Eva Doherty Gremmert

Eva Doherty Gremmert is a talented, award-winning author, a successful business woman, a sought-after public speaker, a professional genealogist and the mother of an adult with special needs. Her CIBA Journey First Place winner, "Our Time To Dance, A Mother's Journey To Joy," a memoir detailing her journey raising her son Nick who was born in 1979 with multiple disabilities. This book was published September 2019 by Covenant Books. Since 2017, Eva has been publishing a blog on her website with short vignettes of her life experiences and lessons learned from parenting Nick. Her first work of fiction, “A Cottage in Donegal. Mary Doherty’s Story,” was self-published in 2011. It is an entertaining and evocative read. In June 2019 the audiobook version was released. The book is from Mary’s perspective. She owns a tax preparation and business development firm, founded in 1981. Eva has assisted many non-profits over the years, including serving on the Association of O’Dochartaighs Clann Executive Board since 2000. She is a founding member of the Irish Genealogical and Historical Society and currently is on the board of directors. Eva has researched and published five books on her family history and hosts two major genealogy research websites. She and her husband, Arden, have been married for 47 years. They spend their time between their homes in Carnation, WA and Carndonagh, Co. Donegal, Ireland. They have raised four amazing children and have twelve beautiful grandchildren.