Clan MacDonald Family Tree | Scottish Genealogy 

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I promise I won't down vote you

Not from me!

A down vote would be dishonorable

Well do you have a chart for Campbell's? Or are you a McDonald? :)

Man I have always wanted to go back to the Hebrides, you so lucky man, was gona go this year then Co-vid hit, I bet it was awesome! Proud Alexander from the MacAlister line in America since 1669 or so, some literature says 1648, from what I find they did come over in 1648 but did not settle yet until buying land in 1669.

Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is a place I’ve always wanted to go back to I’m in Canada but my dads side of the family came from there, My last name is a branch off the Macdonald clan and as soon as this virus is gone I plan to travel back to see what my homeland is like 👍

@@Dylanmccutcheon747 I’m in Canada too, my great grandmothers mother was Scottish (Clan Mackinnon) and married a French Canadian. I hope I get to visit the Hebrides one day

Me to

Living In usa

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Farquharson!

It's almost racist lol

Can confirm, my father is scottish

you have to watch us Campbells

@@molybdomancer195 I like your soup.

THE KING ORDERED IT!!

Those dang Campbell's. They massacred my ancestors too.

Awesome. Thanks for the extra info.

Hello, I am half Irish and my surname is Connolly, I saw you mention the name in your comment, Connolly derives from the name O'Conghaile, not MacDonald. At least the Irish Connolly does.

how come you think Connolly, derives from MacDonald?

i went to university with a Connolly- the family had origins in Scotland and Ireland. Another student and a professor were also of Irish and Scottish descent and they would take part in parades where the local descendants of the clans marched.

My cousin is a mac Donald and his farther is Scottish

@@JacksonGagen You do realise it's an incredibly common name right? You aren't special if you are a Macdonald you moron yanks.

@@thevis5465 I like insulting the intelligence of Americans as much as the next guy, but come on dude I think you're being a tad wee bit harsh!

TheVis If someone is asking about the first Canadian Prime Minister, it is a fair guess they aren’t a “Yank”. At least get your ethnic insults right. We’re Canucks.

I live in a town in the Highlands of Scotland, Fort William specifically. John MacDonald is one of, if not, the most common name. I’m 13 and I give you 4 off the top of my head and their address. It’s crazy.

@@katherinegilks3880 imagine thinking you're any different to Americans, your culture is hardly any different. The only Canadians that are different are the French Canadians.

I haven't found any McDonalds in my direct line yet but I've seen some in some of my cousin branches

My fiance is a descendant of Clan Ranald! =)

I'm a descendant of Clan Ranald too! My family moved from Scotland to PEI, Canada. If you're interested in this sort of thing, I HIGHLY recommend the book "The Weaving of the Plaid". It goes over our families history

Welcome family❤️

Mine too

Has your family done any ancestry research? My great great grandmother was one Johanna Mary MacDonald (born in Scotland but not known where exactly) who likely entered America through Castle Garden when they immigrated to the United States in 1864, lived in New York for a time before marrying my Norwegian great great grandfather, and then moved to San Francisco. My aunt had a friend who was a genealogist who did an amazing amount of research for her. However the only clue left before he died (he was really old when he did this book) was to include the family name history of the Clan MacDonald and the battle of Glencoe. I have been doing ancestry research since 2012 so this will be exciting to trace and see where she connects.

Ronald MacDonald would seem to be a fairly common name in the Celtosphere.

My grandma was born of Clan Donald, she told me that Hamburgler was a Campbell. To be confirmed.

I have many Ronalds in the family... All preceded the advertising campaign.

Ronald was a marketing fiction; whereas Randall MacDonnell was created Earl of Antrim, Vicount Dunluce, and Lord of the Antrim Glens by King James of Scotland and Great Britain. That's the difference, and we his descendants are out there kicking ass and taking names to this very day.

McDonald brother's Maurice and Richard McDonald of Irish Roman Catholic heritage hence McDonald is Irish Roman Catholic surname mainly as is McDonnell MacDonald is Scottish Presbyterian version.

Old Mac Donald had a farm....

So which one of these people was Old MacDonald and where was his farm located?

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U r not alone

E-I-E-I-O....

"Every European monarchy" Good luck with that- unless you only mean modern European monarchies, that'd be possible.

They're just regrouping, don't be fooled...

@Rusty Shackleford McDonald is Irish Roman Catholic name MacDonald is Scottish Presbyterian

Some McDonalds ended up in Northern Ireland after one of the Jacobite uprisings I think.

My mom father was a Mcglothlin a sept of Machlachlan clan and descendant of Sir Lachlan Mor Maclean chieftian of the Maclean clan and descendant of Stewart and Bruce Kings of Scotland and Norse-Gael Kings of Isles Somerlad and Godred Crovan

@@RobertK1993 there’s no difference between mac and mc, the two are Anglo renderings

@@RobertK1993 Wow, incorrect. MacDonalds were largely Roman-Catholic and was elemental in their rivalries with the Highlanders of Clan Campbell, The English Crown and Peoples, The Scottish Parliament and Peoples, etc.

I am in my family tree on Ancestry... if I find one more John Stewart, I'm gonna lose my mind!! lol

As a Canadian born and raised in BC, I'm particularly interested in the Fraser clan. I wonder if Simon Fraser (20 May 1776 - 18 August 1862) shows up in that tree.

He's my 22nd great grandfather, we the cousins, I love you man, God bless you!

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There’s an argument to be made that the Glencoe Massacre shouldn’t be included in the feud between the Campbells & MacDonalds- because it was orchestrated by the Lowland Dalrymple clan, & the government- a Campbell actually gave the fleeing MacDonalds shelter, but the former were able to use the old antipathy toward the Campbells to direct attention away from them... guess it worked, because that’s the perception we have after all this time- hell, it even worked at the time. I have MacDonald & Scotts among my ancestors

@@OcarinaSapphr- The Campbells also massacred the MacDonnells of Glengary, because they didn't tip their hats to the crown fast enough to suit them. Scurvy lot those Campbells, and watery soup to boot.

Disclaimer that I have no actual solid evidence that this is the case but my best guess would be the Glengarry line. From what I've gathered a lot of MacDonalds moved to Glengarry in Ontario, Canada to practice Catholicism. So if you're wanting to research that might be something to keep in mind.

@@romem1952 the only issue with that is J.A. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1815. The family moved to Kingston, ON directly from Scotland, so I'm not sure he belongs to that branch.

@@romem1952 hmmm that’s interesting. My great great grandmother was born in Glengarry but her last name was a Mackinnon. I wonder if she had a MacDonald ancestor who immigrated to Canada

@@romem1952 John A. MacDonald was a member of the Orange Order and a staunch Protestant. He was responsible for the British North America Act that limited Catholicism to Quebec, until Wilfred Laurier became PM.

the O hlcheada's were hereditary court physicians? that's pretty awesome dude! are you thinking the same as me, that they did blood lettings, and used leaches? Jokes aside, that is pretty cool to have as your family history and something that would make me proud. I dont know anything about my family.

@@Moishe555 I think it's cool too! I don't know if they practiced these things you described, but they were apparently known for translating medical books from Latin into common Irish, and for doing brain surgeries (the success rate was good, for the time anyway). But I'm sure with a little bit if research you could find out such things about your surname too :) However, since writing the above I spent most of my free time in covid lockdowns doing genealogy, and have learned lot, but still don't know where to go prying to learn about the old Irish septs 🤔 will have to do a deep dive some day I think

@@eoinh When i was in school, I learned that Irish scholars that translated those latin books were a big part of preserving the best of ancient knowledge. That is amazing that you have a link to those people.

Juan Ferreira I’ve also done some research on it- it was more of a slow-burn than I expected- most of the feuds were more like guerrilla warfare, & hit-&-run tactics - very few were ‘wars’ in the sense of pitched battles & stuff; there were dozens of feuds over the centuries, but because most were situated entirely in the Highlands- unless they generated Crown (&/ or English) intervention, they were not regarded as especially important. Three big ones that involved my MacDonald ancestors; against the Campbells, as already stated - against the Clan MacGregor; made somewhat famous by Rob Roy & a movie, that made a petty cattle thief out to be a hero- the MacGregor clan *invented* the term ‘blackmail’: it came from the ‘black meal’ ‘payments’ they extorted from people, to ensure their cattle wouldn’t be stolen. Retributive cattle stealing was practically a way of life- I’m not lumping it all on them, or anything. The MacGregors didn’t have the same kind of heritage the Highlander ‘royalty’ MacDonalds had- & they never openly faced them. The third big feud was against Clan MacLeod- unlike the MacGregors, the MacLeods were warriors with a substantial heritage of their own- & this would be one of the few examples of open clan warfare; more people died in one of their battles than at Glencoe- in fact, it had the highest death total of any of the feuds. And it was this feud that may have inspired _that_ Monty Python scene. They buried their differences under royal command, when James VI acceded to the English throne.

McDonald is the Irish spelling.

@@RobertK1993 no that’s just a common myth. Mc is literally just it shortened they all mean Mac.

@@RobertK1993 I'm not sure that's the case. Well I'm Irish but my family name is a scottish one, and it says McIntosh not MacIntosh/Mackintosh.

Scotch is whiskey! Scots are a mighty people.

lol me too

Yes you are dumb

But it is. "Richard James and Maurice James McDonald were American entrepreneurs who founded the McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California, and inventors of the "Speedee Service System," now commonly known as "fast food". The McDonald brothers were born in poverty in Manchester, New Hampshire. They were born to Patrick J. McDonald and Margarete McDonald, a married couple of Irish immigrants (Most likely Ulster-Scots) whom came to the United States as children [1]. The McDonald brothers also had three sisters."

@@gustavolrcoelho Their McDonald is without an A in Mac !

@@canman5060 It is just the Irish spelling, the same way that my family was known as Aguilar in Spain and then Aguiar when they moved to Portugal.

Mc or Mac is a common variation. Maybe because people couldn't write in those days...Still see both forms in Scotland

Yes they do. Vicount Dunluce.

What's up my kinsman, proud Alexander down the MacAlister line of Clan Donald!

Heather Byerly im a MacInnes

@@macbrns1438 That's awesome! Do you know anything about the lineage. I would love to know! We could be distant cousins lol!!

I was born with the last name Annas. It was changed from Ennis through the centuries from Ennis here in the states.

Heather Byerly yeah I know a bit. I actually watched this video to see if we got a mention but we didn’t. Somerled who is mentioned in the video was quite an important ally of our family though.

@@macbrns1438 Thanks for the information! There's so much that I want to find out about our family. I feel like there isn't enough taught here in the states about the Scots-Irish History. It's only told in families here in mountains of North Carolina if they know.

We are family! And I am embarrassed to be associated with him

Me too

You need an army

Holy shit

@@krumuvecis He has one, we're ready when you are Caleb.

And when we say MacDonald, with the first A, we’re referring to some Texas guy with a musically inclined ranch.

i’m with you ‘yes please a video of Clan Mc Dougall

Me too

@@dustimorrison6298 Greetings cus' from Scotland.

I believe I may be too. Can you trace the imagrants into Delaware, USA? If so, I would be very interested in finding out who was in that line.