Sample 2617 was given by Bill Kincaid, author of the Clan Kincaid history book. His ancestry can be traced back to Rev. Joseph Kinkead of Stranolar, County Donegal, Ireland and Killinchy, County Down, Ireland. Rev. Joseph Kinkead was of the Baronscourt Kinkeads and evidence is strong that Rev. Joseph Kinkead was also the son of Joseph. Now Bill Kincaid claims his ancestor was of the Kincaids of Auchenreoch, an estate near the original Kincaid lands in the Parish of Campsie, Scotland. He thought his ancestor was a Michael Kincaid. However, there is no evidence for this other than a claim by his grandfather who clearly was referring to Nesbit's System of Heraldry for information on the Kincaid's Scottish history. The history of Bill Kincaid's family as recorded by his ancestor in 1829 states that his ancestor came over in 1680 to help the Hamiltons of Baronscourt in the civil war of that time (William of Orange versus King James). He states that they were from the Paisley area of Scotland. There is no mention of the Kincaids of Auchereoch. The reason I now question the Auchenreoch angle to sample 2617 is that I recently learned that the earliest reference to a Kincaid in County Londonderry was one Ninian Kincaid in the 1640s/50s. Ninian Kincaid is a very rare Kincaid name and one can show that the only Ninian Kincaids of record in Scotland was 1) the eldest son of John Kincaid of Auchenreoch by his second wife Isobel Forsyth and 2) this Ninian's son Ninian. Now DNA samples of Kincaids with known links to County Londonderry, Ireland show no close connection to sample 2617. There is no proof that those DNA participants with Londonderry roots descend from Ninian. However, being from Londonderry gives them a better claim to Ninian than sample 2617 whose ancestry was deeper in County Tyrone, Ireland. All in all, I think it prudent that we do not draw any conclusions yet about either Kincaid branches being of the Auchenreoch Kincaids. Both can't be and the actual records are not clear. Best wishes! Peter A. Kincaid Fredericton, NB, Canada