DNA Match Followup

This is a followup to my previous publication - DNA Match... Lyn writes:

What I believe to be true based on all of that is this:
McMullen`s Maolan, Mac Maolain, are the genetic ancestors of the Germano-Celt tribe Seubi, traditionally Switzerland, Rhine valley Germany and Northern Italy, They were mercenaries hired by the Gallician Portugese circa 100 BC, driven out by roman legions circa 52 BC, some migrated from Gallicia along with Laigin and Milesian tribes to Ireland. They surface as the Gaileanga, mercenaries who become part of the Ui Briuin Ai, Connachta Sil Muiredach and lagered with the tribal federation of Ui Maine. Maolan was a descendant of Clan Leochain. Chief of Clan Leachain was O’Darchaide (anglized Darcy), and of the same stock are the Diarmada, O’Faolan, O’ Cannons and O`Mullen’s of Ballymoe Co. Galway. They Mullen’s are nobles with an independent title of Lord of Gaileanga and Luighne, and over a period starting about 900 AD to 1100, begin to evolve as devotees of St John (Maol ain). They lived in parishes adjacent the O’Cannon and O’Faolan with names like Dunmore, Killian and Kilbegnet. In 1000 AD Brian Boru high king of Ireland introduces surnames, so that the son of Maolain, became Mac Maolain. This history which I am currently writing (at about 60 pages right now) is plastered throughout numerous Irish annals, those of the history of Ireland in maps, those of Ui Briuin, those of Clonmacnoise, those of Breifne, etc. During the period the nobles were moving toward the church, they lost leadership of the mercenary Gaileanga and quite possibly some of the sons of Mac Maolain who were not that religious. Those sons appear to have hired on as professional soldiers in a group created by the Dal gCais O’Brain (Boru) circa 1100. They would end up in Coleraine and North Antrim with the name O’Cathain (Cain/Keane/Kane). My beliefs in this regard come from as I have mentioned the fact that my last match MacMillan Clan is circa 1197, and any other MacMillan after that is 3000 years away. In between though I connect on genetic matching, not only to you, but to many Irish and Cain at approximately the same time frame 800 AD. I believe MacMillan Gp1 are the descendants of our Irish Mac Maolains, and also that in North Ireland are the remnants of the earlier Gaileanga who later became part of Mac Lachlan and the Ui Neill in Coleraine and Armoy. Who else is hallucinating in this fashion ? The current recognized chief of the Clan O’Cathain, who states on their DNA site that testing is rewriting their oral history which was exclusively tied to the Northern Ui Neill. His own DNA takes him to Clare and Galway and a run on Cain in general will land you predominantly in Galway. This genetic bent for church and military continues as you can see in the MacMillan line and I was a professional soldier myself. For example Leroy, I imagine that if you were to log onto Ysearch and do the GD calculation for your markers against surnames MacMillan/McMillan, you will find that Cain’s test closer to you than any MacMillan as may other Irish names. The Irish/Scot Clan MacDonald who we are wrapped together during our time in the Highlands also proudly claim Ireland as their origins and list Cain as an associated sept circa 1200. That probably happened because the MacDonnell and MacGregor Gaels came into Ireland circa 1250 as mercenaries to help Irish fighting Normans (lost unfortunately) and would have linked up with the Coleraine based O’Cathain.

Interesting Huh!!!