MacDonald? or MacDonald of the isles?

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There is a Clan Donald USA DNA project at https://www.clandonaldusa.org/index.php/dna-project . If you believe to be of direct paternal linage then you can take a Y DNA test through FamilyTreeDNA.com and administrators on the project may be able to tell you something. I know that most people just find out if they are descendant from Somerled, but if you get more in depth tests (Big Y) you can be placed into a specific branch (Clan Ranald, Keppoch, e.t.c.). You do have to be a member of Clan Donald USA to get the benefits of the use of the genealogist.

Once you get results there are many different groups you may be put in, some of which have no relation to Clan Donald if you are prepared for that possibility.

-Warren Macdonald