Suttonrath

25/07/2023

It has been ONE YEAR AGO NOW, that Luann Hughes DeVries solved the disappearance of Mary Agnes Moroney. She then started sharing this wonderful discovery with first a Niece, then the surprising and shocking news with the Grand Daughter, and Daughter of Mary Agnes. After a couple months went by, Luann handed all her material over to Cook County Sherrifs Police to look over and see if any any criminal charges need to be handled after so many years.

22/02/2023

Congratulations Michael Michael G Peters.

18/02/2023

https://www.woodtv.com/video/w-mi-genealogist-helps-crack-93-year-old-cold-case/8401889/

A West Michigan genealogist helped to crash a 93-year-old cold case out of Chicago. (Feb. 17, 2023)

03/02/2023

Media Release: February 3, 2023
Mary Agnes Moroney kidnapping Cold Case Solved 93 years later-

Through collaboration with the Cook County Sheriff's Police Cold Case and Missing Persons department, Detective Jose Rodriguez. Luann Hughes-DeVries was able to play an integral part in assisting in the identification, and discovering what became of Mary Agnes Moroney using Genetic Genealogy. Also a special thanks to Detective Gleason and CeCe Moore for reviewing my work.

Mary Agnes was a 2 year old toddler with wavy blonde hair and bright blue eyes when she was reported kidnapped from her Chicago home in 1930. This was the oldest unsolved case of its kind in the history of Chicago and state of Illinois. This case had wide coverage in newspapers across the U.S. at the time and through decades after. We were able to track her movement from the time she was kidnapped until her death. She was living in Chicago, strangely enough not far from where she was taken for four years. Then the lady who called herself her mother moved to Virginia with her. They lived there for a few years before moving to Florida where she became an adult, married, and started her own family.

Sadly she died in 2003 and was unable to be reunited with her birth relatives. But now her family can rest knowing she was not killed or trafficked, but lived a long life having children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. We can not share the name she lived by, or her descendants at this time as they are dealing with this great shock having known nothing about any of this.

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31/01/2023

Member of our Team:

Margaret O'Sullivan,
Genealogist and Historian

Margaret O’Sullivan is a PhD researcher and departmental assistant in the History Department, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and is also a member of the Irish Association of Professional Historians.

Growing up in county Tipperary, Margaret developed her love of family history as she spent many years listening as older family members spent many hours telling yarns and ‘tracing’. Her maternal grandfather, Tim Looney, a keen local historian, passed on his love of local history to all his grandchildren.

Margaret has had articles published in local history journals, given talks to various interested groups on her research and on how to research your Irish family tree.

Margaret is an active member of local history societies in her locality

31/01/2023

A little "Irish" interest to leave you with this evening.

Tonight is St Brigid's eve so don't forget to leave a cloth or scarf outside to be blessed by the saint as she passes. Known as a 'Bratog Bride' in Irish folklore, this special garment can then be used as a cure for headaches or sore throats...

25/01/2023

Meet our team:

20/01/2023

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/jan/18/nonprofits-tackling-privacy-ethics-and-cost-issues/

The DNA investigative tool known as genetic genealogy has enormous power for good, from uniting adoptees with their birth families to solving such brutal crimes as the recent killings of four University of Idaho students.

17/01/2023

I am a specialist, passionate about new technologies & progress in Genealogy:

Luann’s passion for genealogy started over 40 years ago when she visited her home country of Ireland and found what she thought and hoped were her cousins and Townland (Suttonrath, County Tipperary). Since then she has taken many courses on genealogical studies and DNA analysis. She is a member of: National Genealogical Society(NGS), Association of Professional Genealogists(APG), Genealogical Society of Ireland and the International Society of Genetic Genealogy(ISOGG).

Luann has worked on countless adoptee cases through Searchangels.org and other organizations, utilizing traditional genealogy methods and for the past 10 years Genetic Genealogy DNA analysis. She continues to work on missing persons cases, cold cases, and finding biological fathers of (U.S. Service Men) of Vietnamese Orphan children left behind using Genetic Genealogy technology (DNA).

*Numerous Families Reunited
by working with organizations like Search Angels, and through individual requests

*Partnered with expert Genealogists
Partnered with leading genetic genealogists and boots on the ground in Ireland and the Europe

*Through genetic genealogy created a medical profile
for an adoptee which allowed for family planning and screening for future children