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Clan History Significant Events In McDuffie Clan History EVENT DATE # GENERATIONS ASSOCIATED NAMESDunadd
850
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Duff?, Duffy? COMMENTARY Some of the above events in Scottish history, had profound effects on those in the McDuffie clan grouping. They resulted in migrations and changes of name in many cases. The McDuffie DNA Surname Project gives the ability for the first time to “see” back in history up to and beyond 40 generations. It will allow the determination of Most Recent Common Ancestor of two or more participants. This will if the sample size is adequate allow the answer to questions which have vexed family historians for many years. These questions include:
In the case of the Campbell DNA Surname project, the data set is quite coherent with a large number of participants with a common bloodline. The McGregor project has more fragmented bloodlines probably due to greater instability in the history of the clan. It will be interesting to see what emerges with the McDuffies. In order to answer these questions a large number of participants will be needed. If you are reading this and are male with a surname in the project list, please consider joining the project. If you are female please consider recruiting a male in your extended family. Sil Alpin - A Connection? Rob
Livingstone, the Project Coordinator of the Livingston DNA Surname Project very kindly
sent me the following interesting information. At present, it is speculation but
with an increasing body of supporting evidence.
I am the group administrator for the Livingston/MacLea DNA Project. I am interested to see if I can anyone get your "Group I" with origins in Argyll to upgrade their DNA test to 37 or 43 markers. Their distinguishing markers are DYS391 = 10, and DYS389-2 = 30. It is my belief that these individuals represent the DNA of "Sil Alpin" - the progeny of King Alpin of Dal Riata. Their DNA is a fairly close match to that of the majority of MacGregors (including the chieftains), a McKinnon (surnamed "Love"), and my own family, the MacOnleas (Livingstones) of the Isle of Lismore in Argyll. By a fairly close match, I am talking about a common ancestor within the last 1200 years. Sil Alpin has traditionally included the MacGregors, the McKinnons, the McPhees, the Grants, the McQuarries, and the McAulays. Checking out the DNA results for the Grants and McAulays, I see no obvious genetic links to the other clans mentioned (which excludes the McQuarries who have no project). So I suspect that Clan "MacAulay" is a historic error for "Clan MacOnlay", which is an English rendition of "MacDonnsliebhe", sometimes written as MacLay, MacOllea, MacOlleif, and MacOnleif. There is a mountain on MacLea lands in Lorn that is referred to as "Bin Aulay" on maps of the 16th Century. Most of our clan resided in Western Argyll, including Mull, Morvern, Ardnamurchan and Appin. My particular family are the keepers of the crosier of St. Moluag, a 6th Century abbot who established the Abbey of Lismore in 563 AD. Our charter for the lands of Bachuil on Lismore dates from 1544, but the charter insinuates the family had the lands for many generations previous to that. One tradition in the family is that we are direct descendants of King Malcolm I, the great grandson of King Alpin. The McGregor tradition is that they are descended directly from Kenneth MacAlpin Below is a table with the MacGregor, MacPhee, MacOnlea, MacKinnon, and Campbell "Modals", though the term "modal" should be taken with a grain of salt since the Livingstons are only three participants (of 38) and the McKinnon is but a single person. You'll see that your "Group One" comes awfully close to both the Campbells and the Livingstons (McOnleas) of Lismore. There were many Blacks living on the Isle of Lismore and surrounding Lorn, but it is my understanding that their Gaelic name was "McGilleDubh" The preponderance of placenames with the element "black" in Lorn is phenomenal - Black Crofts, Black Lochs, Dubh Loch, Dubh Loch Mor, Dun Dubh, Loch Dubh Mor, Lochan Dubh, Meall Dubh, Eilean Dubh, Eilean Dubh Mor, Ab Dubhan, Beinn Dubh. These probably all have more to do with the color of the landscape rather than a clan, but I haven't encountered such a concentration anywhere else in Scotland.
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