Of the people sykes tested, 18% with the surname mcdonald had the somerled chiefly pattern of dna. You do need to have your facts right though. Mcdonalds of skyenot sure what the problem is with my wee comment.
Malco (l)m mcdonald married his second wife mary mckenzie in lewiston in 1820 had a son, murdo. I am looking for further info. A personal search of the inverness scotland opr for.
My mcdonalds lived at various addresses in spring gardens. 1790, urquhart & glenmoriston area. Hi again anndra, i probably should have mentioned my mcdonalds. 5 sons and one daughter.
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. Just trying to help the unwary. So studying both is very helpful. Looking for peter mcdonald, farmer/crofter b.c.
As you stated the grants and mcdonalds were closely related through many marriages in glenmoriston. I haven't found a lot of mcdonalds in bolton, however, so i would suspect that both families being from mayo, there. Flora was a daughter of.