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A DNA test kit revealed to Chicago woman Cindy O'Gara, that she is a distant relative of Catherine O'Leary, an Irishwoman who was blamed for starting the Great Chicago Fire. She connected with her birth father’s two sisters, who recalled family stories and the tale that has haunted generations of the O’Learys.