DNA can change everything

[Bluescelt]

I 'm another who found a DNA surprise after taking the Y-DNA test. FTDNA offered a Donnachaidh program and I decided to go with the 111 marker test. The test results come in 5 parts. At 12 marker it seems there are a lot of matches. At the higher number of marker there are a lot less. What I found was above 24 marker I was not matching any Duncans, Robertsons or Reids. I was matching MacGregors and Buchanans. Two possible reasons could be illegitimacy or name change. I do have records back to Scotland for 200 years so any name change would be 1700s or earlier. Did it surprise me, yes it did but I was not shocked and it made me wonder what could have happened. I did find an intriguing thing in this when I came across one of my Y-111 matches. Sir Malcolm MacGregor of MacGregor present Clan Chief of Clan MacGregor and I are a 101 of 111 marker match. We have a 95% chance of a common ancestor in 24 generations. I looked up the history of the MacGregors and found that after the Act of Proscription of 1603 many MacGregors changed there names and a group hid in the west end of Loch Rannoch. Even though the surname Duncan is not a recognized alias it does not rule out one MacGregor taking the name. Buchanan is a surname the MacGregors were known to assume. Is this a possible senerio? Maybe. It is pretty cool to know my ties to Scotland go way back and maybe "Royal is my race".