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From: doug mcdonald <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] DAVIDSON CLAN ORIGINS - MacPHERSON or COMYN
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:31:19 -0800 (PST)
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--- jimbettyd <> wrote:
> At this point I have done no testing. I have only
> one question that I feel DNA testing might be of
> significant value:
>
> It is widely accepted that the father of the Scot
> Davidsons is one David Dhub of Inverness. Who David
> was is the question. Traditional history has placed
> him as the fourth son of Mhuiah Mor, the McPherson
> about 1250. However, a more recent thought,
> supported by the current Clan historian is that he
> was a younger son of John Comyn who was murdered by
> Robert Bruce

The known male line of this John Comyn is extinct. The
male line of his known ancestors is likewise thought
to be extinct. So there are no living male descendents
to test for a match.

All this is common knowledge. People working with
such lines should check the common reference works
of medieval aristocracy before worrying about DNA
tests. It took all of 2 minutes for me to ascertain
this both from the Scots Peerage and from
www.genealogics.org.

Doug McDonald

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