A personal search of the inverness scotland opr for. 1790, urquhart & glenmoriston area. As you stated the grants and mcdonalds were closely related through many marriages in glenmoriston.
On harriet jane mcdonald, b. 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.
I am looking for further info. Malco (l)m mcdonald married his second wife mary mckenzie in lewiston in 1820 had a son, murdo. My mcdonalds lived at various addresses in spring gardens. Of the people sykes tested, 18% with the surname mcdonald had the somerled chiefly pattern of dna.
Hi again anndra, i probably should have mentioned my mcdonalds. 5 sons and one daughter. Looking for peter mcdonald, farmer/crofter b.c. Mcdonalds of skyenot sure what the problem is with my wee comment.
Just trying to help the unwary. You do need to have your facts right though. But this rose to an astounding 40% of testees with the name mcalister.