Thanks to all for the updates on the Chromo2 status for each of you. Follows is the currently known M222+ having ordered Chromo2: Mike's Chromo2 List on R1b-L21 Plus at yahoo.com: ------------------------------------------------------------------- f30771 Burns 49-2329222- uas f201623 Callahan 49-2329222- uas fB3060 Early 49-2329222- uas f155225 Ford 49-2329222- uas f235771 McBride 49-2329222- uas fB4058 McFadden 49-2329222- uas f223269 McIlveen 49-2329222- uas f231979 Guinn 49-2329222-44927 f118913 Paterson 49-2329222-48714 f16646 Conroy 49-2329222-48714-A f198682 McNally 49-2329222-55717 f8999 Wilson 49-2329222-55717 f251441 Devitt 49-23292228- uas ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Updates from L McKee after 11-19-2013 83143 Bernard Morgan 227811 David MacLennan 16212 James Ashley 205699 Robert Reid N104491 William McCollum 145320 Aidan Byrne

Got my result in and I am DF85-. Chromo2 still pending. It seems to be a common belief that the Donegal McFaddens are at least in part descended from Scottish Gallowglass mercenaries who arrived in the 15th-16th century. I'm still trying to find original sources for this, but have no reason to doubt it. The McFaddens in Donegal are clustered in Sweeney territory, whose Gallowglass background is well-documented. It will be interesting to see if I end up grouped in one of the Scottish branches of M222. I'd love to find some Scottish McFadyens willing to test so we can see if the Donegal and Argyll groups are related. The McFadyens are thought to be one of the oldest SCottish clans with a chief having allied with Somerled in his time, but the exact origins are unknown other than the thought that they originally came from Ireland. There are definitely multiple McFadden families (some non-M222 and possibly some unrelated groups within M222) and not nearly enough testees, so this is definitely a work in progress. http://www.familytreedna.com/public/mcfadden/default.aspx?section=ycolorized