Kelly and Wood Family: Origins within the British Isles

I had the idea for doing a chart to show from where in the British Isles the family was born going back a few generations.  So here it is.  The chart starts at my father’s generation on the far left; with the top section representing his mother’s (Wood) side of the family and the bottom his father’s (Kelly).

BI Origin Chart KW

The far right of the chart represents for my father’s generation their great, great grandparents and for my generation our great, great, great grandparents.

The proportions they represent are:

English 37.5%
Irish 31.25%
Scottish 12.5%
Manx 12.5%
Welsh 6.25%

Some of these proportions may change slightly if you go further back, in particular some of the names from the Irish ancestors such as Harrison do not seem to be native to Ireland.  But in the main the proportions would probably hold for a large number of generations before the ones shown on the chart.

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