Thanks Doug; I'm sure that I'm Irish and that's a good thing. ;) I think more Irish then I though as names like Flynn, Spear's and Routon (Routen) on my maternal side. Wow Billy In a message dated 11/11/2013 2:43:42 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Billy, Oh, my goodness but you might be Irish. However, the Doherty project includes not only the main Doherty family but also no less than a few sub-branches of the family. Doug On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 3:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I see I have a Doherty in my Dunbar line? What does that tell me? I'm a > M222 > > Billy Dunbar > > In a message dated 11/11/2013 2:02:31 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Just to add to the conversation … If I drop down to 25 markers at FTDNA > the > majority of my more distant genetic relatives are from Connacht, northern > Munster and Ulster. Yeah, some of them are in Mayo, too. And I am the > only Morrison listed on the Doherty project. > > Doug > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Paul Ó Duḃṫaiġ <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > It's worth pointing out that the "North Connacht" dialect of Irish as > found > > (hanging on by it's fingertips!) in North Mayo shows heavy Ulster > > influence. So much so that's it's basically an intermediate dialect > between > > Conamara (South Connacht) and Donegal Irish. > > > > One of my cluster members under DF41 has origins in Mayo (18th century) > > whereas the other three members of the cluster all have origins in West > > Ulster (Donegal/Tyrone), with his closest match having origins in > Tyrone. > > So it's not just M222 that shows up due to this "internal migration" > during > > the modern era. > > > > -Paul > > (DF41+) > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:02 PM, B. Davitt <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Personally I think there must be a misunderstanding somewhere about > > M222 > > > originating in Co.Mayo. Just because there is a significant amount of > > M222 > > > in Co.Mayo does not mean it originated there. Just speaking in terms > of > > my > > > own surname Co. Mayo had plenty of Davitt families around the mid 19th > > > century, quite a few Devitt families and no McDevitt families > (Griffiths > > > Valuation). My own ancestors, Devitt, were in Co. Westmeath (6 > families) > > at > > > this time, with no McDevitt families in that county either, although > > > McDevitt families were prevalent in Co. Donegal. Are the Devitt/Davitt > > > families related to the McDevitts of Donegal or a separate family? I > > think > > > they are the same for the most part and that's the whole reason I > began > > DNA > > > testing (see > > > > > > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/doherty/default.aspx?section=ycolorized > > > ). > > > My point is if the McDevitts truly are related to and descended from > a > > > branch of the O'Dochartaighs, then they did not originate in Co. Mayo > but > > > rather in Donegal and then migrated into Mayo. I think it stands to > > reason > > > that other M222 Ulster families probably did the same. This does not > > point > > > to the origin of M222 being in Ulster necessarily, but I think it does > > show > > > how migration through the years can effect the overall DNA signature > > within > > > a certain area and doesn't mean the SNPs of highest frequency > originated > > > there. > > > On a side note according to the ISOGG-wiki site the "Big-Y" test is > > both > > > a NextGen HiSeq. and Barcoding test. I think there was some question > of > > > this posted sometime yesterday. > > > Brenden > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject > and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------- 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