Topic: So Many Descendants.

My Great Great Grandfather Henry Prendergast (1813-1867) married Mary Costello (1812-1902) in February 1832 in Tuam, Galway. They had ten children, of whom seven survived. The whole family emigrated to Australia on the “Pestonjee Bomanjee” in 1854 and their last child was born in Australia.

As far as I can ascertain, there were 51 grandchildren and 106 great and great-great grandchildren – several had families of over 14. A total of 157 early descendants with at least another 30-50 in the current generation and further down the track. Every now and then I make another connection through DNA, then have fun trying to work out the line of descendancy.

One third cousin turned out to be now living in my home town! It is lovely to have a cousin living nearby. So many family stories to swap!

I do not have a photo of Henry and Mary, but this is their daughter Margaret (my great grandmother, born 1844) and one of her daughters.