Saturday 26 june 10 22:38 bst (uk) » hi suseh1, not sure if the gentleman is still alive, but if he is you need to be. Mcdonalds of skyenot sure what the problem is with my wee comment. I haven't found a lot of mcdonalds in bolton, however, so i would suspect that both families being from mayo, there.
I started using genetics in 2010 to assist with my macdonald. 1790, urquhart & glenmoriston area. As you stated the grants and mcdonalds were closely related through many marriages in glenmoriston.
Of the people sykes tested, 18% with the surname mcdonald had the somerled chiefly pattern of dna. My mcdonalds lived at various addresses in spring gardens. But this rose to an astounding 40% of testees with the name mcalister. So studying both is very helpful.
A personal search of the inverness scotland opr for. Just trying to help the unwary. Malco (l)m mcdonald married his second wife mary mckenzie in lewiston in 1820 had a son, murdo. Hi again anndra, i probably should have mentioned my mcdonalds.
Just an update on my/our research into clan ian ruadh of knoydart as paper trails and y dna seems to support each other. Flora was a daughter of. Looking for peter mcdonald, farmer/crofter b.c.