According to the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico Oral History: By M.A.O’Neill

The oral history of the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico states that the progenitor our line was a tall man of blue eyes and dark hair. He arrived in Puerto Rico with his brother both military men, but in reality there seems to have been three brothers, and it’s not known if the third even arrived in Puerto Rico. There are said to have fought in the land were people wore Wooden Shoes and there were windmills , and this at  first I knew nothing of but then realized this was the Spanish Netherlands what is now  modern day Belgium. He was said to have been involved in piracy and had a violent temper that fought bulls with a shield and gun for entertainment. The family oral history also states that our origins are from a man named Edmundo, Eamon, or an Enrique Rui O'Neill who fought in the Spanish Netherlands and the head of the family was a man named Don Constantino O’Neill.

This Don Constantino O’Neill seemed to have been based out of Galicia, Spain and possibly also in the regions of Asturias. He had some association with a woman named Rosio or Rose.From my understanding he was raised alone most of his life, but had two other brothers. Now the question is was Enrique Rui / Rua O’Neill his brother? I doubt that this Enrique was the son of Owen Roe O’Neill, Don Enrique RuaO’Neill that was taken prisoner by Sir Charles Coote at Scariffhollis and beheaded at Derry on July 1650.

Owen Roe "the Red" O’Neill, died on November 6,1649 , he was a Spanish Officer for 30 years, held Arras against the French, surrendering "after a notable resistance" in 1640. Eoghan was the Lord General of the Catholic Army in the Ulster. Most important is that he served in the Spanish Netherlands, was married to a Rose, had four sons and among them was one named Conn Rua O’Neill, and he was of the Feardorcha “Matthew” O’Neill bloodline. Yet there was other O’Neill’s in the Spanish Netherlands and in Spain named Conn, but only these O’Neill’s fit the oral history very well. Outside that one of the sons named John (Juan) O’Neill became a monk. There was the third son of Art O’Neill; his name was Don Conn O’Neill who had two sons one named Daniel and the other named Brian O’Neill who had a son named Conn O’Neill who died in Spain.

There possibility that Don Constantino O’Neill was in the Caribbean during the late 1600’s, or possibly just his sons. Spanish military records show a Constantino O’Neill being talked about his involvement with the Commander General of the Havana, Cuba Navy Don Juan de Araaz.What people don’t understand is that there are plenty of O’Neill’s that live in Spain, with no clues abouttheir own origins. Not everything was written down, nor did the O’Neill’s to leave certain trails of their exploits for all to known. There is so much yet to be discovered! Believe me there is somewhere in some dusty records in Spain, or the Netherlands the facts of the origins of Don Constantino O’Neill.

In 1765, Colonel Thomas O'Daly and Field Marshall Don Alejandro "Bloody " O’Reilly were sent to Puerto Rico on the orders of King Carlos III of Spain, to investigate contraband, and piracy. Church records show that Don Patricio O'Neill Garcia married Anna Feliciano in March 5th, 1778 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. That was 13 years after the arrival of Don Alejandro “Bloody” O’Reilly! Did Don Patricio arrive in Puerto Rico with Don Alejandro” Bloody” O’Reilly? And then married Dona Anna Feliciano 13 years later after his arrival?  Don Patricio’s father Don Juan O’Neill may have already been in Puerto Rico, or maybe he was in Spain?  Don Juan who could have been either named original named Sean or John O’Neill.

On a Side Note:

Nowmy main goal is finding the origins of Don Constantino O’Neill in Spain, or the Netherlands is the key to finding the origins of the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico.  I know for a fact that there must a few people out there who know exactly who this Don Constantino O’Neill was, and will not share the info, but it doesn’t matter, because at the end the truth will be shown and made public for the world to see. I know exactly why they do not share information or hide the facts. Many of these O’Neill’s live in a fantasy, and an illusion, of being the descendants of some Royal lineage, and I can careless for all that nonsense. Nor do I care what other O’Neill’s think! If they don’t share my genetics or are from the Island of Puerto Rico why should they matter? 

And why do I say this? Because the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico are the last of a long bloodline, and with the some miracle we found some safety on a small island, with the help of the Spanish crown, and our ancestor’s military service. I take pride that we stand alone with no ties with any other surname or any other O’Neill.

Unlike some of the O’Neill’s in Spain, France, and Portugal I don’t fear the truth and that is why the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico y-dna is there for the whole world to see.  One day the true origins of the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico will be known, and it won’t matter, if I have to do it all by myself what I know is that I get things done.It’s a big puzzle to decipher but I have slowly done so going on the oral history ,and documents have slowly come to find some clues, yet it’s a long road ahead, and this is why my main focus now is to find the origins of Don Constantino O’Neill , Rose , and Don Juan O’Neill. I did enough trying to help putting together the genealogy of the various families the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico and the Sevilla O’Neill’s of the Fews that I uncovered through my research.

Now is time for those who care like I stated in an earlier blog post is up to them to find their own origins, and if they want to obtain a y-dna test to prove they are of linked to one of the O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico branches they are more than welcomed.  At this moment there are only 3 O’Neill’s of Puerto Rico that I can take into account as I move forward in any future development, and they know who they are.