Irish High King Niall Of The Nine Hostages (Niall Noígíallach) - DNA research
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- DNA research that traces a distinctive genetic marker back to the Irish High King, Niall Noígíallach (Old Irish "having nine hostages"). Also known as Niall of the Nine Hostages. Niall was responsible for kidnapping a young St. Patrick.
From the documentary "Blood of the Irish" which won Best Documentary Series at the 7th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTA). - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
We’re all here because we’re related to him sooo... AUNTIES UNCLES AND COUSINS, nice to meet you
Edit: this comment thread will never end😂
Cousin 👋
Hi 👋
Hey cousin!
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According to 23&me I share a paternal-line ancestor with Niall of the Nine Hostages.
Me too. Whats your haplogroup? Mine is R-S14328 (R1b1a1b1a1a3a1) But i'm pure German. 🤷♂️
@@Der_Diskriminator mine is R-p311 and I’m Black
@@Der_Diskriminator I also share a paternal ancestor with Niall of the nine hostages
@@screwstontx7072 😂😅 "black"...i don't like this term at all. But i'm kinda dark skinned 100% NW-European 😅🤷♂️
@@Der_Diskriminator 😂ok
So everyone learned they’re related to this guy and decided to research him? Nice me too
Whoa! Never thought I’d have a family reunion through TH-cam. Greetings, my fellow royals. 23andMe brought me here. My genetic makeup is mostly Native American, born and raised into a Mexican American culture. I’m linked to royalty through my paternal results (R-M269). My surname is Rogel.
Hello Cousins from Spain!!!! We should reclaim the throne of ireland!
I'm Haitian, and 23 and me told me I'm related to him by my R-M269 genes. The comment section is one big genetic family reunion LOL.
I'm American and 23 and told I was also related by my R-M269 gene! Though I have Mostly Irish ancestry it says. I believe I have a Scottish last name (souther).
Yeah, me too. 23andme, baby.
Hello cousin! I’m from California , my relative with that haplo group is my father and grand father both from New Mexico. 😊
@@savvy_southpaw7348 They lied to you. 269 is the signature of most of Europe.
It's a scam to sell DNA kits. University College London has a good summary listed among their Top Ten DNA marketing scams.
The whole story is nonsense. They don't have a reference sample, and they have no proof of anything.
Sad so many have been scammed, and of course, China now has your DNA, because they sold it to them.
People have been trying to deny our ancient heritage for hundreds of years, but in reality, only we are the RealDealO'Neal.
@@Brellowcrop And China, baby, where they sold the DNA they defrauded you into giving them.
The Niall story is fictional, designed to lure people in.
You don't descend from him, we do.
I am also a descendant and my family is from the North West of Ireland. It’s amazing that so many Irish men are can trace origins back to the old Gaelic high kings. The Irish are all kings that is why we don’t need one.
Cool
Everyone is related to him, he’s like Gengis Khan
Yes but few of us actually share his name through descendants
Technically everyone is related however only some Irish people are closely related to him.
I am mexican. According to 23 and me my paternal line came from spain and this man is my ancient ancestor.
Hey you don't know where you're ancestors came from. I got Spain Portuguese Italian and Irish
@@ak9989 do you?
I have the same exact thing
I have the marker. But before I knew this, I happened to name my son Niall, and he was born on Saint Patrick's day!
And my middle name is Neil lol too crazy
how interesting
23 and me brought me here after my dads did his. Hello distant family
My surname is McNeill, a Scottish family descended from Niall of the nine hostages
for years the mcniels of barra thought they were from ireland but their dna reads the have no connection to ireland at all.... more norse.
Hello, fellow cousins! I'm here from 23andme.
My grandfather told me the story of our ancestors when i was a boy. Amazing to find out now 40 years later that indeed it was the truth.
What’s up family.
Yo! 🤙🏽
👍🏽
checking in
According to 23andMe, Naill of the Nine Hostages is in my paternal line
I recently found out I share a common ancestor with High king Niall. Hello my ...distant cousins?
Me too!
Yeeeoooo we should all be given citizenship of Ireland. That is if we have a clean record and so on.
I'm a black man and Nial is my DNA grandfather. Hi, I"m Harrold. I was born and raised in San Diego, CA and now live in Atlanta, GA as an adult. I grew up knowing and identifying as an African American. Recently I have my DNA history sequenced and I am a direct paternal line grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages. But if you saw me in passing walking down the street, you'd likely see me as a Black Man. Quite Shocked, but DNA doesn't lie. What is crazy is that I know on my mom's side of the family they are from the Tyus Clan. So I guess it goes to say that I'm a Black Irishman? Only in DNA, not in culture. I do like Colcannon and champ, Boxty and Soda Bread, I guess now I know why LOL. I've asked a geneticist in the UK and in Ireland to test my DNA even more but I haven't gotten anyone interested yet. I'm enjoying finding videos on TH-cam about my Irish family and the line of my DNA grandfather NIALL who died in 428. I guess this means, I'm a Prince? LOL
Actually, technically, you are a Prince. I'm just the opposite of you. Blue eyes, blonde hair. Niall was my grandfather as well which makes you and I cousins. I'm a direct descendent of the O'Neíll's. But the funny thing is you would never guess that I am also a descendent of an African. So it goes to show that colour is only skin deep mate. I'm lucky. I immigrated with me family from Belfast as a kid to Louisiana, USA. The community I live in doesn't recognize differences between blacks and whites. We all live together, play together, work together, marry each other and so on and so forth. Zero racism in my community. I've only seen racism on the tele. Never in person. I'm thankful for that. After all, we're all the same.
Harrold, you should consider a Big Y 700 test at FTDNA. We tentatively think that Niall would have been R1b-M269 > .... > M222 > Z2959 > Z46375 > DF106 > DF104 > DF105 > ZZ87. This study they are referring to are markers associated around M222 dated 2000-2200 years ago in an unknown ancestor some 400-600 years BEFORE Niall would have been born. He (Niall) would have descended from this R1b-M222 individual.
I’m not Irish but I have it. I was born in Mexico but I grow a red beard and I have cousins with red hair. Strange.
My last name is Gilmore. 23 & Me also states I’m related to him as well. Hello cousins!!
My ancestral grandfather. So proud to be of this bloodline
Hello * cousins as i am from this bloodline also. Per DNA 23&me
Me too!!!!! Hi family
I’m direct parental line
don’t forget me family
just found out from 23andme about this, so cool
I’m Portuguese, West African, and native, I am a descendant!
My dad and his brother tested through 23andme and have this haplogroup, which brings me here researching. My dad is Hispanic, we traced his family back to Asturias, Spain, in the very north close to Galacia, better known as Celtic Spain and AL Andalucia in the very south, so I assume this paternal line comes from Asturias, in our part. So some of Niall's descendants went to Spain. Hi all of you cousins!
I am an O’Neill that lives in Massachusetts and I have this marker in my dna my father was also Hispanic and his family also traces back to Asturias, Spain
@@samoneill7415 yeah looks like some of Niall descendant's settled in Spain, Portugal and France from a quick search but that came much later. What is confusing is how the surname wasn't passed down in some instances. For example, I'm a Murphy and I have a common ancestor with Niall. As we know surnames are passed down from father to son but I read that surnames in Ireland didn't come into existence until much later so if I had a common ancestor that predates Niall, any Irish surname could possibly be a descendant. Murphy happens to come from a occupational name that meant sea warrior.
Hello cousin
the Spanish king breogan is where the o'dohertys came from and the o'dohertys came from Niall
Just discovered my mother's paternal line has this DNA, through my cousin's results. My mother's paternal great grandfather came to the Cape Verde islands from France.
I am a O'Donnell and knew about this along time
I found Niall on my family tree (both sides) and then had it confirmed with a paternal DNA test. I also had 1.2% Coptic Egyptian DNA (both sides) I suppose from Princess Scotia? My maternal DNA came up as most populous (10% of the population) in the Basque region which is its own mysterious beast.
He popped up in my DNA on 23&me, and I am an American of Irish descent
Same for me as well. I was surprised by how Irish I am.
This is incredible. According to DNA my Haplogroup comes from Ireland and is tied to Niall. At some point my Irish ancestors moved to Spain. What is strange is I cant find any records of their move. They may have had a name change due to the language or something of that nature. But what is odd is that they were already a prominent and influential family in Spain. Many served as nobles and Knights of the many prestigious orders of Spain.
I would love to learn more about my Irish ties. But no clue where to start.
The north of Spain was ruled by the celts a great part of it that’s why they share a big culture the Irish and Spanish even in the music
Máel im R-L51
Máel from R-M269. R-L51 is from that.
My wife too. You are probably celtaberian. Look up iberians. Lots of Irish Spanish mixing. They were an entire culture of their own. That's what my wife found. I'm mostly Irish. Micro native and micro German. Like 12 1/2 my buddy has a scotch name. And traced his history that far. Found he's more German. I explained a Scot is pretty much a Irish German mix.
Most likely a soldier who joined one of the irish regiments in the Spanish army after the flight of the wild geese or either an earlier soldier in the irish tercio
Hello Relations! 23 & me linked my paternal side to Niall as well. Interestingly, Dane Pestano a British historian links an Irish King Authur in (King Arthur in Irish Pseudo-Historical Tradition). His claims make sense as the potential Arthur was Nialls Great grandson. Merlin was likely a high catholic bishop or priest.
I am a McCaffrey, who were originally Maguires. They are all descendants of Niall of the Nine hostages. I also have McCosker who are also descendants and literally next door neighbors of the McCaffreys.
My surname is McAuley. Auley was the youngest son of Donn Carrach Maguire. I believe the Mac Manus, Mac Caffrey, MacCoscar, MacAuley are all descended from Donn Maguire of 1300 A.D. I am not sure the origin of the Maguires. I know they were connected to the O'Neils and ODonnells through marriage alliances. In the nine years war Hugh Maguire, Hugh O'Neill, and Hugh ODonnell formed an alliance against the forces of Elizabeth
@@thomasmcculey7942 Yes you're correct. But there are at least four different McAuleys. Possibly six. Two are from Scotland (the Hebrides and Dumbartonshire) and two from Ireland (Fermanagh and Westmeath). The Scottish two, moved to Ireland (Ulster) as part of the Ulster Plantation and were both Norse-Gael families. The two from Ireland come from either Amhalgaidh (Auley) or Amhlaoibh (Auliff). (Gafraidh)McCaffrey, (Magnus)McManus, and (Giolla Íosa)McAleece are sons of Donn Mor, who is Donn Carach's grandfather. The Maguires and their septs were always at war with the O'Neils and the O'Donnells, but did put their differences aside to join forces against the English monarchy. I also believe that there is a good chance that the Vikings had either an influence on the family or actually became part of the family during the Viking occupation of Ireland due to the amount of Norse names used during and after this period.
So it really depends on which McAuley clan you come from.
I’m black with 10% Irish. So happened to be related to this guy
This is just another real reason why racism is a bunch of bullshit brother. Happy to meet you cuz
You are human!😊
Same
23 and me got me here too. Lol
Many of us with West Highland DNA are decendants of Niall and the Kings of Ireland. Back when what is now Northern Ireland was part of Kingdom of Dal riata in what is now West Scotland. M-269. R1b L21 L1335 S764. Maclaren's and many other clan names.
Hello fellow Kings and Queens
This is a amazing .I am part Argentinian and part Spanish/Middle Eastern and also am a descendent of Niall of the nine hostage. incredible!
My Haplo group is R-L1335 which came from the R-M269 Haplo group meaning Naill of The Nine Hostages is one of my paternal ancestors, my dad’s paternal line is welsh (Lewis) which migrated to the US in the Late 1600’s
R-L1335 is more associated with Scotland, than Ireland. In fact, it has been suggested that L1335 could be a Pictish haplogroup.
@@peoplesrecords2593 that’s cool, though unfortunately they updated my haplogrouo just recently and now put it as R-CTS241, do you know what that Haplogroup is associated with?
@@TheLoyalCatholicI looked into your new group and it’s a direct line of indentured servants and peasants who struggled to survive.
@@BigRed2 wait what?? They just recently changed my Haplogroup to R-CTS241
@@TheLoyalCatholic I just looked that one up and i’m afraid it’s worst then the last one, that group comes from a line of two first cousins who married each other and both suffered from an extreme form of downsyndrom
Man it’s like a “family reunion” in the comment section, I too share the same DNA
From 🇨🇦
🤘and all the way over here in Cali
Nix C Melt, me too! I live in Southern California, where do you live?
I'm Mexican and Spaniard. According to 23andMe im related to this High king. 😮😮 👑
You have some Irish in ya
Same brotha! 😆
Us Irish are Celtiberians
@@Got420Blunt I've taken like 6 DNA tests and sadly I don't have any Irish DNA 😔
@@dannyescudero4081 Hell yeah bro! What part of mexico is your family from? 🙂 mine are from Jalisco, Aquascalientes, and Zacatecas. 🙂
I’m Mexican with mostly spanish and Portuguese blood, and I just found out I come from this dynasty of kings, It’s amazing to learn more about where I come from and now I’m very excited about my bloodline ❤️
I’m also curious about how this bloodline reached Mexico 🇲🇽
Some of our kinsmen fled to Spain and served the King. One of them, Bernardo O' Higgins became the first President of Chile. There were also other locations in South America where they went. Even as far as South Africa. This lineage likely reached you through one or more of these ways. I was raised with this knowledge. I think you will be surprised and quite proud of what you will find in your path of research. Our anscestors where well learned, very educated and a very determined people.
I am Jamaican also a descendant of Niall but he was no king. It's a myth.
@@tianasixkiller4771 Wow ! That’s really interesting! Thank you !! How do you know much about it? I would like to know more and more 🥳🥳🥳
I have the same results fam, I just can’t give you answers since I have no family to get any information about my ancestors.
hey fam! I got the marker too :) so was just googling to find out who Niall of the Nine Hostages was
I just found out I am related to Niall as well. I used the 23andMe kit. Super cool.
This isn't that surprising. During the heyday of the Ui Niall, Ireland's population was less than a third of what it is today. The clan leaders also practiced polygamy. When you take those two factors into account and consider the mathematical progression of births that has occurred over roughly 1500 years it's pretty reasonable that 10% of the Irish share the genetic marker.
Rochester NY checking in!
Lake George NY here bud or should I say fam!
I took a dna test and i said he was in my family on the dna test
I am also Mexican decent and Portuguese and I am also linked to Un Niell
Same here. Spain, Portuguese, Irish/British, and Mexican.
Same here! Spanish, Portuguese, Irish and British. Strangest thing is, when I chose my confirmation name over 25 years ago, I chose the name Niall because I felt strongly connected to it. Needless to say, when I received this result, I was floored. Stunned. Still in disbelief that of all the Irish names I could have chosen, this one felt right.
I also share the same haplogroup with High King Niall (R-M269, R-BY17 subclade) which is weird as I am of Russian ancestry and live in Latvia. My theory is that at some point my Irish ancestor went to the Russian Empire to serve there as a professional, and spread his genes there.
Everyone is atleast a bit Irish 😂❤
The "Wild Geese" generations of Irish men left to fight in foreign lands, never to return.
Hes my something like 200 time great uncle
Hi, my Dad’s 23and me results connects him to Niall of the nine hostages. We would love to know more. He knows that his grandfather was mixed race.
According to 23&me Nial was my ancestor. I have Welsh, English, German and Polish ancestors!
Can anyone tell me anything on his reign as High-King?
Like, how well did he politically unite Ireland?
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I am Jamaican 42% European, 56% African - 18% Irish, British. According to 23andme - I share a paternal-line ancestor with Niall of the Nine Hostages. My paternal haplogroup is R-S6000 which stems from a branch of R-M343 called R-M269, one of the most prolific paternal lineages across western Eurasia. The spread of haplogroup R-M269 in northern Ireland and Scotland was likely aided by men like Niall of the Nine Hostages. Perhaps more myth than man, Niall of the Nine Hostages is said to have been a King of Tara in northwestern Ireland in the late 4th century C.E. His name comes from a tale of nine hostages that he held from the regions he ruled over. Though the legendary stories of his life may have been invented hundreds of years after he died, genetic evidence suggests that the Uí Néill dynasty, whose name means "descendants of Niall," did in fact trace back to just one man who bore a branch of haplogroup R-M269.
My DNA is linked to him as well. I from Arkansas,USA. He is like Genghis Kahn and Thomas Jefferson, lots of DNA relatives all over the world. Very interesting.
I am from the NW corner of Georgia, USA and my name is Lively.
We've since been expanding the Y Haplotree on this. The unique markers they were referring to were those are R1b-M222, dated around 2000-2200 years ago (before Niall would have been born). We think Niall may have been R1b-ZZ87 descendant from next SNP above him, R1b-DF105; dated around 250 CE. These SNPs are downstream (descendant of) M222.
My daughter has this marker. She got it from her father as his DNA also showed this. The Fleming family from Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
My brother tested on 23andme... our paternal haplogroup links is to Niall... we are Puerto Rican’s .... so interesting
During the great potato famine in Ireland in the 1840's the Irish people that were leaving the country would litreally go onto any boat avalibale to them to get out of ireland.
Some of these boats leaving Ireland were merchant boats that commonly went down to areas such as Puerto Rico and Jamaica to trade, when the merchant vessels came to these island they would either leave the irish passangers behind or the irish people would leave the boats and look for work.
These Irish people stayed on these islands and raised their families there, this is the reason we get black men with Irish names such as Eddie Murphy and Bob Marley, they're descendents of Irish people who emigrated to the caribbean in the 1840's.
You might either have a great grand mother or great grand father that came to Puerto Rico in the 1840's and raised their family there.
Same
Bardán Mac Guibhir Thank you so much for that feedback. Very interesting. It’s pretty cool to think that Niall is pretty much the starting me for my fathers Paternal line... looking at us people probably wouldn’t believe it but the DNA is proof
So we are all basically family! One love ✊🏼
I just found out I got paternal lineage. I'm from PR too. Very informative.
Lake George NY checking in! How are all my cousins??
I have the marker too. I have a ancestors who are related to Niall dynasty.
I have never heard of Niall until I did my DNA test. It revealed that Niall and I share a paternal ancestor. Interesting.
Me too. Just got my DNA results last Friday, and was shocked to learn I am as well. I was told I was Eastern European only now to realize I'm Irish to my surprise. My mom is 82% Irish. Now things I believe in and things I've said all make sense to me now. I am going to plan a trip to Ireland to explore and learn more. I've never been. My mom has been there a few times. Hello to all on this thread, new family I never knew about, and I wish you all many blessings!
It is fascinating to see who comes from Niall. But who did he come from? According to my 23andMe DNA report: "You share a paternal-line ancestor with Niall of the Nine Hostages. . . . Your paternal haplogroup, R-M167, traces back to a man who lived less than 10,000 years ago [R-M269 common ancestor]."
23 and me brought me here. I’m of Mexican descent.
I'm a Korean with random red hairs and freckles. And I too carry this marker from Niall in my paternal line. My Father's side has long been French, so one of Niall's sons or Niall himself must have visited the mainland. Researching him now..
My husbands mother is Japanese and has the Niall haplogroup from his Irish father, my husband also has freckles and red hairs in his beard. The red hairs really stand out in sunlight lol.
This is fascinating to me. This is the haplogroup the men in my family have and there are so many red heads
Known to generations of Dublin schoolkids as Niall of the Nine Sausages. In my 4th class (= 6th grade to Americans) we could relate to this ancestral character because among us we had some of our own surreptitious sausage-takers, one of whom turned out to be an endlessly hungry kid called Niall. While all else that we learned about our early history fades from memory, some things stick.
Just a Gallagher stopping by to say greetings from Stuart, FL USA
These kings and their first night laws. Now we're all related 🤣
If you think about it all life is related because we all stemmed from the first multicelled organism
23 genetic company informed me that nearly 3 million possesses this genes
last name is french, im american, black hair, and apparently im 40% irish and im connected to this man 😭
23andMe told me I'm from an uncommon paternal haplogroup called R-FGC9804 that says relation to King Niall, finding out how that is and why my haplogroup is so uncommon would be so cool.
Think about it everyone commenting is related what's up all my family lol
Niall and the 9 sausages 🤣😆😂😅🤣👍👍
Aye. Also related to the mythical Nine Sausages
Hello my family it’s good to see y’a when’s the reunion
Paddy’s day of course now it’s your day too !!!!
Hello my fellow brothers.
R-M269 from America. Hello, from across the pond.
I have this marker too. I'm an American but I've got German last name. We always knew that my family came from Germany and I'm a redhead so we knew there was some Irish in there too. Didn't realize I've also got British and Finnish DNA too. I had to look up Niall of the Nine Hostages when my 23andme results revealed this marker.
Red hair comes southern Denmark and northern Germany. It was brought over the north sea and English channel from the Danish vikings.
with the cut backs to day .he might be known now as niall and the reduced amount of hostages
R-M269 here. I'm from America but I am 76% Irish according to 23 and me. But I have always known of my Irish heritage from my last name and have traced ancestry back thru 3 last name changes as the split from the McKenna clan to different clans moving from Scotland to north west Ireland..
What's the 24%?
Fascinating 😊
Arigatou Gozaimasu 23 and me! :D
Paternal haplogroup R-Z209. 23 & Me says I'm a direct descendant, through my grandfather (Acadian), but from what I've read, Niall was of Gaulish ancestry (Veneti) and spread up through Gaul (France) and crossed the channels into Ireland, and Whales. So we might be distant cousins rather. But he also led raids in Gaul. So, who knows? Most of my Irish ancestors are from Western, Northwest/Northern Ireland on my grandmother's side as well.
My last name derives from the UI Neill dynasty, but is my adopted great grandfather's name. I also have Irish & Scottish ancestry through my mother. Ironic.
It’s curious how trinity still have all the access to these materials
23 and me states I’m related to Niall paternal R-M167
Im decendant and my family are also from Donegal
My daughter is an ancestor of Niall. We're in the states.
lol no she isn’t
I have the marker, I found out today.
I also share a maternal ancestor with Nelson Mandela. I’m American I’m mixed black-and-white
My last name is Garcia but I’m related too. Looks like my great great grandparents were from Ireland.
One big family reunion here, is there any inheritance $$ I’m RM-269, that’s according to “23 and me” hopefully that qualifies if there is 😂, I’m from Puerto Rican descent but there is plenty of green eyes , blond hair, freckles in the family , also we have lots of strong Celtic Spanish connections hailing from Galicia Spain
😂😂 I’m also Puerto Rican descent i also have this parental line
R-M269 here! Hello fam!
I just did mine an he’s my Ancestor And I’m from Florida USA
Where's the next part? *The DNA from 20,000 Years ago.*
I'm from Clan MacNeil of Barra a direct descendant. Always thought we were Highlanders turns out we're Viking make sense since we have a castle in the bay.
Cool! Philadelphia Pa Dunphy here
Hello from Florida fam
23 brought me here.
So Daniel derived from the hardest Irish man ever 😂
When the power of the Gaelic clans in Ireland was broken by the Tudors in the early 17th c, and in the couple of centuries following, the warrior class of Irish society fled the country in huge numbers & became a major presence in the soldiery & particularly in the officer class of many European countries, especially the Catholic ones who were enemies of the Brits. Many of the former Irish gentry hoped through these ties to eventually lead a successful rebellion & expel the British. This resistance was especially embodied in the clans of the north like O'Neill & O'Donnell. Maybe their presence in large numbers in the Spanish military has a connection with the prevalence of this gene in Spanish-speaking places, along with the large numbers of Gaels displaced to the Carribbean.
My brothers!
I've got this marker, too!
Im just learning about all this history very interesting
I'm meant to be a direct male line descendant of Niall through my grandfather who was part of Clan McNeill on Barra. I want to get my dna tested but I've heard it can be quite inaccurate for people of Māori descent because they don't have much of our genetic information on file due to being such a small ethnic group