Mid Argyll Kinship Group
Mid Argyll circa 1570 (c) Ulster Heritage 2015Several years ago Y chromosome DNA results revealed that a large group of families from mid Argyll share the same paternal ancestry. The Mid Argyll...
View ArticleIncreasing Use of SNPs in Genetic Genealogy
This update will address the growing importance of SNP testing in genetic genealogy. We have now reached the point that SNPs are relative to genetic genealogy in addition to providing data on deep...
View ArticleAutosomal DNA Test Sale
Autosomal DNA tests utilize DNA from the 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes. Autosomal DNA is inherited from both parents. Therefore, an autosomal DNA test may be taken by either a male or a female....
View ArticleScots-Irish Surnames; a list of families in the Scots-Irish DNA Project
The Scots-Irish DNA Project now has 761 participating families. Below is a roster of the participating families. As you can see the families are a combination of Lowland and Highland Scottish...
View ArticleThe Scots-Irish DNA Project
Here is a link to the Scots-Irish DNA Project which has information on the project and links to both the 'Join' page and the 'Results' page. I post this in response to several hundred inquiries I had...
View ArticleGenetic Genealogy for Irish and Scots
My recent book Finding the McCains, a Scots-Irish Odyssey has garnered excellent reader reviews and peer reviews, of which I am very pleased. There is an aspect of the book that is important to family...
View ArticleY-DNA test When No Paternal Relative Is Available II
This post will again address genetic genealogy for Irish, Scots, and Scots-Irish, when no male relative is available to DNA test. Why is a male needed? In surname studies we use the Y chromosome, it...
View ArticleSummer Sale on Finding the McCains, a Scots Irish Odyssey
Loughcrew, County MeathFinding the McCains, a Scots Irish Odyssey, is now in the Ingram wholesale system and for sale through all book stores. And, with that in mind, Barnes & Noble, is running a...
View ArticleBilly the Kid Was a Gaelic Speaker
Yesterday my brother sent me an interesting magazine article on Billy the Kid. The article was written by Chuck Usmar, a writer, historian, and scholar, on the life of Billy the Kid. I learned from...
View ArticleSummer Sale on Finding the McCains, a Scots Irish Odyssey
The good folks at Amazon are doing a Summer Sale on my new book for the stellar price of US $14.96. Very good time to purchase. The book is getting excellent peer and reader reviews. I am pleased...
View ArticleThe Second Sight among the Scots Irish
Sarah Pearl Tweedy circa 1905The phenomenon of Second sight has fascinated me for many years. I was exposed to the Second Sight early in my life, before I even knew what it was. My grandmother had...
View ArticleMo Shinsir Gaeil
an scríobhnoir i nDún na nGallBhí suim agamsa i mo shinsir Gaeil nuair a bhí mé thart ar 12 blain d'aois, nuair a bhí mé ag léamh leabhar faoi stair. Sa leabhar sin, bhí na Sasanaigh Eilíseach ag cuir...
View ArticleAn Ruaille Buaille
an tábhairneTagann an pótaire seo isteach sa tábhairne agus labhraíonn sé le fear an tí. "Gloine uisce beatha go gasta, le do thoil, sula dtosaíonn an ruaille buaille." gloine uisce beathaDéanann fear...
View ArticleAnglicized Surnames; the many forms of John
Knowing the Gaelic form of our surnames is a very helpful in genetic genealogy research. There are many surnames in Ireland and Scotland that include the name that we say in English as "John."...
View ArticleSNP Testing, Summer Sale from Family Tree DNA... Only $79
Some good news from Family Tree DNA regarding SNP testing. They are running a special summer sale of interest to those in the R1b groups. It includes 139 downstream SNPs from R-M269. This is an...
View ArticleEpigenetics
Epigenetics is the study, in the field of genetics, of cellular and physiological phenotypic trait variations that are caused by external or environmental factors that switch genes on and off and...
View ArticleBilly the Kid Update
This post in connection to my others on Billy the Kid. I had posted before on the fact that Billy the Kid was a fluent Gaelic speaker and had even function as an interpreter for a young woman from...
View ArticleHighlanders in West Ulster, 1569-1630
In the sixteenth century Scottish Highlanders settled in the Laggan district of east Donegal. They were called Redshanks. Their story is told in the book The Laggan Redshanks. The history of the...
View ArticleCeltic Life Internation Magazine
A note to one and all; there is a review of my new book Finding the McCains in the October 2015 edition of Celtic Life magazine. This magazine is the premier magazine for those of Celtic ancestry...
View ArticleBBC Ulster, the Kist o' Wurds program
Barry R McCain on the Thacker Mt Trail(Update.... a Rugby match on BBC is running long, our program rescheduled for Wednesday 30th at 19.30 hour UK time and that is 1:30 PM CDT. The show can is...
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