The Grahams produced several capable leaders who took part in some of Scotland's hottest contentions, some of their names will be familiar to you. We focus on what's probably not familiar to you, which what DNA tests tell us about the origin of the Grahams. Thanks for joining me. This is also available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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My father's family linage YDNA is J1! Thank you for the podcast
Monday Oct 12, 2020
“A small cluster of J1 descendants found in Scotland has close ties to a very localized place and it is this location that suggests another reason for their J1 ancestry. These descendants have been associated for generations with the area just north of Hadrian’s Wall, and it is near this location that a very specialized group of Syrians are known to have lived. They were members of a Roman auxiliary cohort made up entirely of Syrian archers. This chart of 500 men was originally mustered about 130 CE from the Syrian town of Hamath, not far from the ancient biblical town of Antioch. From Syria the archers were sent to the British Isles as an auxiliary force. The Syrian archers lived in close contact with the Selgovae tribe. So Syrians and the Selgovae would have had to share lands north of Hadrian’s Wall. The Scottish clans have historical origins in the borderlands and in the Selgovae river valley where three clans have been identified as having lived in this area! 1. The Halliday’s. 2. The Graham’s. 3. The Liddell’s.
Tuesday Nov 05, 2019
There is a great article about Syrian Scots on the Borderlands on academia.edu.
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Clan MacNeil would be great. Mainly the MacNeils of Barra
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Just a few quick thoughts As someone who speaks Spanish a latin language I can tell you that de as in De Graham doesn't just mean of Graham or from Graham. It can also mean property of Graham or belonging to Graham. In latin America people have two last names, one from their father and one from their mother. Women when they get married drop their mothers name and pick up their husbands fathers name with the precursor de as in De Smith. Also as someone with Graham ancestry this DNA episode was extreemly interesting. Thank you.
Thursday Oct 10, 2019
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