Hello, Allene, Yes, I had never heard of what I apparently am! Yes, DNA results, along with an extensive database to compare them to, really are an eye-opener. Wow! Yes, adoptions certainly can cause confusion, and often the adoptees are the last to learn of their own family history, if they ever learn about it at all. My sympathy goes out to those who are involved in such a search. Yes, I clicked on the Niall link on my FT home page, but the link to M222 is not so obvious, and my suggestion is that it be given greater prominence. Just as I had never heard of such a thing, it seems quite likely that most others have never heard of the Niall marker and its significance, either. The thing is, the Niall marker is not optional, a person either has it or does not, and those who have it have it permanently, well, at least for their lifetime. And so on their first learning that they have such a thing, perhaps a hearty welcome to the M222 club could be a good beginning for them, and perhaps that could spur their interest into further research and participation. You see, the M222 club is populated by real humans, such as we are, and is not just another dry, dull and all-too-easily ignored web page of statistics. So, by immediately putting a human face on it including contact with real humans, perhaps the M222 club could boost its active membership. Doug On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Allene Goforth <agoforth@moscow.com> wrote: > Hi Doug, > > Thank you for sharing your interesting story. I am not a bit surprised > to hear that there are Irish Morrisons. I would have been surprised in > pre-DNA days though because I grew up around Scottish Morrisons. DNA > testing has shown over and over again just how diverse those old clans > really are. It's exciting to watch their true history unfolding little > by little with DNA testing. I'm glad you found a match to someone with > your surname. My brother (a MacPherson) was tested over 6 years ago, but > matches McInnis instead of MacPherson (via I think the first marriage of > my g-g-g grandmother and a later marriage and informal adoption of > children by a MacPherson). The Macpherson project has everything from > M222 to African American to Viking, and so on. > > BTW, about that Niall of the Nine Hostages icon on your personal page, > have you tried clicking on it? It will open into a new window with > background information on the Trinity College study. M222, however, > appears to predate Niall. > > Allene > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >