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Inverness / Re: Rev. David Stuart (help!)
« on: Sunday 21 May 23 23:29 BST (UK) »
Hi Bill nice to hear from you (we must be distant cousins)! I’d agree with your line of thinking, there is nothing official to link the family line to the noble Stewarts.
In fact (forgive me if you already know about this) the royal/noble Stewart families have been had their male line DNA markers recorded (there are articles online about this) and I can tell you that my own Y DNA matches with a male line descendant of David Stuart I mentioned in my last post, and neither of us have the Royal/Noble markers.
It is still possible there was a false paternity event somewhere between our common ancestor (estimated a generation or two before David) and the noble Stewarts but this is just as likely as not being related to them at all in the male line. Frankly this DNA test categorically rules out the Earl of Moray as his father.
Of course at this stage most people with Scottish ancestry will be related to them but just not through a a direct male line…
Hopefully some records emerge in the coming years to clear up some questions. Unfortunately a great deal of parish records in Britain do not survive from the time.
In fact (forgive me if you already know about this) the royal/noble Stewart families have been had their male line DNA markers recorded (there are articles online about this) and I can tell you that my own Y DNA matches with a male line descendant of David Stuart I mentioned in my last post, and neither of us have the Royal/Noble markers.
It is still possible there was a false paternity event somewhere between our common ancestor (estimated a generation or two before David) and the noble Stewarts but this is just as likely as not being related to them at all in the male line. Frankly this DNA test categorically rules out the Earl of Moray as his father.
Of course at this stage most people with Scottish ancestry will be related to them but just not through a a direct male line…
Hopefully some records emerge in the coming years to clear up some questions. Unfortunately a great deal of parish records in Britain do not survive from the time.