Haplogroup FTD6594

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Contents 1 FTD6594 in the Alexander Y DNA Project 2 FTD6594 Families 3 Alexanders of Menstrie 4 FTD6594 Age Estimation 5 Phylogenetic Parent of FTD6594 6 Sources

FTD6594 in the Alexander Y DNA Project

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FTD6594 Families

Alexanders of Menstrie

Though only speculation at this time, it is believed this line may be descended from the Alexanders of Menstrie. The Alexanders of Menstrie, however, are said to be of the Highlands. In a personal memoir, William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling (c. 1567–1640), cited a "misty Highland genealogy" in tracing his family origin, in which he claimed descent from Somerled, Lord of the Isles (died 1164), through his descendant John MacDonald, Lord of the Isles (Eoin Carrach MacDomhnaill, 7th Lord of the Isles) of Clan MacDonald. According to Alexander's family history, John married Princess Margaret Stewart, daughter of King Robert II; their son Alexander MacDonald was the father of Angus, who founded the Clan Macalister of Loup Castle. Another son of Angus, also Alexander MacDonald, was given a grant of lands of Menstrie in Stirlingshire from the Earl of Argyll and settled there, and his descendants assumed the English name Alexander as a surname.

A similar account is found in The Peerage of Scotland: A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the Peers of the Kingdom (1767), although it stated it was Alexander MacDonald, son of Lord of the Isles and Princess Margaret, who was given the grant for Menstrie from the Argyll family and from whom the family first took its name. It has also been stated that the original family name was Alschoner, a modified form of the patronymic Alexanderson, and that the Alschoners migrated from Angus to Stirlingshire in the 14th century.

However, in his authoritative work The Scots Peerage, Sir James Balfour Paul stated that there was no evidence supporting the "general assertion" that the Alexanders of Menstrie took their name from Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, son of Donald of Islay, Lord of the Isles. Balfour Paul states that the Alexander surname is found in many places in Scottish history, particularly in eastern Scotland.^[1] This aligns with the fact that FT229475, rooted in BY3368, represents Lowland families.

FTD6594 Age Estimation

• Pending

Phylogenetic Parent of FTD6594

• FT230969

Sources

1. ↑ Alexanders of Menstrie, from Wikipedia; Retrieved 15 August 2020