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    I was adopted. Through Family Tree DNA and Ancestry.com I've found my bio-families both paternal and maternal (the second just recently after a lifetime of searching).

    I've been able to trace lines all the way back as far as circa 1000 CE. I've found connections to 27 clans that I can trace back to Scottish soil.

    Family Tree can get spendy but the first nibble isn't bad. Ancestry isn't too pricey either. If you're curious, give 'em a shot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by freep View Post
    I was adopted. Through Family Tree DNA and Ancestry.com I've found my bio-families both paternal and maternal (the second just recently after a lifetime of searching).

    I've been able to trace lines all the way back as far as circa 1000 CE. I've found connections to 27 clans that I can trace back to Scottish soil.

    Family Tree can get spendy but the first nibble isn't bad. Ancestry isn't too pricey either. If you're curious, give 'em a shot.
    1000? That is impressive! The farthest back I've found is the 1600s. Ancestry gives a free 2 week or month trial. I found using them in combination with others like Familysearch.org (a mormon site) to be the most effective.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wareyin View Post
    1000? That is impressive! The farthest back I've found is the 1600s. Ancestry gives a free 2 week or month trial. I found using them in combination with others like Familysearch.org (a mormon site) to be the most effective.
    My grandad only got to the 1600s too. I know I'm descended from Brian Boru and likely Kenneth McAlpine, but censuses weren't kept until the Domesday Book and they were introduced even later in Scotland and Ireland so it would be impossible for me to make a family tree stretching all the way from those two great kings.
    [CENTER][B][COLOR="#0000CD"]PROUD[/COLOR] [COLOR="#FFD700"]YORKSHIRE[/COLOR] [COLOR="#0000CD"]KILTIE[/COLOR]
    [COLOR="#0000CD"]Scottish[/COLOR] clans: Fletcher, McGregor and Forbes
    [COLOR="#008000"]Irish[/COLOR] clans: O'Brien, Ryan and many others
    [COLOR="#008000"]Irish[/COLOR]/[COLOR="#FF0000"]Welsh[/COLOR] families: Carey[/B][/CENTER]

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