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From: "Sandy Paterson" <>
Subject: Re: [R-M222] Byrne TMRCA Estimates
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:54:08 +0100
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Hi John

>
My own DNA matches the large group we call the Donegal cluster
McLaughlins. We have four or five of us with excellent paper trails to at
least
Donegal, Tyrone or Londonderry. What really persuades me that these are
Irish
MacLochlainns is the fact the a goodly portion of Dohertys also have the
same unique family markers. That could be due to shared ancestry (Nial) or

simply living in close proximity for 600 years. I doubt a few Scottish
Maclachlan settlers in Donegal could have affected the local DNA in this
way.
>


Further to an e-mail posted earlier during the week, I've had a closer look
at a comparison between Ewings and McLaughlins, using off-modal matches as
the criterion. The following McLaughlins show up as closest to Ewings :

Kit No

127244
84149
75919
67912
115267
43514
84071
57761

The following show up as being furthest from Ewings :

Kit No

53748
64859
92988
75091
55821
4717
99506
37175

I've noticed that every one of the first group are in the McLaughlin Donegal
cluster, whereas only 3 of the 2nd group are. It could just be co-incidence,
but out of interest, you mentioned that four or five of the McLaughlin
Donegal cluster have good paper trails. In which of the two above groups do
they fall (if either)?


Sandy










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