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. But this rose to an astounding 40% of testees with the name mcalister.
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. I haven't found a lot of mcdonalds in bolton, however, so i would suspect that both families being from mayo, there.
Hi again anndra, i probably should have mentioned my mcdonalds. Looking for peter mcdonald, farmer/crofter b.c. You do need to have your facts right though. I am looking for further info.
Flora was a daughter of. Malco (l)m mcdonald married his second wife mary mckenzie in lewiston in 1820 had a son, murdo. 1790, urquhart & glenmoriston area. So studying both is very helpful.
My mcdonalds lived at various addresses in spring gardens. A personal search of the inverness scotland opr for. 5 sons and one daughter.