Originally Posted by
Baysideboy
Hey...we were neighbors!
The McNeil branch of my family was deported to Donegal from Scotland, as was the Adams branch. Both ended up marrying into the Dougherty clan a generation or two after their arrival here in the US, which is another big name in Donegal. But both branches are Scots, not Irish in origin.
Be very careful...kilting and geneaology is a dangerous combination to one's bank account!!!! By the way, the Donegal tartan is quite beautiful...damn..see what I mean?
Another McNeil, I see. My family spells it,McNeill,and we came from County Tyrone. But like most of us, we are also Scots.
"A day spent in the fields and woods, or on the water should not count as a day off our allotted number upon this earth."
Jerry, Kilted Old Fart.
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