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From: JOHN PLUMMER <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Some Celtic Names
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:12:37 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <KHEKIJEABJGJEKDPFEDMKEIBEBAA.Elizabethod@eircom.net>


Elizabeth,

Moncreiffe, The Highland Clans, page 60, "Clan Chattan...Besides Mackintosh and his own principal branches - Farquharson of Invercauld, Shaw of Tordarroch, MacThomas (McCombie) of Glenshee - there were the Macphersons and Cattanachs, also the MacGilllivrays of Dunmaglas (whose chief commanded the whole Clan Chattan for Lady Mackintosh at Culloden), Macleans of Dochgarroch ('Macleans of the North), McBains of Kinchyle, Macqueens of Corribrough, as well as the other clansmen bearing such names as Davidson, Macphail, MacAndrew, Gow, Clark, Ritchie, MacHardy, and Mackilligin."

Pages 62-63: "But it seems possible that they got a firmer legal title later (and the quartering of the Galley in their arms), as the tocher of Mora, granddaughter of the powerful Hebridean prince Ranald (namefather of Clanranald), of the Clan Donald reigning House of the Isles who were long overlords of Lochaber."

McComb[ie] or MacThomas of Glenshee - branch of Mackintosh
Maclean of Dochgarroch ('Maclean of the North')
Macphail
McCarty analogous to MacHardy
McReynolds analogous to McRanald
McCrannal analogous to McRanald
McDonald - Clan Donald
Maccormick - branch of Maclean of Lochbuie (might be wrong one) [George Way of Plean]
McCracken - branch of Maclean [George Way of Plean]

3 miscellaneous, 3 Maclean branches, 3 Clanranald branches. [The other 3 had early Clanranald ties too but not as close]

Elizabeth O'Donoghue <> wrote:
John, a quick look at Wikipedia only shows McPhail???

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Subject: Re: [DNA] Some Celtic Names

Well 9 out of the 12 seem to be associated with Clan Chattan.

Ken Nordtvedt wrote: What do the following Celtic
surnames have in common other than starting with Mc or Mac ?

McCarty
McArthur
McCormack
McCullough
McCracken
McDonald
McReynolds
McCrannal
MacPhail
MacNeil
McLean
McComb

In some cases it was not clear whether "Mc" or "Mac" was standard form.

These are a partial list of names which go with haplotypes which have been
found to be I1b2a1-Isles-Scot M284+

Maybe one of our Celtic gurus can see a pattern here?

Ken




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