Recent content by FalkirkEagle

Interesting. Through testing with FTDNA, I was able to learn that my haplogroup is L21. A fair number of my matches come from southern Germany, and this is consistent with the hypothesis you advance with respect to the origins of L21. I also have lots of matches from southwestern England...

I recently got my FTDNA 37-marker test results back and they show that I belong to the R1b-M269 (Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype). I realize you can't do much with just 37 markers, but since several people who share my surname and belong to the same surname project have tested as R-L21, I...

How Celtic the Scots are is an interesting question and one that's important to me. I am of Scots ancestry on my father's side, and I know for a fact that my great-grandparents came from the lowlands in Scotland. Through paper-based records, I have traced my paternal line back approximately 200...