Hi Lawrence, Go with the genetic evidence. Names are almost meaningless. For instance, my name is Morrison. Scottish, right? Nope! I now find myself listed quite genetically closely on the Doherty family project where in Donegal there once was an O'Muirgheasain family. The O'Muirgheasain family was so small that it is not listed anywhere at FTDNA, but it is known to have genetic and historical links to the Donegal Doherty family. Was I surprised to discover that? Oh, yes! Best, Doug FTDNA 196477 On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Lawrence Dill <[email protected]>wrote: > My first guess is that I am in a McGee cluster. > I believe the Dill are more closely related to untested > McGee than tested McConkey, because the Dill > signature markers look more like the McGee > signature markers than the McConkey signature > markers. Most of the people in the cluster have > Ulster Scott ancestry. The problem with Ulster Scot > ancestry is that it only goes back to the 1600s. For > example, the Dill from Donegal are probably all > descendants of one man who was recorded on the > Hearth Money Roll in 1665. I believe the tested McGee > and Dill should also have matches with untested McGee > and untested Dill with a common ancestry in Scotland > during the 1500s just like the McConchie. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >