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Subject: Re: [DNA-R1B1C7] R1b1c7 and DYS 447 = 24
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:34:29 EST
In a message dated 1/19/2008 1:22:05 P.M. Central Standard Time,
writes:
For what it's worth, McLoughlin is a name that pops up in my family tree,
and very recently. My father's parents were born in Rathlacken, County
Mayo, right on the Sligo border. When my grandfather came to the US in 1912
he moved in with a Mrs. McLoughlin in Scranton, and she was a cousin from
Ireland. If you check out the 1901 Irish census, you'll find quite a number
of McLoughlins in Mayo alone. Here's the website:
http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/1901census/census.shtml
According to O'Donovan (Ordnance Survey Letters) one of the O'Donnells
sometime in the mid 1600s led a migration of Donegal families to Mayo. His
letters (and other sources) state they were regarded as Ulstermen with northern
accents, distinguishable from the native families. We have in O'Donovan's
letters some surnames involved in the migration (O'Donnell, Doherty, McSweeney,
O'Clery and others). McLaughlins aren't specifically mentioned but it seems
probable they took part in the trek as well. There's only one McLaughlin DNA
sample on Ysearch from Mayo and it's 12 marker test which tells us nothing.
It would be interesting to see if O'Donovan's migration could be matched up
with DNA.
John
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