Quote Originally Posted by slohairt View Post
In Ireland, the surname Down(e)(s) can be an Anglicisation of Ó Duinn, which means 'descendant of Donn'. Donn is the Irish word for 'brown'. On rare occasions, it is an Anglicisation of Ó Dubháin, meaning 'descendant of Dubhán', a personal name meaning 'little dark one'.
cool to hear. Now to figure out of the Noah that was his father was the one that was decended from James (from Ireland) or Thomas (from England).