I've notice several posts commenting that people's first names tend to show some
slight indication of either where they came or whether they were Catholic or Protestant. Do RootsChat folk feel there's any substance to that (or not)?
I may well be clutching at straws, but my oldest-known Macdonald ancestors were devotees of the names Henry, Thomas and John, repeating through the generations.
I have tried finding connections by DNA, but my haplogroup R-S221 hasn't revealed much so far. Except they say it occurs more in Norway than anywhere else. So I'm staring at Clan Donald places like North Uist on the OS maps, and places with Norse connections, to see if "map divining" might reveal something.
Like I said, clutching at straws.
