“In writing this book, Barry McCain has
done a great service not only to those interested in the McCain ancestry, but
to everyone fascinated by the millennia-old connections between Scotland and
Ireland. In this volume he demonstrates the complexity of those connections,
highlighting, for example, the often-overlooked Gaelic heritage of many of the
families from Scotland that made Ulster their home. His use of DNA analysis to
investigate otherwise hidden aspects of his ancestry serves as an exemplar of
the way in which this technology can be applied to family history and the
search for our forebears. Throughout this book Barry's enthusiasm for his
ancestry in both Scotland and Ireland, and his love for the people of both
countries, shines through. This is a book to encourage all of us as we seek to
discover something more of our past.”
Dr William Roulston, Research
Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation
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