But it is such fun to speculate. True, there is no definitive evidence or proof, but the possibility of such a genetic relationship cannot be entirely ruled out, as a possibility. On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Robert Reid <rreid002@insight.rr.com>wrote: > I agree as you go back 10 generations you have over 1000 ancestors, 20 > generations 1 million etc and if Niall existed as such we would be a > descendant of his. However, I was laulled to glory thinking that he was my > direct paternal Y DNA ancestor and that's where it all falls apart > especially with a certain company from Houston with a Niall banner across > my > page and sinking beaucoup bucks for that glory. However, when studying the > texts and ledgers it becomes quite clear this Niall never was what he was > supposed to be. Now I believe Niall was a minor player in Irish history and > never was a high king of Ireland crowned at the Hill of Tara. In fact, our > M222 certainly has more famous ancestors to discover than the Niall tale > and > lets get off this fictious Niall kick. > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >