Hello! I took a DNA test and found out I am 28% Irish. My last name is Hansen but I was wondering. W

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Hello! I took a DNA test and found out I am 28% Irish. My last name is Hansen but I was wondering. Where the best Passenger Lists are to see if I have an immigrates from Ireland? And how would I find out what city they lived in in Ireland?

Wendy Quirke

Hello Nathan, DNA is not a very reliable place to start your search. DNA looks at a tiny part of your history, the problem is this is quite random. The fact that you have some Irish DNA it could go back many generations before connecting to Ireland. The surname Hansen is Nordic and probably originated in Denmark as it is the 3rd most common name in Denmark. If did your DNA to help with your genealogy, you might consider uploading your data file to gedmatch.com and ancestry.com you will have the maximum chance of having matches. Hope this is helpful.

Hayter David

There are Hansens currently living around coleraine, County Londonderry. However

A guy called John grenham has a website that will show surname distribution in I Ireland and askaboutireland/griffiths has a search capability that will show who lives where circa 1850. A Google search will turn up either. John grenham results are likely based on the griffiths valuation returns which were effectively a tax (no surprise there).