Scotland

How the Wigtownshire ‘Campbells’ of Southwest Scotland became the Scots Irish ‘Gambles’ (April 2023).

A commercial ancestral Y-DNA test ONLY explores the paternal line, and it can therefore be used to pin one’s direct male ancestors to specific locations at specific time points in history.

(Updated December 2021) When commercial DNA testing began it focused completely on Y-DNA STR testing. While Y-DNA STR results can routinely be used to pinpoint a paternal origin

The Plantation Surnames of Ireland (Scots-Irish) Map is now available to purchase (click here).

PART II: The origin of the Gaels has remained a mystery until the advent of modern commercial ancestral DNA testing.

By examining the genetic distance between selected members of the R-M222 family and comparing it to the timetable developed by Scottish Origenes one can determine when the R-M222 Adam lived.

‘Vikings,’ ‘Foreign Helpers’ and ‘Raiders from across the Sea’