Re: [SCT-ISLAY] We' all Irish - not Scottish Autosomal DNA test is only accurate back 5 generations. That only takes you back to around 1800. The events referred to in this string are further back. Alan Cameron is correct. Ireland populated Scotland around 5th & 6th century and the Vikings added to the gene pool through 1100's, when my ancestor Somerled defeated them. Later in the 1600's Scotland & England populated Northern Ireland. I've traced one line of my wive's Scottish surnames through Ireland and back into Scotland in 1695. Family "word of mouth" ancestral story has been passed down from the 4th century. Even my 5th Great Grandfather had evidence of the story carved on his stone in a 12th century church in Scotland on Gigha, whose founder dated back to the 6th century from Ireland. Regards, Scott Hedberg "Message: 5 Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:33:34 -0600 From: " Susan R. Leitch " <srleitch@sasktel.net> Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] We' all Irish - not Scotish To: sct-islay@rootsweb.com, Carolyn Harmon via <sct-islay@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <20160428103334.0uvdveplsg8koskg@webmail.sasktel.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" That's interesting.? I am currently awaiting a Family Tree DNA kit? (it was in Chicago yesterday) which I ordered specifically to double check that Irish result from AncestryDNA. ? Perhaps all the different terminology used by the different companies is weakening the credibility of the results - particularly that story from Ancestry, which I was really glad to hear from Lynn's post yesterday. ? Susan Saskatoon"