We might be not the same genetically but we all share a common language , culture ,and our native land of Puerto Rico. Y-DNA evidence with genealogy, in combination, with oral history shows that not all the O'Neill's of Puerto Rico are related, or do they share a common ancestor. More Y-DNA samples are needed to see what O'Neill families are related which are not to each other. So far the Y-DNA samples shows that there seems to have been the adoption of the mother’s O’Neill surname, among some of the O’Neill’s in Puerto Rico. Other’s are from various Islands in the Caribbean, one of them Tortola, a Island that is close to St. Croix, but not the island Barbados that is closer to the Island of Martinique. Only two people have tested one is of the Hg R1b sub clade and another from the J2 Haplogroup. Oral history states that the progenitor of our line was a tall man of blue eyes and dark hair. He arrived in Puerto Rico, with his brother , and both were military men from Spain with Irish ancestry . There are said, to have fought, in the land were people wore Wooden Shoes and there were windmills. This very likely the Spanish Netherlands, what we known now as modern day Belgium . He was said to have been involved in Piracy and had a violent temper . In our family most males are between the height of 6 ft 4 inches and 5 feet 11 inches ( 193.04 centimeters to 180.34 centimeters )and weight around 230 lbs to 260 lbs. (average of 113 kilograms) . Often of a muscular built with broad shoulders and strong arms.
This family's oral history states that our origins are from a man named Edmundo , Eamon, or a Enrique Rua O'Neill ,who fought in the Spanish Netherlands . Also involved in piracy with men with such names as Rocco , possibly Richard or Ricard , Gill , possibly Guillermo , Juan, possibly Sean or John, and the head of the clan was a man named Conn or Constantino. This family was ruled by eight heads and all lived in one area were they would all meet after long campaigns or raiding. There are also accounts of a woman named Rose involved in the family or mother of my ancestor. These men had great knowledge of the sea and the Caribbean. It's believed Patricio O'Neill Garcia, had a brother possibly named Jose O'Neill Garcia , who left Puerto Rico never to return possibly migrated to one of the Neighboring islands or back to Spain or the Spanish Netherlands.
The only records are of a Edmond O'Neill , who died fighting against his cousin Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone. This Edmond, was the son of Shane 'Diomas' O'Neill, son of The First Earl , Con Bacagh (The Lame) O'Neill, who died in 1588. Some accounts have Edmund O'Neill (McShane) being hung by his cousin Earl Hugh O'Neill in 1602. Family oral history states that he died in a battle. There is also a woman named Rose or Rosa in the oral history, who was this woman? I have looked through all records to find a possible link . I have found many women among the O'Neill's named Rose. Rose the name of the sister of Edmond, who married into the McDonnell clan. Was one I found, there are also various Rose or Rosa O'Neill's.
1. Rose McGuiness who married Shane O'Neill , last of the lord of the Clanaboy of Shane's Castle.
2. Rosa O'Neill 1582- d. Nov 1st 1660 married Owen (Eugenio) Roe O'Neill parents oRose O'Neill of the Fews married a man named Phillip O'Reilly of Co. Cavan.
3. Rose O'Neill of the Fews 1672-1757 married a Maurice O'More of Co. Mayo.
4. Rose O'Neill daughter of Sir Henry O'Neill of Shane's Castle of the Clanaboy. She married The Earl of Antrim Randall McDonnell circa the 1600's.
5. Rose O'Donnell who married Art Oge O'Neill . She was the daughter of Don Manus O'Donnell , Lord of Tyrconnell.
6. Rose O'Neill , daughter of Teige O'Neill and Mary O'Donnell. She married a MacCallum of Scotland.
There is a distant Rose, associated with Henrietta O'Neill , daughter of Sarah O'Neill and Henry O'Neill. Henrietta O'Neill, was married Colonel John Comerford ,and were parents of a Jose Comerford y O'Neill. But time line of birth dates does not match , nor does the Y-DNA of the Comerfords.
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