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R-L176.1/S179.1 (Y-DNA)

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  • Somerled, “King of the Isles” (b. - 1164)
    Somerled son of Gilbert (Somhairle mac Gillebride) 1st Lord/King of the Isles Gillebride, or Gilbert , who is mentioned by the oldest Highland genealogist as "rig eilean Shidir," that is, King of the S...

The purpose of this project is to document the paternal lineage of all peoples positive for the genetic marker L176.1/S179.1. This marker defines the y-DNA haplogroup currently labeled R1a-L176.

R1a-L176 is often called the "Scottish Subcluster" and is downstream of the Young Scandinavian L448.

Subclades

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To participate in this project, join or follow the project, then add your oldest known ancestor who belonged to this haplogroup. The profile must be public in order to add it.

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