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indentations didn’t belong—they were was born without a right top front
stopping points. molar. This occurrence is very rare. We
believe the body was that of John
Ruddy from Donegal.
When we checked, all the Ruddys from
Donegal relayed that they had no front
top molar. When we went to bury him
in Donegal, in 2013, many of the Ruddys
donated their DNA to the study. Our
hope that a DNA match would
definitively prove the identity of our
boy. It’s been four years and the
samples we took are no longer viable.
But I think this is going to be a very
momentous fall for us. The fact that
there are remains of fifty people left at
the site is infuriating. However, though
I’m a historian, I’ve been lucky to
Geologists who work with us have
involve geologists and archeologists in
found Civil War and even
the project. But the fact that fifty people,
Revolutionary War grave sites, and
who were possibly murdered, are still
these were uniform with their previous
there is the most haunting thing for me.
findings. The bodies we excavated were
sent to the University of Pennsylvania
Why would they have been murdered?
Museum for evaluation. We have a book
Most likely fear of cholera. But fear of
coming out on the 22 of October that
nd
the Irish coming over and taking jobs
discusses our findings and the results of
could have been a contributing factor.
the examination.
The horse company operated in the
same manner as horse companies out
We’re waiting for DNA studies to be
west. In this time, in Pennsylvania,
completed because we believe we can
Malvern was like the wild west in that
find collateral descendants in Ireland.
the horse company was the law.
The first body we found was of an
eighteen-year-old. When our dental
expert examined him, he found the boy
