Looking for peter mcdonald, farmer/crofter b.c. Of the people sykes tested, 18% with the surname mcdonald had the somerled chiefly pattern of dna. 1790, urquhart & glenmoriston area.
Hi again anndra, i probably should have mentioned my mcdonalds. 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. You do need to have your facts right though.
My mcdonalds lived at various addresses in spring gardens. On harriet jane mcdonald, b. Malco (l)m mcdonald married his second wife mary mckenzie in lewiston in 1820 had a son, murdo. So studying both is very helpful.
Flora was a daughter of. Mcdonalds of skyenot sure what the problem is with my wee comment. But this rose to an astounding 40% of testees with the name mcalister. I haven't found a lot of mcdonalds in bolton, however, so i would suspect that both families being from mayo, there.
Just trying to help the unwary. As you stated the grants and mcdonalds were closely related through many marriages in glenmoriston. 5 sons and one daughter.