"My aim is to prove kinship with the Douglas line(s).
Over the years I have used FTDNA for Y-DNA, mtDNA and Autosomal tests. My last test was Big-Y which has taken me to R-B123 which appears to be out on a limb on its own!
FTDNA have the largest…"
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Morton - links to Douglas
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mark Stephen Elliott Jan 29, 2020. 11 Replies 0 Likes
My paternal line Morton has always regarded itself as of the Douglas clan. As a consequence through my years I have acquired my father's Douglas kilt, my grandfather's sporran, two Douglas kilts of…Continue
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"That is a mute point.
Start here: http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/clan/what_is_a_clan.htm ;
and then follow the link to here: http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/clan/border_clans.htm"
"A member of WikiTree has rejected there being a Douglas clan and says they are just a Lowland family. Is it clan or family?"
"I use Family Tree Builder (FTB) from MyHeritage. It is free. I have 18 trees on the go, for friends, all of which I add to FTB on my PC as I research. MyHeritage offer free web-sites for up to 250 persons, and FTB and the relevant web-site sync with…"
"Found a c.1200 Morton Castle in the locality of Thornhill, and nearer to the concentration the census surname Morton, it is obvious this would be the major surname locality for the surname Morton, though it is possible, but few in proportion that…"
"Feel they moved their Morton Parish from Morton to Thornhill, and that is where the confusion comes from. Distribution of surname Morton, is now closer to Thornhill then Morton.
https://named.publicprofiler.org/"
"Thank you
Til now, I had confused this with Morton Parish Church, Thornhill
Nothing is visible of the Old Parish Church of Morton (NY37NW 4) which stood within the burial-ground on a slight rise overlooking the river cliff, and to the…"
"note; Will Ellot, Goodman of Gorrombye Gorrenberry is not a direct relative but am directly related to;
File:Sasine deed 1484 for Robert Elwald %28Elliot%29, Redheugh, Larriston, Hartsgarth.jpg
'Willielmo Elwald de…"
"HISTORY-HUNTERS-Kinmont-Willie-Armstrong
This site will likely disown me for this one William Elliott, noted a direct ancestor, but family, got in with this Bauld Buccleuch, and Armstrong and even one from Mangerton, in 1596 rescued this Kinmont…"
"Great stuff!"
"I have finally established my goal!
I am a descendant of the union of David, 4th Earl of Weemys and Lady Anne Douglas, daughter of William, 1st Duke of Queensberry.
Bruce Morton"
"Thank you Robin
I admit to being a beginner when it comes to understanding STRs and SNPs. I had this vain hope that there would be a blood link to the Douglas, but DNA testing is still in its early days, and I've only been able to afford FTDNA…"
"Septs sometimes show up in STR clustering, so I pasted your Y STR data into the large Scottish Y DNA project with the results above: your nearest common ancestor lived about 30 generations ago (~1000 AD) which links you to one kit claiming…"
"William
Many thanks for pointing me to the family search function. I had not appreciated its significance. It came up with 1 match in Scotland, but in Glasgow. All my Mortons so far were in the Lothians. Nevertheless it gives me a start, if only to…"
"Bruce,
If you use the family search function in the genealogy database and search for Morton and Douglas as both father's name and as mother's name (ie two different searches) you will find some…"
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- Which Douglas line are you researching? Dates and places help making connections.
- Morton
- Who is your earliest known Douglas ancestor?
- MORTON, John b. circa 1711 Scotland, Edinburgh, St. Cuthberts
- dna haplotype
- R-B123
FTDNA results
Kit No: 153271
Y-STR 67 marker
Deep clade R-L21 (R1b1a2a1a1b4)
P312+ M269+ L21+ U106- P66- M37- M222- M126- L4- L20- L2- L1-
mTDNA haplogroup H1cc
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- At 11:03 on May 7, 2012,
William Douglas said…
Welcome to our Community Network, Bruce.
Are you a member of the Douglas DNA group? http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Douglas
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