THE ONIZUKA FAMILY

Paternal side - Ennis / Maternal side - Yamamoto My grandfather Noah Ennis. Great grandparents Ennis. Yamada family at the Otemachi residence in Kokura. Unfortunately the residence was destroyed during the war. From the right, Yamada, his oldest son unknown (died early?), Chiyoko, Yoko, Hiroshi (died early from TB), Toyoko, Harue holding Yuko, wife of oldest son unknown. Otemachi residence- unknown man in suit, Hiroshi, unknown eldest son and second son, Harue and Yuko, unkn

My moms dad was named Noah Ennis. A while back I did some research on Ancestry to see how far back I can go to trace his side of the family. More recently we retraced our steps again during our visit to Irelands EPIC museum. My grandfather Noah Ennis

My mom had always wanted to go to Ireland. She was told by her father that the Ennis were from Irish heritage. Her wish finally came true this year. It was a large group of us, so we arranged a tour package with our own personal driver. The Onizuka's departed from LAX, all 11 of us. My sister in law's parents met us in Dublin. The Aer Lingus flight there was around 9 hours. It was a long flight, and it gets harder as you get older. Getting through immigration was painless, an