MacAodh - Son of Hugh, has to be one of the names with the most variants spellings today, as you have: McKay, Kay, Kaye McKey, McKee, Key, Kee McKie, Mackey, McHugh, McCue, McQ Cheers, Paul On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Bernard Morgan <bernardmorgan@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > Interesting, I had read that the Mackays of Ugadale had no connection with > the Mackays of Strathnaver? Though the pedigrees I have found make both > branches from Aodh mac Gallbairt. I also came across an Ulster family of > MacAoidh called MacKey. > > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Craig McKie <craig@mckie.ca> wrote: > > > > > My given surname is McKie. This was originally Macaoidh in Gaelic. The > > > seminal historical man was one Aie MacEth, rusticated from Strabane to > > > the coast of Sutherland sometime near the end of the first millenium > > > or so it is said. Nevertheless I was once berated by a woman at the > > > Gaelic Society in Inverness for not adopting the 'official' anglicized > > > spelling, MacKay. > > 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 >