DNA Doesn't Lie: The Gaelic & France Connection
DNA Genealogy - Genetic History The DNA Doesn't Lie The Gaelic World Came From France A landmark Y-DNA study of over 13,000 haplotypes reveals the genetic marker at the core of Irish and Scottish identity — and traces it back to Brittany, across the English Channel, and into the foundations of Gaelic civilization. 28% of Irish males carry M222 13.5% of Scottish males carry M222 ~2,000 years old — Devon origin 13,520 haplotypes analyzed Fig. 5 — 67-marker haplotype tree of 981 R1b1a2 haplotypes from Ireland. M222 branch (right), L21-null branch (left). Source: Klyosov & Conroy The Marker What Is R-M222 and Why Does It Matter? Deep inside the Y chromosome — passed exclusively from father to son, unchanged across generations — sits a single nucleotide mutation designated R-M222 . Roughly 1 in 4 Irish men car...