My paternal grandmother was a MacDonald from Cape Breton. Her ancestor Peter MacDonald, left South Uist in 1745 and emigrated to Creignish Rear on the west coast of Cape Breton after arriving on Prince Edward Island. It was with great pleasure that my wife and I visited Cape Breton on our 25th anniversary some 20years ago and explored the ruins of the abandoned settlement. About five years ago we visited England, Wales and Scotland. While we did not make it to the Isles we did get to see Castle Tioram which was the ancestral home of Clanranald of which I belong. One of the highlights of my life. Thanks for bringing that all back.
I miss going to the Highlands games in Vista,California.I would go with my dad(RIP💖)💪🌟.Hearing the bagpipes and eating the gd food,and then watching the games=so much fun and such a great time!
MacDougall's & MacDonald's are both from the sons of Somhairlidh, otherwise known as Somerled. Two very in-depth books The Sea Kings, and The Kingdom of The Isles, both by R. Andrew McDonald, give the full history. Somhairlidh is the only one to rid and reclaim the whole of Argyll and the Islands from the Vikings who took over. What a progenitor, worthy of total respect.
Am off the clan macdonald clan my great grandmother was born too chieftain donald macdonald my grandmother taught me well about my history and my ancestors and the macdonalds that were lost will always be remembered 🏴🏴🏴💙💙💙
@@archiebrown3719 My dad Dalton Ian Brennan MacDonald son of Duncan Joseph MacDonald(RIP💗Dad and Grandpa) taught me of our MacDonald history as well. I'm always thirsty to learn more.
@@ChristinaMacDonald777 l believe that I am off the macdonald of sleat my great grandmother croft was in earlish by Portree even tho its more nearer uig bay her croft was on clife face l went visited the site l felt great like l was home again as if l knew the place well even though l had never been their something drew me to the crofts in earlish l knew auntie annies croft along from it was my great grandmothers croft cathrine macdonald l felt her spirit was their with me but my grandmother was flora l felt her spirit would be their with her mothers and my ancestors who once occupied the croft n land their its beautiful place l wish l could move back their one day but l know my heart soul belongs in the highlands islands of scotland am still in scotland but on the low lands south west coast its strange when l meet other macdonalds its as their part of my kinship n part of my blood proud my great grandmother was off the macdonald and the ties too the land thanks christina macdonald
@@ChristinaMacDonald777 me too l have a stange mix of bloods in myside of the family my father side was off the kennedys and the browns my mother side has macdonald Mcleod and campbell in it lol am luck my grandmother remembered so much about her family and what actually happend too the macdonalds but my heart is always pulled more too the macdonald of sleat my great grandmother croft is in sleat not far from the fairyglens on skye l would love to find out more about other macdonalds too in our line we had connections with usit and lewis she also told me and of the lords of the isles 💙🏴🙏
I am from the MacDonalds. Although spelled McDonald. My Grandfather, from Door County, WI. . . moved to Chicago, full of Irish. So he changed the spelling. Have tracd back to Isle of Tiree. About 1750. Cannot find any information from before then. Sad. Wife and I visited in 2019, with little assistance.
Speaking as a Scot, with Viking heritage, the lady on Mull is quite something. 'Viking thugs" and "Morven was infested with them", aye, alright hen, let it go... its been a while now lol..
I'm Scottish as well. They like to down play the viking influence on Scotland as it doesn't fit in with the narratives of Scotland being unconquerable. Donald who the clan was named after was a viking sea king.
@@matlachlannmacgregor-macle8735 Yep. Some of my ancestors were, I think. My dads side are Swedes and Scots from Sutherland. My mom’s people go back to Skye. I am American so I think I might be right but I am not that food with your history.
The McDonald's were always on the most important flank of any fight! My father was named after The Bruce and my mothers side are Finley's. Scotland Forever!!!🏴
You have a shaky grasp of punctuation. Mothers needs an apostrophe but hasn't got one, whereas Finley's has one but doesn't need one. But you're not alone. It seems that 90% of Brits can't write English correctly for some reason.
Christopher Renyard. My grandfather was not a MacDonald but was named James Howie , Howie is a Sept of the MacDonald of Sleat clan . I may be English born but by the grace of God I am a Scot .
Scotland has a population of around five to six million people . Around the world , there are one hundred million people who regard themselves as being Scottish regardless of what country they were born in . This includes people born in Africa , India , China , Japan , Canada , USA , among others who are proud to call themselves Scottish . As for myself I have direct links to Scotland and with the Vikings . I need no one's permission to be Scottish .
🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴Yes I am suck it up I am proud to wear my clan tartan .
My mother was born McDonald, and her great-grandparents came to Australia from Eilean Shona. McDonald of Clan Ranald. Her great-grandmother never learned English because Gaelic was good enough for her . Mum was one of 12 children, so I have 48 first cousins of McDonald stock.
I plan on making a trip to Scotland in 2024 I really wanna take time to explore all of the old clan history I can. I never knew about any of this. all I've ever known was I was from an old family in Scotland
I’m a proud decedent of clan MacDonald never knew a lot about my last name always felt an empty spot not knowing much .just knew I was proud of my last name from I knew from family here in Nova Scotia but my father’s family Mac Donald from Newfoundland thank you for this video very educational
I have the MacDonald last name and didn’t know really anything about it. Just knew my great grandpa jack macDonald has a family crest. Good video and it’s cool to hear about our history
@@dbe5656 not sure what the clan ranald did that was so special? Ranald and MacDonald are both from Somerleds son Raghnall. Difference is that Raghnalls son Domnhall (MacDonald clan) went on to be Lord of the Isles for generations with his grandson John marrying Princess Margaret of Scotland. John also had a child with Aime (also a descendant of Somerled) named Reginald whom Clan Ranald came from his son Allan. They did nothing.
To The Highlands We Go!💪🌟💞🎵🦋🌊🌄🌠🍃🕊✝️💯 My dad was Dalton Ian Brennan MacDonald(RIP💖) born in NewYork.My grandfather was Duncan J.Mac Donald(RIP💖)born in Nova Scotia.Great Grandfather was Alexander Roderick MacDonald also born in Nova Scotia.We have lots of Angus's and Alexander's and Duncan's too in our bloodline.King Conn,King Somerled,and Robert De Bruce are in my fam tree. I am a proud MacDonald!💪💖🌟💯 Love to everyone!💞💞💞And May God Be With Us All Always and Everytime!
We may be distant relatives. My maternal ancestors, Andra Ban MacGillivray and Janet MacDonald, were pioneers of Antigonish, NS. I traced my ancestral tree and found Somerled, Conn, and also the Bruce. My great-grandparents settled in Boston.
@@vanzarockin Yes! Sounds as though we just may be related! How cool is that!🌟💯You know your the first person that has ever said to me that they have same names in their fam tree🌟 Next time I call my Aunt Alexandra who resides in Massachusetts,(dad's sister originally from New York also like dad), I will ask Aunt Sandy if she knows of a Janet MacDonald in the fam💖! Either way we are related,we all have the Mac Donald blood!💪🌟💞💞💞🏞💯
Amazing how the average Scottish American know more about their own history than the average Scot. The Highland clearances were a crime against humanity.
To do with Scottish schools not having education about Scottish history.I knew more about the battle of Hastings and crap about king Henry 8th than anything about Scotland when I was at school...Even being punished for speaking Anglian Scots in the class rooms...
Right you are. Both sides of my family were sent to Nova Scotia during the clearances. Funny thing is we hear complaints from other cultures in regards to ethnic cleansing but nothing is ever mentioned about our ancestors being evicted from their native homeland.
Ya somehow my family ended up in Canada during the land clearances and we were from the Isle of Mull, Argyle. Still haven't found concrete evidence of it yet but my family was sept of the MacDonalds of Clan Ranald
Interesting, I'm descended from a much older Somali clan family, called Darod which is the nickname of Abdurahman ibn Ismail Al Jabarti, a 10th century scholar who is my 42nd great grandfather in my family lineage..the Darod clan family are maternally related to the ancient Dir clan family, whose ancestor lived 2000 years ago Interestingly, the clan families of Somalis are much more bona fide because every member is paternally descended from the patriarch of the clan, and all somalis know their lineage going back more than 45 great grandfathers ..with Scottish and Irish clans, more than 70 percent of the clan members are in fact not paternally even related whatsoever to the clan patriarch, instead they are merely servants, serfs, farmers, and other people who pledged allegiance
@@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 kinda looks like you’re putting others down but either way the pride bridges blood with us celts. Unless campbells are involved lol
@@Beer-can_full_of_toes no I'm not putting others down, I merely stated a genetic anthropological linguistic historical fact that Somalis (Cushites) and their clans are much more ancient than celtic clans, thats not to take away anything from the latter
@@Beer-can_full_of_toes sounds like you guys have serious beef with the Campbells, if they are the ones who sided with the English and slaughtered another clan after a night meal, they deserve the hate they get cus that is pure treachery
Just found out that my 11th Grandfather was Lord Bryan Mac Calvagh MacDonald. My 11th grandmother, Marcella was killed in The Glencoe Massacre. Was quite shocked to find it out. Small world.
My Great mother was a Camble, from the Catholic line. I can say with complete confidence that none of my Ancestors participated in the tragedy of Glencoe. If anything they were the Cambles that stood with Robert the Bruce.
My grandfather, who was born in Scotland, talked about our family and the massacre. But, I haven't been able to verify with dna. I just have all of the names of my grandparents a d great grandparents who sailed to Boston from Scotland in the early 1900's. Wish I could get more information though
The main narrative here that Somerset was a Gaelic hero fighting the wicked Vikings is misleading. Somerled was of Norse partial descent himself and the Vikings of the West Coast were largely of Gaelic descent and spoke Gaelic as well as Norse. The Western Isles stayed under Norwegian rule for over 100 years after the death of Somerled.
Somairle (Somerled) run the Vikings out of Argyll, Kintyre and Lorne. Then Clan Donald run them off the Isles. Somairle was a Scot although he married Ragnhild, daughter of Olafr Godredsson. Y dna is passed from father to son, so you can be assured that every descendant of Somairle has R1b Celtic dna. If they don't there's a problem.
@@michellearmstrong7903 No Michelle. Even the Clan Donald USA dna tests are showing that a very high percentage of MacDonalds that have been tested (around 80 % if I can remember correctly) show R1b y haplogroup Celtic dna. Coincidentally the Clan Donald USA dna tests that have tried to justify the strange German dna of the bogus Clan Donald clan chiefs have proven the opposite, that only a very small minority of MacDonalds have German/Scandinavian R1a dna.
@@suzannekosic4088 I only replied how I did because the guy I replied to tried to give offense Nice to know your clan. I am from the famous Darod clan of Somalis across the Horn of Africa
@@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 fake clan? What the fuck are you talking about. The Macdonalds are some of the mightiest warriors and one of the most powerful highlander clans. I'm a Ronald myself. Lmao, but all you guys wanna come to Europe and UK, some mighty and great people! He also in no way insulted anyone, he said he's proud to be a Macdonald.
I am in USA, a descendant of McDonald's on paternal side and McAllister's on maternal side. My wife claims that explains my stubbornness and cranky nature!
I had not heard of Somerled until it turned out we are related so Royal haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a3a1a1 MATCH! Subclade distance: 1 Clan Home Cospatric I Anglo-Danish Earl of Northumbria (1073) Earl of Home (1605-present) Royal haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a3a-- MATCH! Subclade distance: 2 Clan MacDonald Clan MacDonald Royal haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a3a1a1a MATCH! Subclade distance: 2 Clan MacDougall Clan MacDougall Royal haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a3a1a1a MATCH! Subclade distance: 2 Scottish Royalty Somerled of Argyll (1100-1164) this is what I learned now I need to learn more
I love that this was released around the same time as the dna projects proving Somerled and his line are Norwegian along their Y chromosome and not at all Celtic.
@@DarkRyderWhisky Well of course. A bogus history was needed to try to explain the strange R1a Aryan dna of most of the chiefs. The project pages say it themselves, "the majority of the Clan is R1b"; that's Celtic dna. So how do you square the fact that the majority of the clan is Celtic but the chiefs are Aryan? This malarkey from the project just does not cut it, "our R1a chiefs’ ancestors first appeared on the Scottish scene around 836AD". So we are suppose to believe that just shortly after the British Isle started to be invaded by marauding Scandinavian Vikings our clan picked a Scandinavian Viking to lead us, lol. Nonsense. And besides if Somairle (his name was not Somerled) was Scandinavian then why did he not have Nordic I1 dna, instead of Aryan R1a dna? I don't believe that fairy tale at all. This chart shows the prominence of R1b Celtic dna in Scotland and not a lot of R1a Aryan dna. www.dnaweekly.com/blog/a-map-of-europe-based-on-haplogroups/
@@michaelmacdonell2986 the clan genetic database is one of the largest and most studied on the planet. You're extremely wrong. The fact that you say "R1A Aryan" which isn't a thing, and that the majority of the clan is R1b(which would be news to thousands of members who have contributed to the Y-database) says all anyone needs to know on this matter. "R1b is Celtics dna" is another huge clue that you're clueless about this subject. Almost all of clan Donald and it's various branching clans are R1a. I'm sure it's upsetting when science proves you wrong. R1A is one of the three primary haplogroups of Scandinavia along with I and N with R1b being less prevalent but still very common. There's no such thing as "Viking" or "Aryan" dna. Aryan is a blanket term covering a large group of Indo-European tribes included in which is both celts and germans.
@@DarkRyderWhisky Have you even read the ClanDonald USA dna project pages? This is a direct quote from the project pages speaking of Clan Donald "the majority of the Clan is R1b". I have read dna study pages that have called R1b specifically Celtic dna. The chart that I included in my last post says "R1b: Celtic, Basque, Italic, Frisian, Saxon" "R1a: Slavic, Kurgan, Aryan" "I1: Germanic (Nordic)". I agree there could be R1a Aryan dna within the Scandinavian Vikings, but I1 Nordic is the prominent dna for Scandinavian Vikings. Regarding the project's quote "our R1a chiefs’ ancestors first appeared on the Scottish scene around 836AD", well if you believe that then I have a bridge for sale that you might be interested in, lol.
According to Y-DNA studies, he was a Norse-Gael. The current MacDonald Clan Chiefs are all of the R1a haplogroup - specifically of R-YP326 downstream and they are all historically descended from Somerled (as are many MacDougalls and MacAllisters), who himself would have descended from Norsemen from Norway.
My God, you would think that if a historian was going to do a piece on Scotland that he might at least get the colour of the flag behind him correct. The Scottish Saltire has a white cross on an azure blue background. Never never navy blue!
Regardless of his motives be them to protect or betray it will always be a crime against family and blood in the end. He sadly was screwed no matter what.
Robert McDonald from South Carolina. Angus McDonald is my ancestor who migrated to America. He married Catherine Buchanan. He had a son John McDonald if myvresearch is correct. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
viking is the wrong label,it means going to the ships,good and bad existed in all family groups,the norse who were all over the northern hemisphere and south at one time,are the ancestors of all,they were the picts the celts and others,sadly history was written by those with agendas,they fought with and against the romans too.
Border clan myself we left 400 years ago over here to Ulster its always good to go home Early july Glasgow under the bridge lol just one thing all you Americans please stop calling yourself Scottish show some Respect to the real scots i am a Ulster scot and i do not have the Right to call myself scottish and don't bother with give Northern Ireland back to the irish give America back to the Indian's my colonial cousins
The Donald’s would have done better to write the History. Sorry. I’m Scotch Irish and I want the written word! Singing songs… change a word or two could change history!!
My paternal grandmother was a MacDonald from Cape Breton. Her ancestor Peter MacDonald, left South Uist in 1745 and emigrated to Creignish Rear on the west coast of Cape Breton after arriving on Prince Edward Island. It was with great pleasure that my wife and I visited Cape Breton on our 25th anniversary some 20years ago and explored the ruins of the abandoned settlement. About five years ago we visited England, Wales and Scotland. While we did not make it to the Isles we did get to see Castle Tioram which was the ancestral home of Clanranald of which I belong. One of the highlights of my life. Thanks for bringing that all back.
I miss going to the Highlands games in Vista,California.I would go with my dad(RIP💖)💪🌟.Hearing the bagpipes and eating the gd food,and then watching the games=so much fun and such a great time!
MacDougall's & MacDonald's are both from the sons of Somhairlidh, otherwise known as Somerled. Two very in-depth books The Sea Kings, and The Kingdom of The Isles, both by R. Andrew McDonald, give the full history. Somhairlidh is the only one to rid and reclaim the whole of Argyll and the Islands from the Vikings who took over. What a progenitor, worthy of total respect.
The MacDonald's of Staffa are related to me.
Hurts my heart that we lost so many.
Am off the clan macdonald clan my great grandmother was born too chieftain donald macdonald my grandmother taught me well about my history and my ancestors and the macdonalds that were lost will always be remembered 🏴🏴🏴💙💙💙
@@archiebrown3719 Yes they will be! That's for sure!💯
@@archiebrown3719 My dad Dalton Ian Brennan MacDonald son of Duncan Joseph MacDonald(RIP💗Dad and Grandpa) taught me of our MacDonald history as well. I'm always thirsty to learn more.
@@ChristinaMacDonald777 l believe that I am off the macdonald of sleat my great grandmother croft was in earlish by Portree even tho its more nearer uig bay her croft was on clife face l went visited the site l felt great like l was home again as if l knew the place well even though l had never been their something drew me to the crofts in earlish l knew auntie annies croft along from it was my great grandmothers croft cathrine macdonald l felt her spirit was their with me but my grandmother was flora l felt her spirit would be their with her mothers and my ancestors who once occupied the croft n land their its beautiful place l wish l could move back their one day but l know my heart soul belongs in the highlands islands of scotland am still in scotland but on the low lands south west coast its strange when l meet other macdonalds its as their part of my kinship n part of my blood proud my great grandmother was off the macdonald and the ties too the land thanks christina macdonald
@@ChristinaMacDonald777 me too l have a stange mix of bloods in myside of the family my father side was off the kennedys and the browns my mother side has macdonald Mcleod and campbell in it lol am luck my grandmother remembered so much about her family and what actually happend too the macdonalds but my heart is always pulled more too the macdonald of sleat my great grandmother croft is in sleat not far from the fairyglens on skye l would love to find out more about other macdonalds too in our line we had connections with usit and lewis she also told me and of the lords of the isles 💙🏴🙏
I am a mac donald from my mothers side i live in South Africa i am proud of my heritage once a Scot always a Scot
Yes great, fight for Scotland now
Stay safe down there brother! From a Ronald in America.
My grandad is Scottish and from the macdonald clan and I'm from england
I am from the MacDonalds. Although spelled McDonald. My Grandfather, from Door County, WI. . . moved to Chicago, full of Irish. So he changed the spelling. Have tracd back to Isle of Tiree. About 1750. Cannot find any information from before then. Sad. Wife and I visited in 2019, with little assistance.
Speaking as a Scot, with Viking heritage, the lady on Mull is quite something. 'Viking thugs" and "Morven was infested with them", aye, alright hen, let it go... its been a while now lol..
I'm Scottish as well. They like to down play the viking influence on Scotland as it doesn't fit in with the narratives of Scotland being unconquerable. Donald who the clan was named after was a viking sea king.
You might be a Scot, but are you a Gael?
I agree and to call a great dynasty one that sold the land under its peoples feet is not great
@@matlachlannmacgregor-macle8735 Yep. Some of my ancestors were, I think. My dads side are Swedes and Scots from Sutherland. My mom’s people go back to Skye. I am American so I think I might be right but I am not that food with your history.
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The McDonald's were always on the most important flank of any fight! My father was named after The Bruce and my mothers side are Finley's. Scotland Forever!!!🏴
You have a shaky grasp of punctuation. Mothers needs an apostrophe but hasn't got one, whereas Finley's has one but doesn't need one. But you're not alone. It seems that 90% of Brits can't write English correctly for some reason.
Yes fight for Scotland now
On the right at Bannockburn, on the left at Culloden.
Per mare, per terras.
@@johnshort5003 shush. No one cares. Your name fits you though.
Christopher Renyard.
My grandfather was not a MacDonald but was named James Howie , Howie is a Sept of the MacDonald of Sleat clan . I may be English born but by the grace of God I am a Scot .
No you're not ur English
Scotland has a population of around five to six million people . Around the world , there are one hundred million people who regard themselves as being Scottish regardless of what country they were born in . This includes people born in Africa , India , China , Japan , Canada , USA , among others who are proud to call themselves Scottish . As for myself I have direct links to Scotland and with the Vikings . I need no one's permission to be Scottish .
But you're not
🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴Yes I am suck it up I am proud to wear my clan tartan .
@@christopherrenyard202 you are english. you can return to Scotland and be a Scot otherwise you are english. That is the facts of the matter.
Sir Thomas More
and the Shropshire More / Moore
is a Descendant of Ian Mor MacDonald
My mother was born McDonald, and her great-grandparents came to Australia from Eilean Shona. McDonald of Clan Ranald. Her great-grandmother never learned English because Gaelic was good enough for her . Mum was one of 12 children, so I have 48 first cousins of McDonald stock.
I plan on making a trip to Scotland in 2024 I really wanna take time to explore all of the old clan history I can. I never knew about any of this. all I've ever known was I was from an old family in Scotland
Scots. Picts. Vikings. Gaels. Celts. 😮 what a mix.🏴
I’m a proud decedent of clan MacDonald never knew a lot about my last name always felt an empty spot not knowing much .just knew I was proud of my last name from I knew from family here in Nova Scotia but my father’s family Mac Donald from Newfoundland thank you for this video very educational
It' a proud name indeed esp. if you are from the clan Ranald
@@dbe5656 Why ranald especially
My MacDonald side may just be related to your MacDonald side? Guysborough N.S.
I have the MacDonald last name and didn’t know really anything about it. Just knew my great grandpa jack macDonald has a family crest. Good video and it’s cool to hear about our history
@@dbe5656 not sure what the clan ranald did that was so special? Ranald and MacDonald are both from Somerleds son Raghnall. Difference is that Raghnalls son Domnhall (MacDonald clan) went on to be Lord of the Isles for generations with his grandson John marrying Princess Margaret of Scotland. John also had a child with Aime (also a descendant of Somerled) named Reginald whom Clan Ranald came from his son Allan. They did nothing.
Thank You for making this video! I love it! Very informative!🌟💯🏋️♀️
We need a tv show about our clan!
What a History Clan Donald has! Currently filming a youtube video on The History of their Clan, theirs is an Incredible story
I love going to Mickey Ds and getting a double cheeseburger, fries and a chocolate shake. Even though I’m a Cameron
So long as you're not a Campbell
I’ll allow it. You may find a surcharge though.
@@stover14 I'm a Lamont and agree with you
Just watched this and watching the rest this is great history thanks for making this
To The Highlands We Go!💪🌟💞🎵🦋🌊🌄🌠🍃🕊✝️💯
My dad was Dalton Ian Brennan MacDonald(RIP💖) born in NewYork.My grandfather was Duncan J.Mac Donald(RIP💖)born in Nova Scotia.Great Grandfather was Alexander Roderick MacDonald also born in Nova Scotia.We have lots of Angus's and Alexander's and Duncan's too in our bloodline.King Conn,King Somerled,and Robert De Bruce are in my fam tree.
I am a proud MacDonald!💪💖🌟💯
Love to everyone!💞💞💞And May God Be With Us All Always and Everytime!
We may be distant relatives. My maternal ancestors, Andra Ban MacGillivray and Janet MacDonald, were pioneers of Antigonish, NS. I traced my ancestral tree and found Somerled, Conn, and also the Bruce. My great-grandparents settled in Boston.
@@vanzarockin Yes! Sounds as though we just may be related! How cool is that!🌟💯You know your the first person that has ever said to me that they have same names in their fam tree🌟
Next time I call my Aunt Alexandra who resides in Massachusetts,(dad's sister originally from New York also like dad),
I will ask Aunt Sandy if she knows of a Janet MacDonald in the fam💖! Either way we are related,we all have the Mac Donald blood!💪🌟💞💞💞🏞💯
@@vanzarockin p.s. Very nice to meet you Mr.Vanzarockin!🌟
May God Always Bless and Protect You🙌💖Thanks for the reply!
Amazing how the average Scottish American know more about their own history than the average Scot. The Highland clearances were a crime against humanity.
I must take into account that much of the facts regarding the clans especially those of royal lineage were secret.
To do with Scottish schools not having education about Scottish history.I knew more about the battle of Hastings and crap about king Henry 8th than anything about Scotland when I was at school...Even being punished for speaking Anglian Scots in the class rooms...
That's the English state for ye and it's 150million victims.
Right you are. Both sides of my family were sent to Nova Scotia during the clearances. Funny thing is we hear complaints from other cultures in regards to ethnic cleansing but nothing is ever mentioned about our ancestors being evicted from their native homeland.
Ya somehow my family ended up in Canada during the land clearances and we were from the Isle of Mull, Argyle. Still haven't found concrete evidence of it yet but my family was sept of the MacDonalds of Clan Ranald
The highlands, Islands .....and North Antrim
I'm irish and my last name isn't macdonald but when I did a family tree history my there are alot of MacDonald's in my family tree
I'm a Englishman and my granddad is Scottish from the macdonald clan
It could be they were gallowglass MacDonalds.
R.I.P to my ancestor Somerled , I'm from the chieftain line of clan Donald. Somerled is my 25th great grandfather if dna is to be believed.
Interesting, I'm descended from a much older Somali clan family, called Darod which is the nickname of Abdurahman ibn Ismail Al Jabarti, a 10th century scholar who is my 42nd great grandfather in my family lineage..the Darod clan family are maternally related to the ancient Dir clan family, whose ancestor lived 2000 years ago
Interestingly, the clan families of Somalis are much more bona fide because every member is paternally descended from the patriarch of the clan, and all somalis know their lineage going back more than 45 great grandfathers ..with Scottish and Irish clans, more than 70 percent of the clan members are in fact not paternally even related whatsoever to the clan patriarch, instead they are merely servants, serfs, farmers, and other people who pledged allegiance
DNA is accurate
@@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 kinda looks like you’re putting others down but either way the pride bridges blood with us celts. Unless campbells are involved lol
@@Beer-can_full_of_toes no I'm not putting others down, I merely stated a genetic anthropological linguistic historical fact that Somalis (Cushites) and their clans are much more ancient than celtic clans, thats not to take away anything from the latter
@@Beer-can_full_of_toes sounds like you guys have serious beef with the Campbells, if they are the ones who sided with the English and slaughtered another clan after a night meal, they deserve the hate they get cus that is pure treachery
"Per mare per terras"
Just found out that my 11th Grandfather was Lord Bryan Mac Calvagh MacDonald. My 11th grandmother, Marcella was killed in The Glencoe Massacre. Was quite shocked to find it out. Small world.
My Great mother was a Camble, from the Catholic line. I can say with complete confidence that none of my Ancestors participated in the tragedy of Glencoe. If anything they were the Cambles that stood with Robert the Bruce.
Family love to all
Campbell
More / Moore
More is descended from the 7th Lord of the Isles I think
McDonald / MacDonald
is my Ancestry
My grandfather, who was born in Scotland, talked about our family and the massacre. But, I haven't been able to verify with dna. I just have all of the names of my grandparents a d great grandparents who sailed to Boston from Scotland in the early 1900's. Wish I could get more information though
The main narrative here that Somerset was a Gaelic hero fighting the wicked Vikings is misleading. Somerled was of Norse partial descent himself and the Vikings of the West Coast were largely of Gaelic descent and spoke Gaelic as well as Norse. The Western Isles stayed under Norwegian rule for over 100 years after the death of Somerled.
Somairle (Somerled) run the Vikings out of Argyll, Kintyre and Lorne. Then Clan Donald run them off the Isles. Somairle was a Scot although he married Ragnhild, daughter of Olafr Godredsson. Y dna is passed from father to son, so you can be assured that every descendant of Somairle has R1b Celtic dna. If they don't there's a problem.
@@michaelmacdonell2986 they don't ,they are Vikings DNA procedure same as the McNeil's of barra
@@michellearmstrong7903 No Michelle. Even the Clan Donald USA dna tests are showing that a very high percentage of MacDonalds that have been tested (around 80 % if I can remember correctly) show R1b y haplogroup Celtic dna. Coincidentally the Clan Donald USA dna tests that have tried to justify the strange German dna of the bogus Clan Donald clan chiefs have proven the opposite, that only a very small minority of MacDonalds have German/Scandinavian R1a dna.
@@michaelmacdonell2986 except we don't. The fact is, our Y DNA is Norse infact.
@@jackbootshamangaming4541 Your Y dna may be Norse. But the very high percentage of Clan Donald has R1b Celtic Y dna.
McDonald From east East Ontario
Good day William McDonald, Godspeed.
McCutcheon from eastern Ontario as well, good day to you William my clan is a branch from the Macdonald clan
Grettings from Illinois. I love the Scottish Highland Games in your area. Always attend them!
Am proud of my macdonald ancestry and the land my family once owed alba gu brath 🏴🏴🏴
My grandad is Scottish and from the macdonald clan and I'm from england
MacDonald from my mothers side in south Georgia, USA.
Wish I knew more about which branch.
My grandad is Scottish and from the macdonald clan and I'm from england
Just found out I'm a McDonald. Was my great grandmother's maiden name. Pretty interesting.
Somerled was part Viking/Norse and his wife was the daughter/sister of the Viking rulers,
I’m a McDonald from New York. Unfortunately my Dad was disowned by his father’s parents so I have no information on them.
I'm proud to be a mcdonald and also having the title of Lord.
Nigga you ain't shit, the McClain's will FRICK your clan up homie. gang gang.
@@Random_Weirdo7 the Darod Clan family will defeat, crush and conquer your petty fake clan...go and read about the Darod clan and their history
@@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 A Douglas!A Douglas!
@@suzannekosic4088 I only replied how I did because the guy I replied to tried to give offense
Nice to know your clan.
I am from the famous Darod clan of Somalis across the Horn of Africa
@@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 fake clan? What the fuck are you talking about. The Macdonalds are some of the mightiest warriors and one of the most powerful highlander clans. I'm a Ronald myself.
Lmao, but all you guys wanna come to Europe and UK, some mighty and great people!
He also in no way insulted anyone, he said he's proud to be a Macdonald.
Yes and true heir to the British throne. Ever wonder why things have gone so badly for the imposters who currently rule.
I am in USA, a descendant of McDonald's on paternal side and McAllister's on maternal side. My wife claims that explains my stubbornness and cranky nature!
Much respect to the MacDonald's, from a clan Campbell descendant.
And the same to you from a McDonald, Descendant of McIian, Clan Chieftan, Glencoe.
Here here I applaud you descendant of clan Campbell from a clan relative Donald from chieftan glencoe from Nova Scotia
Had Campbell remained royal to the clans my would not have been murdered and the disgrace that sits on the throne of England would not exist
no one will forgive or forget the campbell treachery. cursed for generations and still to this day not given food or bed in the highlands.
I had not heard of Somerled until it turned out we are related so Royal haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a3a1a1
MATCH! Subclade distance: 1
Clan Home
Cospatric I Anglo-Danish Earl of Northumbria (1073)
Earl of Home (1605-present)
Royal haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a3a--
MATCH! Subclade distance: 2
Clan MacDonald
Clan MacDonald
Royal haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a3a1a1a
MATCH! Subclade distance: 2
Clan MacDougall
Clan MacDougall
Royal haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a3a1a1a
MATCH! Subclade distance: 2
Scottish Royalty
Somerled of Argyll (1100-1164) this is what I learned now I need to learn more
I'm a McDonald I'm not 100% sure if I'm apart of this clan but I can't find answers anywhere
Hope Ronald isn't trying to take over the clan. That guy is an absolute clown.
Ronald is just fine, but you have a big red nose.
Do your homework, he is!
@@annmanary7154 ... taking over the clan? How can he - he's just a clown? Guess you mean his boss is doing that hostile takeover.
Big shoes to fill
@@somerledmacdonald5513 kek name checks out
Somerled - Alexander - Ramsey Generation From Comanche County, Oklahoma USA
Good video.
A lot of my great great grandparents mcdonalds from near glencoe
McDonald from Maine.
McDonald from Australia.
Macdonald from Cape Breton nova Scotia Canada
Craig sup cuzin
What clan Craig?
Craig Macdonald from Galashiels, Scotland
MacDonald in Ontario. Dad was born in Cape breton nova scotia!
Part of my DNA goes back to Nova Scotia.
My grandad is Scottish native I'm from england and it's weird my grandad is from the macdonald clan and we have roots with somerled
he's right there's a mcdonalds everywhere .is Ronnie descended from somerled ?
Uh..yeah.
Ronnie does have the hair
My g g grandfather Dougald MacDonald emigrated to antagonish nova Scotia from moidart scotland
Truth be told, most kings are self proclaimed…
SCOTLAND
Fight for our Scotland
Craig Macdonald Galashiels Scotland
Fight for Scotland
My grandad is Scottish and a macdonald im from england
Technically I guess I'm a clan Donald descendant too....from Pennsylvania U.S.A......mother was a Donaldson. Close enough? ;)
@rgb Brown Scottish history is rather complicated. Don't even get me started on tartans. :P
Somerled was Norse as much as Gaelic. Most highland clans they have Viking blood.
I had my Dna tested .no Norwegian blood .although I have dupytrons .
"Somerled's descendants not ancestors gather"
I love that this was released around the same time as the dna projects proving Somerled and his line are Norwegian along their Y chromosome and not at all Celtic.
Don't believe everything that you hear, especially that bogus history coming from the Clan Donald USA dna project.
@@michaelmacdonell2986 riiiiiight as opposed to the exact same information and database being used by the clann in Scotland.
@@DarkRyderWhisky Well of course. A bogus history was needed to try to explain the strange R1a Aryan dna of most of the chiefs. The project pages say it themselves, "the majority of the Clan is R1b"; that's Celtic dna. So how do you square the fact that the majority of the clan is Celtic but the chiefs are Aryan? This malarkey from the project just does not cut it, "our R1a chiefs’ ancestors first appeared on the Scottish scene around 836AD". So we are suppose to believe that just shortly after the British Isle started to be invaded by marauding Scandinavian Vikings our clan picked a Scandinavian Viking to lead us, lol. Nonsense. And besides if Somairle (his name was not Somerled) was Scandinavian then why did he not have Nordic I1 dna, instead of Aryan R1a dna? I don't believe that fairy tale at all. This chart shows the prominence of R1b Celtic dna in Scotland and not a lot of R1a Aryan dna.
www.dnaweekly.com/blog/a-map-of-europe-based-on-haplogroups/
@@michaelmacdonell2986 the clan genetic database is one of the largest and most studied on the planet. You're extremely wrong. The fact that you say "R1A Aryan" which isn't a thing, and that the majority of the clan is R1b(which would be news to thousands of members who have contributed to the Y-database) says all anyone needs to know on this matter. "R1b is Celtics dna" is another huge clue that you're clueless about this subject. Almost all of clan Donald and it's various branching clans are R1a. I'm sure it's upsetting when science proves you wrong. R1A is one of the three primary haplogroups of Scandinavia along with I and N with R1b being less prevalent but still very common. There's no such thing as "Viking" or "Aryan" dna. Aryan is a blanket term covering a large group of Indo-European tribes included in which is both celts and germans.
@@DarkRyderWhisky Have you even read the ClanDonald USA dna project pages? This is a direct quote from the project pages speaking of Clan Donald "the majority of the Clan is R1b". I have read dna study pages that have called R1b specifically Celtic dna. The chart that I included in my last post says "R1b: Celtic, Basque, Italic, Frisian, Saxon" "R1a: Slavic, Kurgan, Aryan" "I1: Germanic (Nordic)". I agree there could be R1a Aryan dna within the Scandinavian Vikings, but I1 Nordic is the prominent dna for Scandinavian Vikings. Regarding the project's quote "our R1a chiefs’ ancestors first appeared on the Scottish scene around 836AD", well if you believe that then I have a bridge for sale that you might be interested in, lol.
McIain of clan Donald lineage here. Northern Mississippi.
Island le McCauley…my name!!
Saor Alba, nothing is going away until we have our country back.
Ehh, why they speak of Sumarlid like he was a scott?
According to Y-DNA studies, he was a Norse-Gael. The current MacDonald Clan Chiefs are all of the R1a haplogroup - specifically of R-YP326 downstream and they are all historically descended from Somerled (as are many MacDougalls and MacAllisters), who himself would have descended from Norsemen from Norway.
My God, you would think that if a historian was going to do a piece on Scotland that he might at least get the colour of the flag behind him correct. The Scottish Saltire has a white cross on an azure blue background.
Never never navy blue!
Erskine bridge? That’s my 2nd great grandmothers birth name.
Your Grandmothers called Erskine Bridge? lol
Two by blood, one by marriage.
What do you mean, 2 by blood, one by marriage
John Donald of Donald - Stoic.
Clan Donald descendant from Texas.
It is said that my clan is descended from Somerled through I believe his 2nd son.
Yep he is, read The Sea Kings, and The Kingdom of The Isles, both by R. Andrew McDonald.
Never trust a Campbell
MacDonald clan background .
I would like to know more about my ancestors the clan macnicol
From the Isle of skye
Perhaps you know if the MacDonalds of clan Ranald and can lend some knowledge to these folks
Sounds like John of Islay was trying to protect his lands from the Stewart king.
Regardless of his motives be them to protect or betray it will always be a crime against family and blood in the end. He sadly was screwed no matter what.
Scotland my essence Mary McDonald Princess Mary of Denmark my personal friend i love
Robert McDonald from South Carolina. Angus McDonald is my ancestor who migrated to America. He married Catherine Buchanan. He had a son John McDonald if myvresearch is correct. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Linn gu linn ainm gu ainm siol nan gael
Ronald macdonald. Must be the chief now .he's everywhere .
@heath mcdonald Your right about that. A ignorant insult to one of the Proudest and Powerful Clans of All the Land.
Some of Those folks on the boat should be in a home not on a boat like that.
viking is the wrong label,it means going to the ships,good and bad existed in all family groups,the norse who were all over the northern hemisphere and south at one time,are the ancestors of all,they were the picts the celts and others,sadly history was written by those with agendas,they fought with and against the romans too.
Clan donald descendant from Mississippi!
My mothers maiden name is Macdonald. Raised catholic like a proper jacobite.
From Canada
@rgb Brown im from the Glencoe branch.
@rgb Brown mciain
@rgb Brown abroch
I am Mac Donald from my mothers side
I'm part of the mcgregor clan
Don't worry about it😁😁
bloody he'll
bloody hell
Border clan myself we left 400 years ago over here to Ulster its always good to go home Early july Glasgow under the bridge lol just one thing all you Americans please stop calling yourself Scottish show some Respect to the real scots i am a Ulster scot and i do not have the Right to call myself scottish and don't bother with give Northern Ireland back to the irish give America back to the Indian's my colonial cousins
So distance trumps dna then?
If one travels far enough they are no longer family?
Divisive not inclusive are we?
Hmmmmm
Canadian, clan Ranald, here. Get over it because you can never take the Scott out of us. Sorry you gave up.
somerled was a nordic like all the rest,not different.
The Donald’s would have done better to write the History. Sorry. I’m Scotch Irish and I want the written word! Singing songs… change a word or two could change history!!