Hi Daryl I don't really have advice for you, but I've recently been looking at the DNA of people with names close to McCaragan. Carrigan would be close. I have reason to believe I'm quite closely related to McCaragan and don't think my DNA is that far from yours but I'll have a closer look tomorrow. I'm pretty sure it's not as close as 9 generations, but it's probably worth a close look. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: dna-r1b1c7-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dna-r1b1c7-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Daryl W. Smith Sent: 23 May 2011 18:55 To: DNA-R1B1C7@rootsweb.com Subject: [R-M222] DNA Mystery My family is African American.