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Description
The McCain DNA project is open to McCains from Ireland and Scotland and their descendants that have a genetic link to the McCain families listed on our results page. Common anglicised forms are McCain, McCaine, McKain, McKane, McKean, and McKeen. Families that have a genetic link to the McCains of Kilmichael Glassary, Argyll, are also allowed to join.
Requirements
A Surname Project traces members of a family that share a common surname. They are of the most interest in cultures where surnames are passed on from father to son like the Y-Chromosome. This project is for males taking a Y-Chromosome DNA (Y-DNA) test. Thus, the individual who tests must be a male who wants to check his direct paternal line (father's father's father's...) with a Y-DNA12, Y-DNA37, Y-DNA67, or Y-DNA111 test and who has one of the surnames listed for the project. Females do not carry their father's Y-DNA. Females who would like to check their father's direct paternal line can have a male relative with his surname order a Y-DNA test. Females can also order an mtDNA test for themselves such as the mtDNAPlus test or the mtFullSequence test and participate in an mtDNA project. Both men and women may take our autosomal Family Finder test to discover recent relationships across all family lines.
Surnames In This Project
Cain, Mac Eáin, MacCain, MacEain, MacKain, MacKane, MacKean, MacKeen, McCain, McCaine, McCann, McDonald, McIain, McIan, McKain, McKane, McKean, McKeand, McKeane, McKeen, Scrymgeour