Scott McClain
Honor Code SignatorySigned 17 Mar 2019 | 36,477 contributions | 2,654 thank-yous | 1,465 connections
Signed 17 Mar 2019 | 36,477 contributions | 2,654 thank-yous | 1,465 connections
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Scott S. McClain
Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
and [sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Mar 2019
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Biography
Scott McClain is a member of the US Southern Colonies Project.
Descendant of PGM migrant Ralph Wallen.
Descendant of PGM migrant Daniel Abbott.
Descendant of PGM migrant Robert Elwell.
Descendant of PGM migrant William Bassett.
Scott McClain is a descendant of a Texas First Family who settled in the Republic of Texas before February 19, 1846.
Scott McClain has Slavic Roots.
Scott McClain has Italian Roots.
I was born in New Mexico but grew up mostly on army posts and air force bases overseas. My family lived in Eritrea, Italy and Germany before finally returning to Texas where I went to high school, college, and law school. I practiced law for many years, most of it for Delta Air Lines in Atlanta where I still live. I'm retired from that now, and pursuing my second career as a WikiTree genealogist. It doesn't pay as well, but it's a lot more fun.
Nearly all of my father's ancestors were early American colonial immigrants and their descendants who lived in many of the English colonies in North America, including Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the Carolinas. One of his emigrant ancestors came later, from England to New York in the 1830s. They all migrated west as pioneers, most through the heartland states of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa & Kansas (a few with a brief detour through Oregon and side trips to the Republic of Texas and the New Mexico Territory), and others via a more direct southern path through Tennessee. They all eventually ended up together in Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma, where my father was born. Along the way, they got tangled up in numerous Indian wars, the Salem witch trials, the Regulator rebellion, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Republic of Texas, the American Civil War, the Oregon Trail, and finally the Oklahoma land rush of 1889.
My mother's grandparents were Ellis Island immigrants: Italians from Castiglione Cosentino, in the Cosenza province of Calabria; and Croats from the village of Kópháza, in the Sopron province of what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. My wife's ancestors include Irish potato famine refugees who settled in Boston in the 1840s and more Ellis Islanders -- Poles, Croats, alpine Italians, Norwegians, and Lithuanian Jews. My children's ancestors seem to run the gamut of European-American stories.
I love the collaborative aspect of WikiTree genealogy and am always willing to help if I can, so please reach out if we share interests!
DNA
I have done an ftDNA Big Y test (haplogroup R-FT287688). I am particularly interested in Y-DNA collaboration on the McClain/McLain/McClean/MacLaine, etc., line originating in Scotland.
According to 23&me, my mtDNA haplogroup is V6a (origin in the Croatian community in Austria-Hungary).
- Paternal relationship is confirmed with a GEDMatch match between Scott McClain (YL338561C1) and Michael McClain (A392366); MRCA is Michael. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.0, based on sharing 3559.2 cM match across 47 segments. Whew!
- Maternal relationship is confirmed with a GEDMatch match between Scott McClain (YL338561C1) and Frances (Acri) McClain (A265105); MRCA is Frances. Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 1.0, based on sharing 3552.9 cM across 48 segments.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Scott's formal name
- full middle name (S.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- images (1)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Scott or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Scott or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Scott McClain: Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-FT287688, FTDNA kit #929551, MitoYDNA ID T17378 [compare]
- Scott McClain: Mitochondrial DNA Test, haplogroup V6
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100.00%
100.00%
Scott McClain:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member js3mcclain
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch YL338561C1 [compare]
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50.00%
Michael McClain
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A392366 [compare]
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50.00%
100.00%
Frances (Acri) McClain :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A265105 [compare]
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~25.00%
50.00%
Kathleen (Acri) Deans :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MA5263927 [compare], Ancestry member Southernlady0408yahoo.com
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Edie (Acri) Kochenour :
23andMe, GEDmatch M286627 [compare]
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Scott:
- I've never met him, but I love Scott McClain Aug 15, 2023.
- Scott McClain is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jul 18, 2023.
- Scott McClain is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jun 14, 2023.
- Scott McClain is a Wonderful WikiTreer Mar 30, 2023.
- Scott McClain is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 24, 2022.
- Scott McClain is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jun 29, 2022.
Scott is 19 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 27 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 33 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 27 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 24 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 28 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 17 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 22 degrees from Isaac Newton, 28 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 27 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 14 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Categories: US Southern Colonies Project Members | Texas First Families | Slavic Roots | Italian Roots
Just wanted to say, “Hi” to a sixth cousin! We share Robert Hicks and Sarah Jordan as ancestors. Thank you for your excellent contributions to the efforts of so many genealogy enthusiasts and cousins! I was wondering if you have ever had identity issues with your “private” info not being so private. I’m reluctant to add too much online and I’m almost a couple decades your senior.
Thanks for your contributions to Puritan Great Migration (PGM) project profiles.
Like all WikiTree projects we check in with team members periodically to find out about their continued interest in the project. Would you please respond by February 12, 2024, to let us know about your interest:
1. Would you like to continue as a PGM project team member?;
2. Do you have any suggestions for PGM Project priorities in the next year (optional)?;
3. Do you have interest in taking a more active role within the PGM project, and if so, what you might be interested in doing (optional)?
Please respond to this comment on your profile, or if you'd like, send a private message to either Bobbie (Madison) Hall or S (Hill) Willson.
Thanks for all you do for PGM and WikiTree!
Regards,
Bobbie and Sharon, Co-Leaders, Puritan Great Migration Project
Looks like we’re related (but the point is we all are). Joseph Shields was my g-g-g grandfather. Your WikiTree resume’ is very impressive. I got involved researching my husband’s tree (James Yard Lawrence) which was quite interesting. Then I tried my side. Have not been active for past year but hope to get back to work soon. Regards, Donna Warren Lawrence
Great Member of the Week interview! I'm so glad that Ancestry user pointed you here. It sounds like you're a real credit to our community.
Chris
Congrats on the Super Star Badge!
Cheers, Liz
edited by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Jillaine, project coordinator
Thank you for your time and energy in creating over 1000 contributions to WikiTree for the month of July 2019. Your efforts are appreciated!
Pip Sheppard
WikiTree Appreciation Team
Very well done on your making 1,000 or more contributions to WikiTree in June 2019! We commend and appreciate all of your time and effort in helping to grow and perfect our Shared Tree. Keep up the great work!
Pip Sheppard ~ WikiTree Appreciation Team
Congratulations on making more than 1,000 contributions to WikiTree for the Month of May. We all appreciate your efforts to make our Shared Tree the best it can be. Keep up the great work and THANK YOU!
Pip Sheppard
WikiTree Appreciation Team
Sorry for the delay. Hi 7th cousin, nice to meet you. I added you to the trusted list of Thomas Askren and our common ancestors. Thank you for cleaning up the profile. Let me know if I can help. Jeff
Thank you for self-certifying for the Pre-1700 badge! Participation in a Pre-1700 Project is strongly encouraged for those wishing to edit Pre-1700 profiles. Collaboration is essential because pre-1700 ancestors are shared by many descendants.
It looks like the US History would be a good fit with the tag you entered. Adding the tag United_States_History will help you get updates about activity for that project.
Do you have any questions? Let me know. I'm happy to help! :-)
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