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From: "J. David Grierson" <>
Subject: [DNA-R1B1C7] DNA-R1b1c7 Scotland
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:56:22 +1000
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I am interested in those of the sub-clade who ended up in Scotland. A
survey of the FTDNA registrations for the Scottish group shows an
amazing spread of names, and little evidence of grouping. This would
suggest, perhaps, that the Scots members moved out of Ireland well
before the use of surnames, presumably before Niall, and just fell into
line (surname-wise) whatever social group they cohabited with.
In my case, there is a paper trail for 300-odd years, and a family
rumour of a name-change prior to that. However, the family rumour had
the prior name as MacGregor.
On another tack entirely, I have a condition which one dentist has
identified as "bilateral mandibular tori", but which another dentist
some years ago identified as something else, a name which I have
forgotten. My condition doesn't look very much like that shown on
numbers of photographs available on the web, so maybe it is something
different. Essentially it consists of bony mounds on the inner face of
the mandible, one on each side. I would be interested to see whether
there is a larger than average number among our genetic group.

Fundamentally, we need many more Celts tested for their haplogroup.
Let's keep encouraging people!!
Cheers
David Grierson (7874)


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