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 >