Keryn Keane

Ancestors

Daughter of Keith Keane and Silvina (Jackson) Keane

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Biography

Keryn Keane was born on 15th September 1956 at the Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Victoria, Australia to parents, Keith Keane and Silvina (Jackson) Keane I attended Pascoe Vale North Primary school and then Hadfield High School. Activities included swimming and Table Tennis. Swimming was at competition level as a member of the Brunswick Amateur Swimming Club, and then I went onto teaching and coaching on weekends and after school hours. Many hours spent training in the early morning before school and after school. Competition included club competitions, inter club district carnivals and Victorian state competitions at the old Olympic Pool in Batman Avenue, Melbourne. Table Tennis 🏓 - Taught by my father Keith (who was a Table Tennis coach) I learnt to play at the Melita Club in Coburg where dad used to play competition. Dad and I both joined the Coburg Table Tennis club and we both played Victorian Pennant competitions, I started from about the age of 11. Gaining more skills, I moved up in ranking and grade in both the adult sphere competitions and the Junior competitions, winning many accolades in my age group competitions including doubles and mixed doubles. I was selected to represent Victoria at the age of 13 as a 'sub-junior' at the annual South Australian championships. This was a yearly trek to Adelaide during January of each year. Eventually I represented Victoria in the Australian championships at the age of 16. Not long after the championships, I became unwell with a severe case of Glandular Fever and was side-lined after this and unable to train. This also affected my schooling, but I managed to go through to the final year of high school and complete Year 12. Unfortunately, due to the effects of the glandular fever, I was advised not to do any training, so this ended my burgeoning sporting career and my dream to be a Physical Education teacher.

I'd always had an interest in Biology and science, so after finishing High School, I then started working at Prince Henry's Hospital in Melbourne as a Medical Technician in Biochemistry. While working, I was also studying to do my Diploma in Medical Technology (Laboratory Science), and remained there for 15 years until I left to have my daughter Ashlee in 1987.

While caring for Ashlee, I took up a casual position at the local Melton Pool during the summer months, teaching swimming and life saving. This continued until I had my son, Matthew in 1990.

Looking for something else and another interest, I joined the local St. John Ambulance Brigade to do volunteer First Aid at various events. From this, I trained to be a First Aid instructor and went onto teach and train the public and the members of the local brigade.

Doing First Aid, I was looking to get back into the workforce and opted to study again at the age of 40, and did a Bachelor of Applied Science in Nursing. After having done First Aid at the frontline, I felt that Emergency nursing was of interest. I then decided to do a Post Graduate Diploma in Advance Nursing (Emergency). This was followed by doing a Masters in International Health Management. I will work in nursing until my retirement.

Genealogy Interests I've always had a keen interest in ancestry and family history. I started looking seriously about 2017/18 when I joined Ancestry.com and started my family tree. The interest grew and so did my family tree. My main extended family tree now has well over 3.000 people on it. I had no idea about Wikitree until about 2019 and then joined in the one-tree family. Surprisingly, I found some family connections as a couple of my direct family members profiles were already on the tree. Through Wikitree, I've had a great collaboration with a second cousin and we have done some amazing work together.

I always investigate my sources and ensure they are as accurate as possible before adding a person to the tree. As a stickler for accuracy, I often find myself checking and re-checking information. I do like to have a nice 'narrative' biography for the person where possible, to create a life story and the referencing that connects it.

What I don't like is people changing information without consultation. With many hours of painstakingly checking facts and sources to have someone come and just add or delete information without consultation is very disheartening. I have found so many mistakes and wrong connections because people don't check sources and links and other information that can give clues to the information. I am very happy to help investigate information when I have the time and will always welcome descendants with direct links to the family members whose profiles I have created, to become co-managers or on the trusted list.

Sources

• First-hand information, entered by Keryn Keane as autobiography

DNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Keryn Keane and Steven John Holstein, her 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Reginald Keane and Rita Garth, the grandparents of both Keryn Keane and Steven John Holstein. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 1st Cousin, based on sharing 823.2 cM across 35 segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Keryn Keane and Bryan Crabtree, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Walter Turner and Ann Swindel, the great great grandparents of both Keryn Keane and Bryan Crabtree. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 3rd-4th cousin, based on sharing 91.8 cM across 6 segments.

Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Keryn Keane, FTDNA kit # IN71442, and , Gregory Keane, FTDNA kit # IN72577, have an exact HVR1, HVR2 and Coding Region match, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Silvina Jackson, the mother of both Keryn Keane and Gregory Keane.

Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Keryn Keane and Julie Taylor, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Denis Sullivan and Ellen Sullivan, the great great grandparents of both Keryn Keane and Julie Taylor. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 3rd cousin, based on sharing 53.9 cM across 5 segments.

Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Keryn Keane and Bradley James, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are James James and Emily Stevens, the great grandparents of both Keryn Keane and Bradley James. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 2nd cousin - 2nd cousin x 1 removed, based on sharing 194.2 cM across 12 segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Keryn Keane and Russell Garth, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Henry Garth and Charlotte Lamb, the great great grandparents of both Keryn Keane and Russell Garth. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 1st cousin x 2 removed - 2nd cousin x 2 removed, based on sharing 153.7 cM across 8 segments. Keryn is the daughter of Keith Keane who is the great grandson of the common ancestors Henry Garth & Charlotte Lamb.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Keryn Keane and Norma Mavis Vaughan, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Walter Turner and Ann Swindel, the great great grandparents of Keryn Keane and great grandparents of Norma Mavis Vaughan. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 1st cousin x 2 removed - 2nd cousin x 1 removed, based on sharing 150.8 cM across 9 segments.

Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Keryn Keane and Storm Catherine Reece (Taylor), her half 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestor is Frank Taylor, the great great grandfather of Keryn Keane and great grandfather of Storm Catherine Reece (Taylor). Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 2nd cousin x 1 removed (1/2) (1/2), based on sharing 30.3 cM across 1 segments.