Which given that the birthdates for Briain Boru and the current Baron Inchiquin are about 1,000 years apart and given a separation of 32 generations in their lineage gives an average generation length that basically matches that prediction. -Paul (DF41+) On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Paul Conroy <pconroy63@gmail.com> wrote: > The latest paper on dating based on STR's put a generation length at 31 t0 > 32 years. > > Paper: > http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2014/05/03/004705 > > Discussion: > > http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2014/05/genealogical-vs-evolutionary-y-str.html > > > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Paul Ó Duḃṫaiġ <pduffy81@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > 34 generations if you go back to Briain's grandfather Lorcan, before then > > the Dál gCais genealogy might get bit shaky as there been modifications > > made for political reasons. > > > > -Paul > > (DF41+) > > > > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Paul Ó Duḃṫaiġ <pduffy81@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > David, > > > > > > Somerland as far as I know is a historic figure. Though it's probable > his > > > genealogy showing a connection to the Three Colla's is a fabrication. > > > There's some data out there suggesting he was R1a for example. > > > > > > A good genealogy to follow would be that of "The O'Brien" aka. Conor > > Myles > > > John O'Brien, 18th Baron Inchiquin. He's a linear descendant of Briain > > Boru > > > (died 1014) and is removed by 32 generations. Given that Briain was > born > > in > > > 10th century (and Desmond in mid 20th century) that works out as an > > average > > > of about 3 generations/century within that lineage. > > > > > > -Paul > > > (DF41+) > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 4:19 PM, David Maclennan < > > > david.maclennan@utoronto.ca> wrote: > > > > > >> Dear Paul, > > >> I asked you in a recent post whether Somerled was mythical > and, > > >> if not, > > >> whether McDonald¹s or other pedigrees leading back to Somerled could > be > > >> investigated for generations/century. This question would also be > > relevant > > >> for pedigrees going back to other figures of this period (800-1200) > such > > >> as Kenneth McAlpin or the McKenzie earls in Scotland or any other well > > >> known figures. Can you or others find any good pedigrees and measure > > >> generation time over the last 800-1200 years? > > >> The generations/century for the Ceneil Eoghain ending with > > >> Muirchertach > > >> is 3 generations/ century using the generally accepted pedigree. Is > this > > >> true for other branches of the UI Niall? Most people in our forum have > > >> pedigrees going back to the mid 1700s. What are the generation times > for > > >> these? It would be very useful for the understanding of our heritage > if > > we > > >> had a good consensus on this number. > > >> David > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ------------------------------- > > >> 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 > > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >