MacCabe DNA

[Colla MacDonnell]

Barry,

I have one more family I was hoping you had DNA profiles on, the MacCabe galloglaigh family.  They came from Scotland to Ireland in the 14th Century, but have no historic roots that can be traced.  We therefore suspect they may have French DNA originating in the 13th Century.  In specific we believe Caba' may have been one of the 144 Knights Templar sentenced to isolation by Edward II of England in Benedictine monastaries and then freed in 1311.  Instead of remaining with the Benedictine Order in England we believe he joined my family (Alexander Durrach MacDomhnaill) who owned the Isle of Mull in Scotland by Charter dating 1306 of Robert de bruse. We also believe decendants of Caba' became mercenariies utilizing the learned skills of warfare of their father and migrated with my family to Ireland following the death of Alexander Durrach MacDomhnaill on the Irish battlefield in 1318.

Colla

[Galloglas]

Just joined the forum and submitted my DNA profile.This is a fascinating story and the first I've heard of it to describe the origin of our name McCabe.
I'm no expert on DNA but from what I understand it would appear to not be French.However I would be very interested to hear anymore on this story.