it never occurred to me that they might descend from the FitzGeralds; though I have several lines of descent from Gerald de Windsor.

  • @niajones7925
    @niajones79254 жыл бұрын

    Diolch am cynnwys y llinach Cymraeg!Thanks for using the welsh line!

  • @lorriemiller6750
    @lorriemiller67504 жыл бұрын

    I only found out all this when researching my maternal lineage and who they are descended from which led me to it. Her' s goes all over the place and not just Irish it also leads to a lot more besides that figure even more prominent in history like Charlemagne, William the Conqueror, Stewart's, Plantagenent' s, Queen Victoria, the Huns, the Yellow Emperor of China, the Xiongnu who were also a part of the Huns and many others. A lot of royal families since they are all related, aristocrats, Vikings, Native Americans etc some famous and some infamous. I never realized I had that much Irish in my heritage I knew there was some but not nearly to that extent and I have yet to do my father's lineage and descent and ancestry. I know he has Queen Victoria and a lot of Scottish and German like the Stewart's at the very least it will be interesting to find out more about.

  • @alanjosephmortimer4675
    @alanjosephmortimer4675 Жыл бұрын

    I'm Directly related to Maurice FitzGerald through the Butler family of Ireland on my Maternal side, Didn't realize there was an Italian link or a JFK link either so that will be interesting for me to go and study now as well, thank you for your informative video and charts.

  • @MrDeanmfitz
    @MrDeanmfitz Жыл бұрын

    I am a Fitzgerald...I'm vacationing in Ireland right now in Wexford. Thank you for posting!

  • @dawnyockey1475
    @dawnyockey14754 жыл бұрын

    I actually have 6 Fitzgerald relatives that came from Ireland in the late 1800's. My great great grandparents were 2 of them!

  • @TheEhreilly
    @TheEhreilly4 жыл бұрын

    Missed out on Lord Edward Fitzgerald, who fought in with the Brits in the American war of Independence, and then later attempted to launch a rebellion in Ireland after falling in love with the native Irish culture.

  • @russellcarroll1721
    @russellcarroll1721 Жыл бұрын

    My grandmother’s family is the Fitzgeralds from Ireland. She married my grandfather, Fred Carroll from the O’carroll clan. A very powerful warrior clan of Ireland. They now live in Canada.

  • @independentfilmfestival

    @independentfilmfestival

    2 күн бұрын

    me as well, Desmarais also.

  • @weepingscorpion8739
    @weepingscorpion87394 жыл бұрын

    This was really interesting. Have you also considered other dynasties? At the moment, those that spring to my mind are the Butlers and the Howards but also from other countries like the Medici would be interesting to see.

  • @nancyhoward9218

    @nancyhoward9218

    3 жыл бұрын

    Weeping Scorpion I'd like to see one done on the Howard's myself

  • @plantagenetsurvivor8771
    @plantagenetsurvivor87714 жыл бұрын

    Nesta verch Rhys of Wales, Princess of Deheubarth, my 25th great grandmother through her son Maurice FitzGerald de Windsor....must have been a pretty hot Mama for so many men to want her and also be kidnapped by Owain ap Cadwgan. You go girl!

  • @thesynergyofblood
    @thesynergyofblood4 жыл бұрын

    Another great informative and interesting video. Shared on FB. Thank you ;-)

  • @Greatoscarrat
    @Greatoscarrat4 жыл бұрын

    You know what? I reckon it’d be really cool if you made some family tree videos for different Scottish clans. I’d love to see some of that on your channel :D

  • @carolshilliday2009
    @carolshilliday20097 күн бұрын

    Gerald FitzGerald the 8th Earl of Kildare was my 18th great grandfather through the Hennessy (Cognac) line of my family. My 17th great grandfather was hung with Silken after the Kildare rebellion.

  • @gearoidp
    @gearoidp4 жыл бұрын

    Leinster house is the house of the parliament (the oireachtas) of the republic and the prime minister (Taoiseach). The president (Uachtarán) works and lives at Áras an Uachtaráin in the Phoenix park. The president is the head of state he is the equivalent of the queen in the UK but he is elected. Great video!

  • @isaac_aren

    @isaac_aren

    4 жыл бұрын

    Minor corrections: The Oireachtas is the government as a whole while the "Dáil" is the parliment. The president of Ireland is like the Queen, but with much less power. He is but a figure head witha ceremonial role in government. No actual power

  • @gearoidp

    @gearoidp

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@isaac_aren yes, you are right. I meant that it was home to the houses* of the parliament. Tithe na Oireachtas. The two houses of the Dáil and the Seanad.

  • @damiendowney5121

    @damiendowney5121

    4 жыл бұрын

    Áras an Uachtaráin house of the president (of Ireland)was designed by the same architect that designed the White House

  • @gearoidp

    @gearoidp

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@damiendowney5121 no it was not the same man. I think you are confused; Hoban was Irish (Kilkenny man) but he did not design the Áras.

  • @frankjoseph7259
    @frankjoseph72594 жыл бұрын

    Excellent, as usual !

  • @pfitz671
    @pfitz6714 жыл бұрын

    Patrick Fitzgerald here. My family originally came to the US, through South Carolina in the mid 1700s. CROM A BOO

  • @briancaudill2907

    @briancaudill2907

    Жыл бұрын

    Crom abu!!

  • @michaelrussell499
    @michaelrussell4994 жыл бұрын

    Entertaining and informative as usual

  • @brandonthearchivist55
    @brandonthearchivist552 ай бұрын

    I am a descendant of Guillermo de Morfi y Calana/William Murphy a knight of Santiago in Spain. His grandmother was Katherine Fitzgerald of the Earls of Kildare. Her father was Gerald Fitzgerald the 9th Lord of Kildare. Sebastian de Morfi a great great grandson founded Utuado Puerto Rico in 1743.

  • @corcaighogormghus4618
    @corcaighogormghus46183 жыл бұрын

    3:38 Of course. There are always the families of the main Irish kingdons however. (Leinster, Munster, Connacht etc) And the families of them often intermarried. One on Brian Ború, possibly the ONLY ever High-King to be undisputed, and his family would be great. Keep up the great work anyway I'll be watching all your videos anyway whatver family its on 👍

  • @mickryan2450

    @mickryan2450

    2 жыл бұрын

    Check ryan

  • @peterfitzgerald53
    @peterfitzgerald532 жыл бұрын

    Very proud to be a part of this

  • @alanfitzgerald8450
    @alanfitzgerald84509 ай бұрын

    Yep there are a lot of FitzGeralds in my family

  • @user-lb3hd7ip4o
    @user-lb3hd7ip4o27 күн бұрын

    We are all related somewhere in our family trees.

  • @CheshireChan1107
    @CheshireChan1107 Жыл бұрын

    According to Ancestry DNA i am a descendant of the Kildare FitzGeralds, says that Sir Gerald II FitzGerald the 11th Earl of Kildare is my 20th Great Grandfather. He and Lady Browne had a daughter named Mary who married a Nugent, then they had a daughter named Margaret who married an O'Brien. I am learning so many new things about my family history, thank you !

  • @mikecullen4683
    @mikecullen46834 жыл бұрын

    The Normans got very far in Europe. I heard a story about a Irish soldier in the British Army billeted to a small Sicilian town in WW2.The locals were reserved until they found out his name was Fitzgerald.Turns out the town was settled by Norman knights in the 11 century.Small world.

  • @independentfilmfestival

    @independentfilmfestival

    2 ай бұрын

    House of Desmond, Fitzgerald 24 back,

  • @appmeurtre
    @appmeurtre4 жыл бұрын

    Finally, Waiting for new video more stressing than waiting Half Life 3

  • @phillipmorse507
    @phillipmorse5079 ай бұрын

    My Great grandmother was Catherine Fitzgerald of County Cork. She was born in 1867. Don't know when her and her father, Thomas sailed to America? Married my Great grandfather in 1890 in New Hampshire.

  • @jasoncowley4718
    @jasoncowley47184 жыл бұрын

    Very cool! I enjoy watching these family dynasty vids. According to Geni, Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster is my 13th cousin twice removed. Noice!

  • @maryskrzypczynski2225
    @maryskrzypczynski22252 жыл бұрын

    My great grandmother was a Fitzgerald from Ireland! Probably not of the same family but it would be cool if it were. I will have to check with one of my aunts who has the family tree written down somewhere.

  • @mickf.m.struhanyk5751
    @mickf.m.struhanyk57513 жыл бұрын

    Mick Fitzgerald Murphy Struhanyk of Windsor, ON represeeeeeeeeeent!!! Direct cousins of both F Scott and the FKs of Mass fame - as well as everyone mentioned in this excellent rundown of my very proud heritage. Sorry, don’t mean to brag, but I’ve got one helluva smile 😃 Runs in the family!! Erin go bragh!!!!!

  • @KevOSMusic
    @KevOSMusic2 жыл бұрын

    The offices of the President would be in Áras an Uachtaráin in Phoenix Park. Pretty sure Leinster house just holds an Dáil (Parliament) of the two houses, an Oireachtas (lower house) & an Seanad (upper house).

  • @jericohen120
    @jericohen1203 жыл бұрын

    As my own family tree has been documented numerous times and as a cousin of JFK I am wondering at some of the differences that exist in your chart and their own documentation. What are your references ? There are genealogists of both families in Ireland, France and the United States who would be interested in reviewing them. JeriGale Cohen Fitzgibbon Shane

  • @rodrigoignacio4299
    @rodrigoignacio42994 жыл бұрын

    I love your charts! Would you mind doing one about the O’Connor family in Ireland?

  • @galoglaich3281

    @galoglaich3281

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rodrigo Ignacio They many different O' connors many of them unrelated .The most famous would be the connacht O'Connors which is probably the family you are thinking of.

  • @TBEEquinox
    @TBEEquinox4 жыл бұрын

    This video makes me happy

  • @skynatkee
    @skynatkee4 жыл бұрын

    I was wondering if you could make a video on the provincial kingdoms of Ireland, especially McCarthy because I have ancestors with the last name McCarthy and I find that I learn best with your types of videos. Thanks!

  • @adamoreillycork
    @adamoreillycork4 жыл бұрын

    Please do the O'Reillys if you're doing another video about Ireland.

  • @gzpo
    @gzpo4 жыл бұрын

    Can you do the Sottile (of Brooklyn, NYC from Sicily), and, McGarty (of Brooklyn, NYC from Ireland) family trees? My cousins are FitzGeralds of Brooklyn, NYC.

  • @sheilaandersen8710
    @sheilaandersen87103 жыл бұрын

    Hi Matt! I have been enjoying your videos since KZread's algorithm brought one up into my suggestions a few days ago. To my delight this is one of the videos I found. Nest ferch Rhys and Henry I are 27th great grandparents of mine but not through their son, Henry. I have separate lines back to both of them. My line from Nest comes from her and Gerald's son, Maurice. From there it goes Gerald, Maurice, Maurice, and then to a female line, Juliane. That being said, I hadn't thought about a possible connection with the family of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. Were you able to find her line back to Gerald and Nest? I have not been able to find one via Google or Geni.com. I would be very grateful if you could point me in the correct direction to sources to see the connection between Rose and Nest. Thank you!! And, please continue with such great and informative videos!!

  • @davidozab2753
    @davidozab27533 жыл бұрын

    Descended from the Kildare FitzGeralds on my mother's side.

  • @nattiedraws
    @nattiedraws2 жыл бұрын

    Gotta say, never expected the Mona Lisa and JFK connection, but here we are

  • @tampakitty7958
    @tampakitty79584 жыл бұрын

    Great video! It was interesting to learn about the Fitzgerald history. I have both Fitzgeralds and Kennedys in my family tree. My dad's sisters have said they thought we were related to the Kennedys (JFK's family) which I haven't been able to confirm. My paternal great grandmother Nora Fitzgerald was born in Meath, Ireland and moved to Springfield, Massachusetts and then Chicago. Nora's father's name was Michael J. Fitzgerald born in Meath, Ireland. Nora Fitzgerald married John Joseph Dowd born in County Kerry Ireland whose mother's maiden name was Mary Kennedy born in Ireland.

  • @fionaraven3991
    @fionaraven3991 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a FitzGerald, whose family emigrated to Newfoundland prob sometime in the 1750s from Munster .. I think I might descend from the Desmond line . Learned recently that piracy was prominent there in the 17th century.

  • @Scotia6261

    @Scotia6261

    Жыл бұрын

    Coastal clans were notorious for it and the Fitzgeralds were based in Tralee and Askeaton castles but were also overlords of many Irish and Norman clans in that part of Desmond.

  • @spysquirrel
    @spysquirrel Жыл бұрын

    My last name is Jerrell, and we are descendants of the FitzGerald’s. I was able to follow our line back to Ireland, and this video answered some of my questions. Some of the children of the FitzGerald’s that came to America changed the spelling to different variations, Jerrell/Gerald/Jarrell, etc., still some questions as to why, some think to not sound too Irish, which is ironic, as the FitzGerald’s were “more irish than the Irish themselves”.

  • @paramasatya9668
    @paramasatya96684 жыл бұрын

    I miss so much this guy's voice 😊

  • @bicitaja
    @bicitaja3 жыл бұрын

    The internet claims there are about 80,000 Fitzgeralds living worldwide at the moment!

  • @shaolindreams
    @shaolindreams4 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff as usual.. interesting stuff. Do you have anything about the surname John and it's plethora of it's variants. Said to be one of the most important names in Christendom..

  • @Dhhdjdjdj46
    @Dhhdjdjdj464 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant family tree but Nest had a daughter who had another leader of the conquest named Milo de Cogan. Her kids and grandkids basically invaded Ireland with a few lads and and a cuddle.

  • @suzzanahbessette6989
    @suzzanahbessette69894 жыл бұрын

    Doing my maternal grandmother's family tree, I discovered we are not only descended from the FitzGeralds, but also the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty as well as the O'Sullivan Bere line. And I just thought we were random immigrants 😁

  • @hannahhughes4533
    @hannahhughes45333 жыл бұрын

    my great great grandmothers maiden name was Fitzgerald. My ancestors on my fathers side came from Ireland. So interesting.

  • @themiffer6997

    @themiffer6997

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hello Hannah ! My Great Grandmother , Helen M. Fitzgerald Paull & Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy were cousins. Maybe we are related ?

  • @rdwwdr3520
    @rdwwdr35207 ай бұрын

    This is literally fascinating. I have been studying lately on a few of the old Irish families who ended up being royalists and supported King Charles I not only against parliament but a few even during the Irish Confederate war prior to Cromwell. Among those was a branch of the Fitzgeralds, Col John Fitzgerald, who even went into exile with Charles (with some of his regiments). I would very much like to hear one of your family trees on the O'Brien family of Munster. They are said to be descended from Brian Boru himself (and therefore maybe a bit "more Irish" than the Fitzgeralds in that sense) and became English peers and supported King Charles.

  • @Cloudwondergirl
    @Cloudwondergirl2 жыл бұрын

    Just to let everyone know, Ireland did not go through this willingly