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News & Updates (Click on Any Item Below) Feb. 28, 2008 - Done Your DNA Test in another lab? Transfer your Results... Feb. 12, 2008 - Ulster Heritage DNA Project Update August 31, 2007 - New Colour Coding July 17, 2007 - Important for All Participants July 16, 2007 - FREE Hosting Announcement July 15, 2007 - Online Privacy Policy Feb. 11, 2007 - UH DNA Update ==============News Items================ Feb. 28, 2008 - Done Your DNA Test in another lab? Transfer your Results... Individuals that have done their DNA testing with other labs can now come into the Ulster Heritage DNA Project at much reduced prices. Get the promo flyer here! ============================================ Feb. 12, 2008 - Ulster Heritage DNA Project Update There is a call to those UHDP families of Scots-Irish ancestry to participate in an oral history project run by Dr Michael Roe. Full details are available on the Ulster Heritage Magazine on line site at: http://uhblog.ulsterheritage.com/ this is a worthy project and we hope many will contact Dr Roe. ============================================ August 31, 2007 - New Colour Coding for the Results Table We have adopted a new colour scheme for the Ulster Heritage DNA Results table. The new scheme is as follows: Green for the R1b1c7 members. This is the famous Northwest Ireland haplogroup also known as the Niall of the Nine Hostages group. All families and clans that have this colour belong to this group. It is a Gaelic subgroup of the R1b1c group. White is used for those families and clans who also have links the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and are part of old Gallóglaigh clans. Khaki (saffron) represents Gaelic/Celtic haplotypes that are R1b1c and its related subgroups. In this group are found by Gaelic and Cymreag Celts. Silver/grey is used for those families of Norse and Norman paternal ancestry. We hope this colour system will assist in our participants understanding of their individual family’s history. Barry McCain ============================================ July 17, 2007 - Important for All Participants PLEASE remember to update your contact information on your Family Tree DNA personal page should you change your email address. We have several 'returned emails' when we have emailed the group due to non or no longer valid email addresses. It is important to keep your email address current as this is the only way we have to contact participants with news and updates. ============================================ July 16, 2007 - FREE Hosting Announcement This posting is for those participants in the Ulster Heritage DNA Project that have an interest in developing web sites on their family or Clan or other Ulster themed subject. Barry and Jim at ulsterheritage.com wish to
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would like to host it for you FREE. Please send us your needs outlining your content and the approximate amount of web space required. We will do our best to work with you for the benefit of everyone. Yours in Ulster websites ============================================ July 15, 2007 - Online Privacy Policy Any information collected via the ulsterheritage.com web site is only used to communicate with you and service your needs. Any personal information such as names, addresses or email addresses corresponded to ulsterheritage.com via email or forms on our web site will not be given or sold to any third party. Email - When you send an email message to
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we do not use cookies. Contact the following for any questions or concerns about this policy:- Regular Mail: Phone: 519-744-0880 or Barry McCain Email: failte@ulsterheritage.com Revised: July 15, 2007 ============================================ February 11, 2007 - UH DNA Update The Ulster Heritage DNA Project has been up and running for several months now and has already met with considerable success. Many families have already made relevant matches that have added much to each family’s history. For the present we are organising the results into clan and family groups. Those families who have yet to make a match are organised by haplogroup. On the families with Gaelic origin surnames the families are grouped under the Gaelic spelling when there are multiple and confusing anglicised forms. We use the one Gaelic spelling as the title and then you can see the anglicised forms of that name below. Some of the interesting themes being researched by the Ulster Heritage DNA Project include the Gallóglaigh families. These are Irish families who have roots in the Hebrides and Argyle. They were a hereditary warrior caste that functioned in Gaelic society much like the Samurai class did in Japan. The Gallóglaigh families began settling in Ulster in the 1200s and were a prominent aspect of Irish society from then until the early 1600s. Anglicised forms of Gallóglaigh surnames include; MacSweeny, MacLean, Campbell, MacCain, McDonnell, MacAllen, MacCabe, just to name a few, and the Gallóglaigh we found in all parts of Ulster. They earned top pay in their day and served and were loyal to one lord. They had a very stylized mode of dress, arms and amour and like the samurai, a code of martial behaviour that was impeccable and strict. There are effigies of these strange warriors found all over Ireland and we intend to post some photos of them in future. Several families have already started picking up matches, the Andersons of County Antrim, the Henrys of the Bann Valley, the Diamonds also of the Bann Valley and a distinguished old erenagh family. We even have some of the now famous R1b1c7 haplogroup families, also called the ‘Niall of the Nine Hostages group.’ R1b1c7 families include the Mac Thómais clan and the Ó Catháin clan, both found in the results table. There is also a group of the ‘Niall’ lads under the R1b1c7 heading that have yet to find a match. This group is also called by the name Northwest Irish modal and the haplogroup was discovered by researchers at Trinity University in Dublin. Another group we have is called the R1b1c Celts. They are called this as some Ulster Scot families, such as the Tweedys and Wallaces come from Cymreig Celtic ancestry. Much of the Lowlands of Scotland have roots that go back to the indigenous Celtic tribes there and this is reflected in their DNA results, but rather than being Gaelic Celts they are Cymreig Celts. They are the same haplogroup or ethnicity of the Gaels which is why we place both Gaelic Celts and Cymreig Celts under this heading. Cymreig Celts do have their own unique history and in times past language. The country of Wales, i.e. Cymru, is a part of the Isles where Cymaeg Celtic, or Welsh, is still very much spoken to this day. Large parts of southern Scotland have Cymreig roots. Cymraeg in the word for their language and Cymreig is the adjective and Cymru is the word for their country today. Participation in the project is growing at a steady pace, Irish and Scots-Irish Americans leading the way, but also participation from throughout the Diaspora including Canadian, Australians, South Africans, etc. © 2007 Barry McCain |
     
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