DETAILING the origin of approximately 4,000 different Scottish surnames, the Medieval territories of 400 of t
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Surname distribution mapping reveals that the Graham surname is associated with Scotland and bordering English Counties.
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The beauty with the DNA approach to researching one’s ancestral origin is that the DNA does not lie!
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Surnames evolve over both time and distance, and change usually at the whim of an administrator who simply records an unfamili
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At Family Tree DNA’s annual conference in 2012 I presented results demonstrating that the Scottish 'Valentines' were descended from a MacGregor who had changed his surname sometime in the early 1600’s; a direct re
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I’ve been busy recently doing Case Studies and working on a Surnames and Y-DNA Map of Scotland (previewed here).
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Sometimes a quite remarkable Y-DNA Case Study comes along that I will try my best to get published in a Genealogical magazine.
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Every successful Irish, Scottish, or
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I was a guest speaker for Family Tree DNA at the 2013 Who Do You Think You Are LIVE event in London.
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I was invited by the world’s largest commercial ancestral DNA testing Company 'Family Tree DNA' to give a talk entitled 'Pinpointing a Geographical Origin' at thei
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