A friend told me recently that the first time she visited the Beara Peninsula in County Cork she instantly felt an affinity; a tie of some kind, a soul anchoring feeling, she felt home. Years later she had her DNA tested and it came back with a 98% match to the South West Irish Coast; specifically the Beara Peninsula. It made me wonder if I had ancest…
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