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Subject: Re: [DNA-R1B1C7] What's the connection here?
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 18:00:19 EST
In a message dated 12/1/2007 2:56:30 P.M. Central Standard Time,
writes:
John,
Unfortunately, the sole Burns R1b1c7 who is 447=24 is almost certainly of
Scots ancestry. We can't trace him back across the ocean, but he has a good
paper trail back to a David Burns who owned the land on which the White House is
situated. George Washington referred to him as "that canny Scot" (George was
too gentlemanly to use the 'F' word) when describing his negotiations to
purchase the property.
Paul
And when did he come to Scotland? There was so much migration back and
forth over the centuries. We have one McLaughlin in our project who was sure her
family were Scottish - her grandfather identified with the Scots so much he
adopted the Maclachlan spelling. Yet the DNA screams "Donegal." That Burns
sample is one of the few from this group who claim a Scottish origin.
John
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