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DNA

The Douglas DNA Project states that they have "proven the Earls of Morton line back to the 1400s, with distant cousins matching. All descendants of William de Duglis, 1174, must be R-P312 haplogroup."[1]

They also state that: "The group was widened in May 2013 to include the old Type 2a subgroup. This group now can be defined by a distinctive Y-DNA signature under the haplogroup R-P312: 385b=15,16; 439=11, 447=24, 23; 456=15; 576=19,18; 395S1b=16; 534=17,16; 572=10. It encompasses a similar subgroup from the Sutherland DNA Project, there described as 0:3 Moray Firth Group -Haplo=R-P312. This expanded group probably descends from William de Duglis's reputed father, Freskyn de Moravia."[2] It is helpful to remember that the Sutherlands and the Morays also claim descent from Freskyn de Moravia.

This DNA evidence, then, allows the conclusion to be reached that Freskyn de Moravia is William de Douglas' father. Also to be taken into account are similarities in the Arms of the families, close location to each other geographically, and similar names in each family (Freskyn or variant names show up in the families). Historical evidence is examined in greater detail in the book: A history of the house of Douglas from the earliest times down to the legislative union of England and Scotland, by Sir Herbert Maxwell, and it can be read for free online HERE (the evidence connecting William with Freskyn starts on page 9).





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