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From: "Martha Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Re: GENEALOGY-DNA-D Digest V01 #273
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:31:33 -0500
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Hi Richard,

Oh, I forgot you said that earlier about the results of the study not being
released until next year. Anticipating it.

Thanks so much for your good MacAdam info. on Aysershire. No, I don't know
of that site you mentioned. Do you have the addy? I'd like to ck. it out .
Will ck. out the McGregor site as well.

So far, none of my MacAdams/Adams male line cousins has stepped up to
volunteer for DNA typing. It's going to take some work to bring them
around, but never say die is my motto....smile.


Martha


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard and Helen McGregor" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 6:15 PM
Subject: [DNA] Re: GENEALOGY-DNA-D Digest V01 #273


> Hi Martha
>
> There are a very large number of MacGregor septs, aliases etc because they
> were adopted in the 17th century at a time of serious persecution of the
> clan. The Clan Gregor website www.clangregor.com will I think give you
an
> idea of some of these names - they take up a whole page on the back of the
> Newsletter.
>
> MacAdams is recognised as an alias and it is quite specific to a
location -
> it is said that a MacGregor fled to Ayrshire in about 1450 and changed his
> name to MacAdam: some of the family moved to Ireland and some from there
to
> the US - I think also some went direct to the US from Ayrshire. There is
a
> very good McAdam website - do you know it??
>
> Now the good news: BBC Northern Ireland funded a DNA test [from Oxford
> Ancestors] on a McAdam living in Ireland and the bad news: I have
promised
> not to give the result out before the programme is screened in January.
If
> you can bear with it I'll certainly be informing the list.
>
> We do have several MacGregor DNA test results now and they do show appear
to
> show a clear pattern. Do you have any MacAdam males known to you who
would
> want to take the test?
>
> Richard
>
> ______________________________

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