On harriet jane mcdonald, b. 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. 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. 1790, urquhart & glenmoriston area. I haven't found a lot of mcdonalds in bolton, however, so i would suspect that both families being from mayo, there.
So studying both is very helpful. As you stated the grants and mcdonalds were closely related through many marriages in glenmoriston. Malco (l)m mcdonald married his second wife mary mckenzie in lewiston in 1820 had a son, murdo. But this rose to an astounding 40% of testees with the name mcalister.
Mcdonalds of skyenot sure what the problem is with my wee comment. Looking for peter mcdonald, farmer/crofter b.c. Just trying to help the unwary. Hi again anndra, i probably should have mentioned my mcdonalds.
You do need to have your facts right though. Flora was a daughter of. 5 sons and one daughter.