The research into the Mid Argyll Kinship Group picking up pace with the creation of the Mid Argyll Group DNA project. The project will collect DNA results from those men are in the group. The project is only open to men that are a paternal DNA match to the group, which is a Gaelic paternal kinship clan indigenous to mid Argyll.
The project's goal is to research the Mid Argyll Kinship Group circa 1300 to late 1500s. . The geographic area of the study is the parish of Kilmichael Glassary and the immediate surrounding districts.
The surnames in the group are Duncan, Gay, McGay, Gray, Henry, Henrie, McAlpin, McCain, McCane, McKane, McKain, McKean, McKeen, McDonald, and McLea. In Gaelic, Mac Donnchaidh, Mag Aodh, Glass, Mac Eanruig, Mac Ailpín, Mac Eáin, Mac Dónaill, and Mac an Leagha. Another surname of interest in the research are McLachlain (Mac Lachlainn) and the project is open to any male that is a high level DNA match to the group.
The reason are so many surnames in the group is because surnames were not fixed in Argyll in the 1500s. Gaelic families often followed traditional patronymic customs of mid Argyll. This generated several surnames within the same family during that century.
The surnames in this DNA match group were in use in Kilmichael Glassary in the 1500s. Most of these surnames appear in records connected to the Mac Lachlainn 'clan' of Dunadd. It is speculated that the Mid Argyll Kinship group is actually the Mac Lachlainn of Dunadd family.
The families of the Mid Argyll Kinship Group played an important role in the history of Ulster. Many of the families in this kinship group migrated from mid Argyll to the Foyle River area from 1569-to the late 1590s. They were Redshank soldiers connected to the Ó Dónaill and Ó Neill clans.
This project will have Dr Kyle MacLea as a co-administrator; he is a graduate of Dartmouth College and teaches at Linfield College, Portland, Oregon. Barry R McCain will be a co-administrator; he is a graduate of Ole Miss and is a writer living in Oxford, Mississippi. Mr McCain will working with the primary source research and Gaelic language elements.
Link to Join the Mid Argyll Kinship Group DNA project: Mid Argyll Group
The project's goal is to research the Mid Argyll Kinship Group circa 1300 to late 1500s. . The geographic area of the study is the parish of Kilmichael Glassary and the immediate surrounding districts.
The surnames in the group are Duncan, Gay, McGay, Gray, Henry, Henrie, McAlpin, McCain, McCane, McKane, McKain, McKean, McKeen, McDonald, and McLea. In Gaelic, Mac Donnchaidh, Mag Aodh, Glass, Mac Eanruig, Mac Ailpín, Mac Eáin, Mac Dónaill, and Mac an Leagha. Another surname of interest in the research are McLachlain (Mac Lachlainn) and the project is open to any male that is a high level DNA match to the group.
The reason are so many surnames in the group is because surnames were not fixed in Argyll in the 1500s. Gaelic families often followed traditional patronymic customs of mid Argyll. This generated several surnames within the same family during that century.
The surnames in this DNA match group were in use in Kilmichael Glassary in the 1500s. Most of these surnames appear in records connected to the Mac Lachlainn 'clan' of Dunadd. It is speculated that the Mid Argyll Kinship group is actually the Mac Lachlainn of Dunadd family.
The families of the Mid Argyll Kinship Group played an important role in the history of Ulster. Many of the families in this kinship group migrated from mid Argyll to the Foyle River area from 1569-to the late 1590s. They were Redshank soldiers connected to the Ó Dónaill and Ó Neill clans.
This project will have Dr Kyle MacLea as a co-administrator; he is a graduate of Dartmouth College and teaches at Linfield College, Portland, Oregon. Barry R McCain will be a co-administrator; he is a graduate of Ole Miss and is a writer living in Oxford, Mississippi. Mr McCain will working with the primary source research and Gaelic language elements.
Link to Join the Mid Argyll Kinship Group DNA project: Mid Argyll Group
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