On this page you will find how groups of project participants are related to each other. These groupings were made ONLY using mathematical calculations of genetic distance. Family history information has been added where known and/or possibly helpful for further research. The group names are based on what we know about oldest ancestors. As participants choose to upgrade their test information, we get more participants, and additional details about family histories are uncovered, these groupings are likely to change.

If your kit number is not in one of these groups, it means that we haven’t yet found matches within the Clan participants.

Ardachy

This group is not very tightly related, but one participant traces his family back to Ardachy, a town near Beauly and Inverness.

Clunes / Lochiel

This group documents their descent directly from Donald Cameron of Clunes aka “Old Clunes of the ’45″ and his Erracht ancestors

Camerons of Templeton, Quebec Canada

This family is related to many in the Lochaber/ Ft. William Group. The subgroup was established to support active research of families in Ontario and Quebec. See the news post on the research.

Greenock

This group can be traced to ancestors living in the Greenock area

Kilchrenan

This group can be traced back to Kilchrenan, a village between Oban and Inverary on the north bank of Loch Awe in Argyll.

Islay

This group has ancestors which can be traced back to the Isle of Islay

North American Colonists 1

Oldest Known Direct Male Ancestors in this group were early colonial settlers

North American Colonists 2

This group also were early colonists, but with a genetic pattern distinct from the first

North American Colonists 3

Also colonial settlers with close matches to an older genetic pattern originating in southwest Scotland/ northwest England/ eastern Ireland

North American Colonists 4

These families were early settlers in Quebec, Canada

New Brunswick

These ancestors are Scottish emigrants who settled in New Brunswick, Canada but not much is known about where in Scotland they came from

Scotland 1

This group of Camerons are emigrants known to have been born in Scotland but can also be tied to Niall of the Nine Hostages

Scotland 2

This group was also born in Scotland.

Ft. William

This group of participants are linked to individual lines from the heart of Cameron country, but not enough is known about individual families or people to be more precise.

Vikings1

This group has genetic patterns common to Scandinavia

Vikings2

This group can also be linked to Scandinavia, but has a pattern which is distinct from the first

Vikings3

This group shares the I2b1 haplotype and includes “Preacher John” Cameron (abt 1765-abt 1850) of Argenteuil County, Quebec.