Scottish Clans that Descend from the Mighty Somerled!

[@johnrutherford3309]

This is excellent!... very surprising to find an American gentleman to know so much Scottish history. More than most Scots know. ( Anglicisation!! 😢) Really enjoyed! Incidentally...I'm a fan of the late Nigel Tranter. I learned more of my country's history from his Scottish historical fiction... than I ever learned in my (Anglicised) Edinburgh school. Your pronunciation is excellent also. Well done ! John Rutherford ( retired ). Kelty. Fife.

[@Fires755]

My father's side, Rollo, Richardson, My mother side, William 1066, grandmother Wilkerson, still learning, thank you for the video!!!

[@wingmanhoy3999]

Hoy, Haughey, Hoey, Aitteidh, we ruled Iveagh 10th-12th century, Haey, Norse, and Eochaidh, Darini, Darine, Clan Donald, ancestry, very much enjoyed, thank you, all the very best.

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

2 great books on Somhairlidh mhór mac Gillebride mhic Gilledomnán (Somerled) by R. Andrew McDonald: The Sea Kings, and The Kingdom of The Isles.

[@azariahisrael5632]

My ancestors. Nice vid. I decend from Macdonald's of Sleat, Ragnall, and Glengarry. I also decend from Duncan McDougall 16th clan cheif of MacDougalls. We all decend from the Islay Branch and multiple Stewart women married Macdonald clan cheifs making us decendants of Robert the Bruce, Cinaed MacAplin, and the High Kings of Ireland. It also makes them Plantagenet and Llewellyn the great decendants via Isabella of Mar wife of Robert the Bruce. I am also a MacLeod decendant as they intermarried with their rivals far more than people realize.

[@BigRed2]

They didn’t make up Robert the Bruce 😂😂 You know nothing

[@Texas1836]

I descend from them as well.

[@brucecollins641]

@azariahisrael5632.......these clans have nothing to with the mythical made up tale of th high kings o ireland. cinaed macalpin was a pictish king.

[@Mac10.]

Here come the yanks with their made up ancestry tests.

[@jessemcdonald9226]

This is one of clan McDonald family's thanks you

[@corablunt-zy2be]

My grandad is Scottish from the macdonald clan

[@dvrn86]

I'm Macnicol of Skye, my ancestors would be intertwined with the Macdonalds and Macleods

[@TN.DeadHead1861]

New to the channel, one video in and amazing channel! Will undoubtedly be sharing as well! Also I may have misheard but was cooking while listening and I am also an Appalachian. East TN Scotch Irish!

[@thescottishclans]

Awesome! Thank you! I have a lot more content on my podcast by the same name.

[@Iomhair]

Awsome bro. appreciate the correct pronunciation of gaidhlig man. I would call someone who is young Og, mor means great or big but i guess hear it just means older as you say senior. its a funny language far more complicated than the english language has the capacity to describe. Aonghus is spoken like Innes, but it is the Gaelicised Angus or Angus is the Anglicised Aonghus.

[@markperron851]

Mor and Og can also be used as a bit of fun. Much like Little John was a huge man, Og of Bashan in the Bible is a giant not a normal man but for a giant he was only around 9 feet tall so a Tiny Giant. Og though taken literally should be a title like junior or the Younger.

[@terrykeever9422]

Would love to see info on Clan Iver / MacIver.

[@Iomhair]

Maciomhair brother! we are a sect of clan Campbell (unfortunately).

[@kellyprice1024]

Yup, I am a MacDougall and have traced my ancestry back to 1770.

[@sandynewman5533]

I attempted to download the file referenced in this podcast, but no download was offered after I submitted my information.

[@donbrown5414]

Really well done thanks for doing this.

[@nickmacdonald9535]

My father always laid claim to descent from MacIain of Glencoe. I thought he was being fanciful until we did some research. The records held at the India Office show that my grandfather x5 was Ewen MacDonald who joined the East India Company and did, indeed, trace his ancestry back to Angus Og and down to MacIain. So we are true MacDonalds of Glencoe. Some years ago I provided my DNA to the relevant research body and it came back as a 92% match to the factually proven Glencoe Macdonalds.

[@L0reburne]

Great vid thanks....really in-depth . What programme did you use to make the tree graphic?

[@thescottishclans]

Powerpoint

[@celticviking1945]

In my Y-DNA group, I have a bunch of MacDougalls, but also there is a branch that I am trying to figure out composed of MacNail (a misnomer of Donnell or Ragnell perhaps? ), MacNeil, White, and Lowery/Lowry/Laurie. I'm interested in trying to figure out this branch's origin. Genealogies give hints of Barra, Islay, Northern Ireland.

[@margaretsmallallan28]

The main MacDougall stronghold is Dunollie Castle and House near Oban. I was told by my history teacher in Oban High School, that the different spellings of names was more to do with the person writing them down. Often Lairds and others who could write and (SPELL ??) The McDonells were mainly from Glengarry, and some went and settled in Ireland. In the north Americca's clerks often listed who had sailed across to the place, and the names were spelt as tthey felt, and listed as such!

[@johnnyjet3.1412]

What? you don't want to mention Giovanni and Ivan and aJuan??

[@shawgarwukungshaw1195]

Mor clan addition very possibly were named so as a Moorish past.Im DNA Descedant of Somerled.Check MacRitchie The Briton's 1883.

[@raynakuhn229]

My daddy’s daddy name was Ezra McDonald my dad said they had dropped the a in Mac, I am a McDonald

[@foxspokane]

Direct descendant from MacDonald Clan

[@corablunt-zy2be]

My grandad is Scottish native from the macdonald clan and I'm english from england it's weird I have a link between somerled

[@viking_training_system]

In Gaelic it is pronounced 'SoReLe'

[@Texas1836]

Im a Glencoe MacDonald

[@BigRed2]

You come from naive MacDonalds of Glencoe?

[@a44489]

Reminds me of zelda

[@Cyclone-Enoch]

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[@BigRed2]

So MacDonalds are Viking and not Scottish? As a Campbell i will gladly defend the Scots against the Viking invasion

[@thescottishclans]

They were a pretty healthy mix. If we want to go back that far, the Campbells most likely originated among the Strathclyde Britons.

[@BigRed2]

@@thescottishclans My Y DNA has been on the Island of UK/Scotland and Wales since before 2500BC, i’m in the Campbell DNA project and can trace my Y DNA over 150,000 BC

[@graemehighlander9237]

Hang on Sean is Irish ….I’d stay away from trying to explain Gaelic naming ….you will confuse ppl ….What you might think names mean ….they don’t …… You really also might want to watch or you will start an argument on who is the senior line of Clan Donald!

[@thescottishclans]

I think we can handle a little argument, as long as everyone remains respectful. I love hearing different viewpoints. Arguments can be enlightening.

[@graemehighlander9237]

@@thescottishclans Just tread carefully,

[@Iomhair]

you spell Graham like you just came here with william the conqueror ya maddy al argue way you, leave yank alone he's done us proud you away and have a hard think about that spelling and tread carefully yourself. @@graemehighlander9237

[@Iomhair]

F*ck him bro its folk like that, thats who sided way the Sassenach. am a real rootin tootin gaidhlig speaking islander al throw him in the minch if he gees you anymore jip@@thescottishclans

[@margaretsmallallan28]

At my school there was nearly a bloodbath over whose great grandparent were senior in a MacLean family? They also have MacLaines along the road in Moy Castle, while the MacLeans are of Duart Castle, a few miles nearer to Craignure pier on Mull. The MacDonald "Lortd of the Isles" had their stronghold in Finlagen on Islay!