{"id":6424,"date":"1798-04-18T14:25:00","date_gmt":"1798-04-18T21:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peipioneercemetery.com\/dev2\/macdonald-hector-and-allan-1798-census-dna-results\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T18:04:36","slug":"macdonald-hector-and-allan-1798-census-dna-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peipioneercemetery.com\/staging\/macdonald-hector-and-allan-1798-census-dna-results\/","title":{"rendered":"MacDonald, Hector and Allan (1798 Census) DNA Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1798 census show both an Allan and Hector MacDonald residing in Lot 43. In &#8220;The <span data-scayt_word=\"MacDonalds\" data-scaytid=\"1\">MacDonalds<\/span> of Lot 14 PEI and Related Families&#8221; it is noted that two of the family Allan and Hector went East.&nbsp; Around 2005, according to Walter MacDonald of Boston (one of our donors), the DNA of the Lot 14 <span data-scayt_word=\"MacDonalds\" data-scaytid=\"2\">MacDonalds<\/span> was established as part of the Clan Donald study. This today is thought to be the largest single family study in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2009, the DNA results of a descendant of Big Cape\/<span data-scayt_word=\"Neufrage\" data-scaytid=\"3\">Neufrage<\/span> Hector&#8217;s were matched against he DNA of the Lot 14 MacDonald&#8217;s with the following results: test 1 &#8211; 12 markers of 12 markers were identical; test 2 &#8211; 25 markers of 25 markers were identical; test 3 &#8211; 37 markers of 37 markers were identical; test 4 &#8211; 66 of 67 markers were identical. This leads to the conclusion that Major John of Lot 14 and Hector of Big Cape\/<span data-scayt_word=\"Naufrage\" data-scaytid=\"4\">Naufrage<\/span> were brothers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1798 census show both an Allan and Hector MacDonald residing in Lot 43. 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