Livia Louise Popa

Livia Popa, daughter of Shannon Lynn Tinneny of Schenectady, New York and Joseph Popa, was baptized April 20, 2025. She was baptized by the Rev. N. Bradley Jones at Christ Church, Schenectady. Her godparents were Taylor Tinneny and Chad Hillcross.

             Livia with her best friend Amarie who also was baptized at the same service.

Livia and Amarie - When the families and children being baptized came into the church it was symbolically darkened and each child carried a candle.

      Livia and her proud mother in front of the alter following her baptism.

           Livia with her paternal grandparents Dan and Louise Popa.

Livia is the granddaughter of Lisa Tinneny and James O’Donnell; great-granddaughter of Philip and  Eugenia Gonzalez Tinneny of New York; great-great-granddaughter of Philip and Mary Sullivan Tinneny who immigrated from Ireland and raised their children in New York and great-great-great-granddaughter of Robert and Elizabeth Murphy Tinneny Killahurk, Carrigallen, County Leitrem, Ireland. 

Photos courtesy of Shannon Tinneny.