Foreign Royal Ancestry
Through Owain's father Gruffydd ap Cynan the Anwyl of Tywyn family are descendants of Amlaíb mac Sitriuc and his father Sigtrygg Silkbeard, King of Dublin, of the famous Uí Ímair or House of Ivar. Amlaíb's maternal grandfather was the mighty Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, and his paternal grandmother Gormflaith ingen Murchada, wife of Amlaíb Cuaran, King of York and King of Dublin.
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