Clan MacDonald Family Tree | Scottish Genealogy

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    Chart: Matt Baker
    Script/Narration: ‪@JackRackam‬
    Intro animation: ‪@AlMuqaddimahYT‬
    Intro music: "Lord of the Land" by Kevin MacLeod and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license 4.0. Available from incompetech.com

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  • @UsefulCharts
    @UsefulCharts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +412

    Already one thumbs down from a Campbell.

    • @felicvik9456
      @felicvik9456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lol

    • @molybdomancer195
      @molybdomancer195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I promise I won't down vote you

    • @molybdomancer195
      @molybdomancer195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not from me!

    • @campbria4225
      @campbria4225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      A down vote would be dishonorable

    • @kathywolf4558
      @kathywolf4558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @kevinmacdonald7224
    @kevinmacdonald7224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    Great video! Im a MacDonald myself, living in the Netherlands. When I visited Scotland for the first time with my family, someone at the border checked our passports, noticed our name and said "Welcome Home". Great people, great country!

    • @carlossativa5573
      @carlossativa5573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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.

    • @Dylanmccutcheon747
      @Dylanmccutcheon747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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 👍

    • @kadenelijah9329
      @kadenelijah9329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@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

    • @lonniemadill9829
      @lonniemadill9829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me to

    • @lonniemadill9829
      @lonniemadill9829 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Living In usa

  • @PeterCrighton
    @PeterCrighton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I’d love to see more Scottish clan charts!

  • @stephanecaron8894
    @stephanecaron8894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    I'm curious as to how Canada's 1st Prime Minister, Sir John A. MacDonald, connects to this family tree.

    • @thevis5465
      @thevis5465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @darthsawlex8257
      @darthsawlex8257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@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!

    • @katherinegilks3880
      @katherinegilks3880 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      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.

    • @neobe195
      @neobe195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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.

    • @thevis5465
      @thevis5465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@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.

  • @jlibra3134
    @jlibra3134 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    That's the most Scottish intro I've ever heard

    • @TheGingiGamer
      @TheGingiGamer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's almost racist lol

    • @Whiteman2.0
      @Whiteman2.0 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can confirm, my father is scottish

  • @molecatcher3383
    @molecatcher3383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    A couple of points: 1) All the ancestors you show that came before, and including, Somerled were Gall-Gaels, i.e. mixed Gaelic and Norwegian 2) The Kingdom of the Isles was officially part of Norway until 1266 when it was transferred to Scotland (the Treaty of Perth)- you implied that the transfer happened a century earlier during the time of Somerled.

  • @johnmacdonald1094
    @johnmacdonald1094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Thank you for doing this. As a MacDonald, I am ALWAYS pleased to see us get ANY recognition that is not centered on the Golden Arches.
    A couple of points - Member of the Clan refer to it as Clan Donald. Most Scottish Clans use the whole family name (e.g Clam MacMillan,) Clan Donald is different . The family name is MacDonald (McDonald, Donnelly, Connolly, etc, etc) but the Clan name is Donald.
    Godfrey's title may be Baron, but in this context, he is known as Lord MacDonald, Chief of the Name and Arms of Macdonald, High Chief of Clan Donald. He is referred to as High Chief because there are four other Chiefs within Clan Donald:
    Macdonald of Sleat
    Captain and Chief of Clanranald
    Chief of Glengarry
    Chief of Antrim

    • @UsefulCharts
      @UsefulCharts  4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Awesome. Thanks for the extra info.

    • @fgconnolly4170
      @fgconnolly4170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

    • @fgconnolly4170
      @fgconnolly4170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      how come you think Connolly, derives from MacDonald?

    • @razzmatazz1974
      @razzmatazz1974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @olliewilliams962
      @olliewilliams962 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My cousin is a mac Donald and his farther is Scottish

  • @SkiesOfCyan
    @SkiesOfCyan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    What a coincidence, I was just doing some family research earlier today! (my ancestors were septs of one of the MacDonald clans, most likely Clan Ranald)
    This is excellent timing, and the bagpipe intro was 👌

    • @lightyagami3492
      @lightyagami3492 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @ginafae7425
      @ginafae7425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My fiance is a descendant of Clan Ranald! =)

    • @Ben-en3mn
      @Ben-en3mn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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

    • @aydrixx4606
      @aydrixx4606 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Welcome family❤️

    • @jamesgames1470
      @jamesgames1470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine too

  • @RaymondHng
    @RaymondHng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    "If Ronald MacDonald were a real person, he would be somewhere on this tree."
    I guess the Hamburgler would be as well.

    • @knoodelhed
      @knoodelhed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @magnuslewis4710
      @magnuslewis4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @a.brucemcdonald9038
      @a.brucemcdonald9038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @robertmacdonnell258
      @robertmacdonnell258 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @bertaroo
    @bertaroo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Scottish intro 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @SamAronow
    @SamAronow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    "Another sucker punch from the Campbells!"
    -Possibly Mad Men's greatest moment

    • @molybdomancer195
      @molybdomancer195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you have to watch us Campbells

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@molybdomancer195 I like your soup.

    • @dragons123ism
      @dragons123ism 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      THE KING ORDERED IT!!

    • @anniel6479
      @anniel6479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Casavo
    @Casavo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Proud decendent of Clan Donald in the USA of about 5 generations. Thanks for this video I love hearing about my ancestors and do plan to one day travel to Scotland to visit.

    • @Valkyrie_71
      @Valkyrie_71 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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.

  • @peterwindhorst5775
    @peterwindhorst5775 4 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    And here I am imagining MacDonald having a farm.... with sounding animals.

    • @liltone9614
      @liltone9614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Old Mac Donald had a farm....

    • @BillGreenAZ
      @BillGreenAZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @farhanmizra
      @farhanmizra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Eeeee ai eeee ai owh! 😄

    • @Bionicokura
      @Bionicokura 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      U r not alone

    • @hotwax9376
      @hotwax9376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @foxfoster1
    @foxfoster1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Video suggestions: 1: J.S. Bach family tree
    2. My favorite monarch from every European monarchy

    • @deer4927
      @deer4927 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @tagalongtoourpast
    @tagalongtoourpast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Awesome! Love seeing that early connection to the isle of Man and also to the Earl of Ross...my roots are in the Isle of Man and our tartan is the Ross plaid. Terrific chart, Matt....and well narrated, Jack Rackam!

  • @nicholasrivera2048
    @nicholasrivera2048 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    So dope. My best friend is a Gunn and I traced his family tree back to Harald Fairhair (the first king of Norway) Scottish family histories are so amazing. I would love to see you do a Gunn Clan video!

  • @ESPHMacD
    @ESPHMacD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    A video I can relate to. Funnily enough, my dad’s grandparents were from Irish ‘McDonalds’ , but I was able to trace a female Maclean on that side all the way back to Princess Margaret of Scotland, so apparently the two versions converge. Fascinating! Also the Clan would just be Donald, The old meaning behind the spelling of MacDonald is Son of Donald, as in a Son of the Founding Father (Domnhall/Donald).
    EDIT: It’s why we capitalize the D in MacDonald.

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Beer-can_full_of_toes
      @Beer-can_full_of_toes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @SonofDiablo97
      @SonofDiablo97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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

    • @poundlandbandit6124
      @poundlandbandit6124 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @cvil06
      @cvil06 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

  • @hotwax9376
    @hotwax9376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My grandma is a Campbell on her father's side and a Crawford on her mother's. Her paternal grandmother (my great-great grandmother) was a Gorrie who emigrated to Michigan from Orkney, which is ironic given that the Gorries were a branch of the MacDonalds from Clanranald. And my grandfather was a Sinclair somewhere in his father's lineage. His father's middle name was Sinclair, and was from him that I received Sinclair as my own middle name.

  • @ChessedGamon
    @ChessedGamon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Wow, I can't believe the clan was able to recover from their downfall to start up the most successful burger chain in the US, truly inspiring.

    • @magnuslewis4710
      @magnuslewis4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @adangbe
    @adangbe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Yes! Are you doing All the Dominant Scottish Clans? Clan Fraser, Campbell, McGregor, McCleod etc?

    • @mmhthree
      @mmhthree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @MrPeabody67
      @MrPeabody67 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @CodyFIHS
    @CodyFIHS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now I’m in this rabbit hole. My patriarchal tree follows MacDonald verifiably to a man born in 1767 in Scotland. The story was always told in my family of the three brothers who came to America. I don’t think it lines up though

  • @personaronthegreat1399
    @personaronthegreat1399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As a member of Clan Rattray, this is a great video on a fellow clan. I would love if you did similar ones to these in the future. Thank you Matt and Jack

  • @magnuslewis4710
    @magnuslewis4710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video, thank you. My maternal line is Clan Donald, lovely people, but you can still tell they were from warrior stock (!). I found out that 'Old MacDonald's farm' was actually originally 'Old MacDougals farm'. I do wonder if Old MacDougal is still upset about this. Ní h-Éibhneas gan Chlainn Domhnaill.

  • @masonalvarado2232
    @masonalvarado2232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    “Your first thought is probably not the highlands but fast food.”
    Me: Why yes I am.

  • @Coupal1
    @Coupal1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Somerled is my 23rd great grandfather. Great to see it all laid out! Thank you.

    • @arkfounder7056
      @arkfounder7056 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @evergreatest8788
      @evergreatest8788 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sup cuz

  • @fabiancovarrubiass
    @fabiancovarrubiass 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Who will be King (or Queen) of Greece if its Monarch is restored?

  • @Silver_Knee
    @Silver_Knee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    But did anyone of them have a farm? Maybe on the isle of Eieio?

  • @eoinh
    @eoinh 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Would you guys ever consider doing a video discussing general resources you use for these videos? My name comes from the Ó hIcheada clan, who were the hereditary court physicians to the kings of Thomond. It's much too insignificant of a family for me to request you to consider doing a video on, but I would love to know how do it myself

    • @Moishe555
      @Moishe555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

    • @eoinh
      @eoinh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

    • @Moishe555
      @Moishe555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

  • @thomasdixon4373
    @thomasdixon4373 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I thought for a second you were going to discuss the family tree of the founder of McDonald's lol

  • @pherser9132
    @pherser9132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I come from one of the Septs that migrated into America and I wish so badly to visit The Highlands one day!

  • @maryannmacdonald665
    @maryannmacdonald665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! One thumbs up from another MacDonald. My Grandfather fled Scotland and hid behind the cattle on a cattle boat. Landed here and raised his children in Michigan. Yes George Alexander MacDonald. My Dad Ronald MacDonald.

  • @Gameflyer001
    @Gameflyer001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    What branch of the clan would Sir John A. Macdonald (Canada's first Prime Minister) have descended from?

    • @romem1952
      @romem1952 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @Gameflyer001
      @Gameflyer001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

    • @kadenelijah9329
      @kadenelijah9329 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

    • @prioritytarget7157
      @prioritytarget7157 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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.

  • @derickgoh5272
    @derickgoh5272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Robert II of Scotland is not only an ancestor of the current head of this family via a daughter, but he is also an ancestor of the Lyon and later Bowes-Lyon family, including Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, through his other daughter named Johanna.

  • @johnmcclymond871
    @johnmcclymond871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As members of older sept of clan Lamont, I hereby noticed my allies in this clan.

  • @arandomyorkshireman9678
    @arandomyorkshireman9678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As a descendant of clan McAllister ( a branch of clan Donald) this was very interesting!

  • @Alfosan2010
    @Alfosan2010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    UsefulCharts: Clan McDonald family tree
    Me, an intelectual: I prefer Burger King

  • @beckyreid9825
    @beckyreid9825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you continue on Scottish clans, can I suggest Clan Donnachaidh? This is where you’ll find Reid’s, Duncan’s, Robertson’s, etc. We were supporters of Robert the Bruce during Scottish independence.

  • @Infrared01
    @Infrared01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Going with the theme of Scottish clans here, id love a video on Clan MacDuff. They are tied to the Scottish royalty, married into British royalty at one point, used to be Dukes of Fife, and are represented in Shakespeare's Macbeth. I am a Duff living in Michigan and have had troubles finding out about my line.

  • @mlovecraftr
    @mlovecraftr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fun fact: The character of Pete Campbell in Mad Men is supposed to be a descendant of the Campbell clan who massacred the Glencoe Macdonalds. They even mentioned it in an episode.

    • @OcarinaSapphr-
      @OcarinaSapphr- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

    • @robertmacdonnell258
      @robertmacdonnell258 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @calebrw
    @calebrw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've started some research on Clan Oliphant to tie it into my own family tree. This was very cool to see some people alive during that same time.

  • @theawesomecatmom8315
    @theawesomecatmom8315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had just begun more research into my McTavish/MacDonald side and never knew how complex it was. Somehow between my 5th great grandfather and granduncle I am a descendant of the Hugh, Sleat Branch of the MacDonald Clan.

  • @scarfguy6669
    @scarfguy6669 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I think it would be interesting to see the tree of the Catalan counts of Barcelona and how it relates to the other counties of the region.

  • @discordadmin9796
    @discordadmin9796 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I know so many people with that surname i lost count
    Yes I do live in Scotland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @inregionecaecorum
    @inregionecaecorum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    5:54 Clan Camp Bell! it is pronounced Cambull even by Sassenachs.

  • @annemccarthy5073
    @annemccarthy5073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am from Clan McDonnell in Scotland. In the 1500's the
    Vickings help the McDonnell to drive the English out .
    But the name Mcdonald, name was spelt in different ways. Especially with Highlanders.

  • @DarthxDread
    @DarthxDread 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You Sir, are a legend. Thank you, I can finally see what I am reading about my heritage and not be as confused about it. Btw I am a McKeachnie, Clan MacDonald of Clan Ranald

  • @MHall-qd4dn
    @MHall-qd4dn ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for putting this together! I would love to see other clans.

  • @dukadarodear2176
    @dukadarodear2176 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    In the Irish and Scotch Gaelic 'Mac" means 'son of' and 'O' means 'grandson of/descendant of' the Clan leader/Prime Minister.
    Thus we have MacDonald, O'Kelly, Mac an Taoisigh (Irish) son of the Taoiseach - (Scotch Gaelic) Mac an Tòisich 'Macintosh'), O'Brien, O'Donnell, Mac William, McDermott etc.

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      McDonald is the Irish spelling.

    • @poundlandbandit6124
      @poundlandbandit6124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @aidanjanemcintosh6919
      @aidanjanemcintosh6919 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

    • @robertmacdonnell258
      @robertmacdonnell258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Scotch is whiskey! Scots are a mighty people.

  • @Eudomac99
    @Eudomac99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm a Macdonald, but never knew so much about my clan

  • @darthsawlex8257
    @darthsawlex8257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am according to my DNA test (as well as the fact my great grandmother was a Scot) about an eighth Scottish. I have found at least one Mac-name in the family tree (though it is spelled Mc) but the line disappears around 1800 when the patriarch of this particular branch is said to have been born in Ireland. And if you have ever have ever had to research Irish genealogy around this time, you'll know why it's impossible.

    • @TheChrisEMartin
      @TheChrisEMartin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Liquessen
    @Liquessen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm glad your subtitles rectified the mistake of Ui Imair being in the 1850s. I did a few doubletakes. :D

  • @TrystaneTheBlack
    @TrystaneTheBlack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am a proud MacDonald myself

    • @carlossativa5573
      @carlossativa5573 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Kahuri
    @Kahuri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My Poppie always said we were descended from the Glen Coe MacDonalds and told me the story of the MacDonalds and Campbell since I was a child

  • @ferrjuan
    @ferrjuan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Do Clan Campbell next! The old rivalry between both the MacDonalds and Campbells is legendary. Who wants this rivalry reenacted by a soup company and a fast food restaurant?

    • @OcarinaSapphr-
      @OcarinaSapphr- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    While the MacDonalds aren't the Scottish clan whose history I'm most interested in (you get one guess as to which one, two if you didn't think to check my name), but this was still a neat video.

  • @TheJingles007
    @TheJingles007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    At first I thought this video was about the lineage of Ronald McDonald.

  • @lachbullen8014
    @lachbullen8014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I happen to be a member of Clan Cunningham and I would love it if you do a video on them and every other Scottish clan out there

  • @caragreene6029
    @caragreene6029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for sharing this video, as I am descendants of Angus McDonald the fur trader. He married my ancestor Sarah Ellenwood of Lapwai, Idaho. This is helping me with my basic genealogy search.

  • @rubymapue
    @rubymapue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I'm probably dumb for saying this but I thought this was about the Macdonalds restaurant 🤣🤣

    • @uaeknightsgt8260
      @uaeknightsgt8260 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol me too

    • @lukewilliams1666
      @lukewilliams1666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes you are dumb

    • @gustavolrcoelho
      @gustavolrcoelho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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."

    • @canman5060
      @canman5060 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @gustavolrcoelho
      @gustavolrcoelho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

  • @conlanmackay9863
    @conlanmackay9863 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do clan MacKay a very influential from the far north of Scotland

  • @1889CST
    @1889CST 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Antrim branch of the family are still Earls of Antrim in Northern Ireland they live in Glenarm castle

  • @CodyFIHS
    @CodyFIHS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We have our lineage traced back to a ship sailed from Glasgow in the late 1700s. Very neat. I never thought much about the clan.

  • @lindagoulder8934
    @lindagoulder8934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The House of IVAR, also known as the Ynglng dynasty to the MacLeods, sounds very familar and several of my Crovan ancestors are mentioned in there. Ivar the Boneless, is a MacLeod Norse ancestor.

  • @heatherbyerly416
    @heatherbyerly416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm related to the Ennis family in Ireland through Sir John Ennis in Athlone from the 1700s.I don't know if the family lineage goes back to the MacInnis family of Scotland but would love to find out.

    • @macbrns1438
      @macbrns1438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Heather Byerly im a MacInnes

    • @heatherbyerly416
      @heatherbyerly416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @heatherbyerly416
      @heatherbyerly416 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @macbrns1438
      @macbrns1438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @heatherbyerly416
      @heatherbyerly416 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @derickgoh5272
    @derickgoh5272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the new intro 🎶

  • @hotwax9376
    @hotwax9376 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First, the fast food chain McDonald's is spelled without the first A (though I often see people misspell it "MacDonalds" on the internet). Second, the McDonald brothers, for whom the chain is named, were primarily of Irish descent, not Scottish (their parents were both Irish immigrants who came to America with their families as children). I saw something today saying that today was the 80th anniversary of the McDonald brothers opening their first business; did you time the upload or is it just coincidence?

    • @KCandFriendsUSA
      @KCandFriendsUSA ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @calebmacdonald6189
    @calebmacdonald6189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What office do I file in to press my claim for the thrones of Scotland, Denmark, and Sweden. Do I need a lawyer?

    • @krumuvecis
      @krumuvecis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You need an army

    • @rdz1860
      @rdz1860 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Holy shit

    • @DM-fj8wv
      @DM-fj8wv 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Nick-ns8hm
    @Nick-ns8hm 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 2:20 I believe you meant 850s rather than 1850s. Wonderful video! Incredible as always!

  • @Mark-mu4pj
    @Mark-mu4pj 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video, I'm from Caln MacDougall, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎉🎉

  • @alwayzchillin0714
    @alwayzchillin0714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad’s name is Ronald MacDonald III, my grandpa was also Ronald MacDonald.

  • @MarcelGomesPan
    @MarcelGomesPan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have ancestors in the Donald of Clanranald branch as well as Clan Currie which are a sept of them ( some are also a sept of Clan MacPherson ).
    I also have Stewart, MacLaine and ironically Campell ancestors. And way back a few early Scottish kings.
    Not really surprising as a Swede, many of my ancestors where Danish, Norwiegian vikings ( including Fairhair, Bluetooth, Forkbeard , Ironside etc ), contact with Scotland eventually leading to the gall gael.
    All this on my maternal side.
    Geneology on the paternal side would be harder unfortunately.
    Ivar the boneless is also among my ancestors ( whether or not he was the same as Imar ).

  • @Feral_Father_Escapade
    @Feral_Father_Escapade ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m a descendent of the Macdonald’s, I just recently found several books that record my family and the people and the 1st prime minister of Canada John Macdonald is in those books along with hundreds of others. Definitely really proud of my heritage, my size says it all I’m 6’5 and 260lbs

    • @yasssssss420
      @yasssssss420 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @kellygreen5101
    @kellygreen5101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting! I’m a direct descendant of both the Keppoch and Dunivaig Antrim. Many of them married O’Neills. Would love to see a chart on the O’Neills including King Conn Bacagh O’Neill and his brother Phelim.

  • @DiamondLover1
    @DiamondLover1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Clan Cameron next?? Just wondering/asking as I am a Clan Cameron descendant! I of course have tracked out my family tree many generations back, but just want to see a video of it!

  • @Mrqwerty2109
    @Mrqwerty2109 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's fun to see where my own family tree meets up with world history! Very cool!

  • @brandonmcdowell3714
    @brandonmcdowell3714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you please do the clan MacDougall? This is my ancestry. Love your videos, keep it up!

    • @carmelparakh1677
      @carmelparakh1677 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @kscptv
    @kscptv ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jack have you done the Cunningham clan family tree from Scotland to Ulster Ireland, or what is Northern Ireland, then to the USA? In Scotland they were a powerful clan.

  • @RenaissanceMan29
    @RenaissanceMan29 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Somerled lost his final battle at the Antonine wall. What a legend.

  • @DrHunterMD
    @DrHunterMD 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    We are 8th cousins through European royalty and have McDonald in our line this is probably the most comprehensive video on the subject, well done! thank you @kittywaymo twitter

  • @robertmugno927
    @robertmugno927 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wish there would be more Scottish clan family trees. This is cool.

  • @KCandFriendsUSA
    @KCandFriendsUSA ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They had to last longer than that because ONE of them had to be the Texas guy with the farm.

  • @ashleydavis2355
    @ashleydavis2355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Clan Gregor here. Would love to see our chart!

  • @burnv06
    @burnv06 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am a direct male line descendant of another powerful Scottish clan, Clan Suibhne. I can trace my ancestry to Dubhghall mac Suibhne, the original owner of the Skipness Castle.

  • @heinrichheine6137
    @heinrichheine6137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m assuming you meant Ivar showed up in Ireland in the 850s to become king of Dublin? Not 1850s, but I’ll have to research it.

  • @hqmagnus
    @hqmagnus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Manx (from the Isle of Man) fan here it’d be really cool if you could do a video on the various rulers of Mann before the kingdom of isles right to when the monarch of England became lord of Mann

  • @quito787
    @quito787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please do a clan Wendy, clan Burger King, etc. (joking aside, awesome video!) :)

  • @danpictish5457
    @danpictish5457 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for that! My family apparently branches out from the Dunnyveg/Antrim line of John Mo'r and of course ends up in Ireland and down to Cork!

  • @johnfriedgen357
    @johnfriedgen357 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you cover clan Boyd? Because there’s a family legend that we’re related to them and when I researched it I got to the near 1800’s but then records vanished

  • @celtofcanaanesurix2245
    @celtofcanaanesurix2245 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m pretty sure Ivarr the boneless didn’t need to be Irish, considering he was a Viking king of Viking ruled Dublin...

  • @sodajr2
    @sodajr2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Matt, i miss your voice :(

  • @barnousauresrex2662
    @barnousauresrex2662 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Came for McDonald's left with Macdonald family tree

  • @lozpio
    @lozpio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you do the Malet family of Cornwall?

  • @corytucker6668
    @corytucker6668 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm glad I found this. My 2nd great grandmother is connected to this dynasty.
    Cory Tucker
    Gerry Tucker - father
    Ruth (allen)Tucker - grandmother
    William valentine Allen 1859
    James fontain allen 1822
    James's mother Rachel Mcdaniel 1789
    Hugh B Mcdonald IV 1757
    Hugh Mcdonald Jr 1720
    Sir Hugh Mcdonald III 1680
    Hugh Archibald Macdonald of Glenmore 1638
    Sir James 'Mor' Macdonald of sleat 2nd Baronet 1605
    Sir Donald 'Gorm Og' Macdonald of Sleat 1st Baronet 1575
    Archibald Cleirich Macdonald of Sleat 1552
    Donald Gormson Macdonald 1522
    Donald Gorm Macdonald 5th of sleat 1500
    Donald 'Gruamach' Macdonald 4th of sleat 1506
    Donald 'Gallach' Macdonald 3rd of sleat 1430
    Hugh Macdonald 1st of Sleat 1436
    Alexander Macdonald 9th lord of the isles, 12th earl of Ross 1398
    Donald Macdonald of Harlaw 8th lord of the isles 1364
    Eoin Carrach Macdomhnaill (John Macdonald) 7th lord of the isles 1326
    Angus oģ Macdomhnaill (Macdonald) lord of the isles 1272
    Aonghas Mor Mac Domhnaill lord of islay 1249
    Donald lord of isles between 1159 to 1219
    Ragnall Mac Somhairle lord of the isles 1141
    Somhairle, Ri Innse Gall (Somerled) king of isles between 1115
    Gillebride Mac Gille Adomnan 1085
    Giolla Adhamnan 1065
    Solamh (Solomon)
    Meargach (Echmarcach) mac Ragnaill 1010
    Ranald Ranaldsson
    Ranald Ivarsson 974
    Imar (Ivar) 2nd of Waterford 945
    Ragnall Mac Bárid Ua ímair. died 921-942
    Bárid Mac ímair died 881
    Ímar died 873

  • @spikey_104
    @spikey_104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Macdonald is a common last name but what about Smith?
    Also I'm curious about what happened to the MacDougall and Macrory lines :-)

    • @dukadarodear2176
      @dukadarodear2176 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Smith (name) = Gabhann. (Irish)
      Gabha Dubh = Blacksmith.
      Usual name version; "MacGabhainn" /Son of the Smith.
      Anglicised as MacGowan etc.
      Scotch Gaelic may be slightly different.

  • @rebeccamd7903
    @rebeccamd7903 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Raghnall line goes into the de Berkeley line goes into Margaret Askew’s line (Founding mother of Quakers) and into my Mead line. These people really got around. I see them in so many family trees from all over the world. 😝

  • @Xashe
    @Xashe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keen to see one for clan MacGregor

  • @harry9392
    @harry9392 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You left out a big chunk of Macdonalds
    The Antrim Macdonald's in Northern Ireland related to the Macdonald of the Isle's as my wife is a descendant of the Macdonalds thought I would let you know

  • @RifeXD
    @RifeXD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So where do the founders of the restaurant chain fit in this chart? Best I can find is they were born to "Patrick J. McDonald" who was an immigrant from Ireland. I know they're probably not the heir to anything, but I am curious how this all fits together.

    • @johnmacdonald1094
      @johnmacdonald1094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They are one of the MILLIONS of Mac/McDonald families around the world. I'm having enough trouble trying to do my own genealogy to worry about them. :-)

  • @rickskidmore3075
    @rickskidmore3075 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fabulous! Thank you!

  • @connoryoungman522
    @connoryoungman522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I personally am a MacLoud, so can you do a family tree of them too please!