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Author: rorycain1
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Bill, I can answer your question about DNA test results for Cains from Man, both
descendants now living overseas and Cains actually resident on Man. The Manx Cains are
distinguished from other Cains by being haplogroup R1a, which denotes Norse Viking
origins. Other Cains are almost all Irish Gaelic with haplogroup R1b, like your own
family, the Nicholas Cain of Brocks Gap VA who match Irish folks named Keane, descended
from a Nicholas O'Cahan of Klrush Co Clare.
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