University of Strathclyde reveals two major Campbell lines are unrelated

This is an interesting story concerning two genealogist chums, Ali MacDonald and Graham Holton, of the University of Strathclyde's Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies, who have managed to prove that two separate lines of the Campbell clan in Scotland are not closely related, or indeed potentially not related at all.

The two lines in question are the Campbells of Glenorchy, descended from Sir Duncan Campbell, 2nd Lord of Glenorchy, who died at the Battle of Flodden in 1513, and the Campbells of Argyll, whose descent is from the first Lord Campbell, also Sir Duncan Campbell, who died in 1453, and with a family seat at Inveraray Castle (below). 

You can read more about their findings, established through genetic genealogy, at https://www.thenational.scot/news/23853978.leading-branches-famous-scottish-clan-actually-unrelated/.

Chris

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