scottish old norse considered eponymous ancestor founder known appear contemporary records tradition dating late 18th century son black king man evidence dating late 17th century considered earliest evidence descent recent years traditional lineage challenged longer considered fact historians according tradition inherited lands foster father sheriff island lands inherited father law lord tradition states father sons daughters sons founded main branches branches exist day harris descend lewis descend traditional belief son challenged current understanding great grandson recent years dna evidence men bearing revealed certain proportion share common ancestor ancestor considered clan founder traditional ancestry according tradition eponymous ancestor clan little known man appear contemporary records earliest historical record chief occurs century thought flourished names son appear royal charter reign king scots recently generally considered son black king isles traditional ancestry traced late 17th century chief adopted designation incorporate royal arms document dating chief appears representing chief son chief incorporated coat arms borne arms kings isles far 13th century earliest known arms borne harris pictured right different royal arms earliest arms date mid 15th century recorded leading european known accordingly suggested points 17th century belief descent long standing points cast doubt traditional ancestry king king dynasty died later illegitimate son died leading revolt women later came forward claims kingdom sons according hard believe descendant royal line forward claim point forward adopt royal names 13th century dynasty names old norse illustrated point noting royal names adopted descendants wife daughter grandfather 17th century 1st earl wrote history included descended listed son son later son black found sir manuscript dates stated obtained information allegedly based information found chronicles 17th century works mention historian rejected traditional descent basis facts whatsoever contradicted earlier language authentic traditional recent years historians noted language praise poetry concerning great grandfather appears considered significant language concern ancestry pedigree roughly agree generations greatest similarity names great grandfather variously taking account spelling names considered represent literary vernacular turn forms proposed published included account kings saw latin form concluded represented scottish form fact modern proposed father opinion mistakenly attached father great grandfather grandfather red identification grandfather accepted later disagreed father proposing instead likely appears language represented form old norse meaning ugly stated norse rare scandinavia iceland noted scotland peculiar clan speculated great grandfather likely flourished time supposedly exiled outer went father proposed great grandfather fact character saga noted rare maternal grandfather appears saga villain opinion language inconsistent generations great grandfather man newcomer area rejected proposal commenting evidence entirely stated rare family saga right similarity recorded language relevant contrast opinion 20th century historian opinion rare people thought morrison noted 19th century thomas considered saga character eponymous ancestor character lived lewis century time morrison considered possible ultimately originated considered possible ancestor think male line clan tradition clans ross earl 17th century account relates son son passed possession scots granted later succeeded father lands father son account states wife daughter earl ross according record son named record daughter named noted record grant lands went far state wife father grant imagination manuscript history notes account according 19th century historian older manuscript states king denmark sons came north scotland conquered conquered lewis conquered stated likely meant refer eponymous ancestor refers clan old took according account tradition written clan chief sons wife daughter earl ross descended descended ross tradition goes fostered son sheriff gave island harris later married daughter consequence received estates held later times manuscript sheriff called stated owned isle harris following lands manuscript states natural son named heir son tradition considered identical historical son mentioned chronicles loyal ally manuscript states killed peacefully succeeded possessions manuscript main authority information early chiefs states seven chiefs buried choir dates early 16th century centre choir large stone contained monumental brass traditionally said stone formed matrix time contained brass tradition states silver largest carved stone island measuring feet inches feet inches early 20th century clan historian speculated successors buried beneath opinion fourth chief buried fact stone actually mark tomb issue according tradition sons tradition ancestor harris chiefs ancestor manuscript specifically state son elder subsequently debate branch senior descent late 20th century called question tradition brothers work followed historians current view historians brothers actually grandson manuscript names sons considered manuscript dubious authority source names lists son john stating john followed bruce ireland manuscript continues ireland acquired considerable estates principal man descendants known manuscript states daughter married 2nd lord according statement john following bruce ireland mistake john daughter couldn married later bruce born ireland fourth son listed manuscript account states reputed ancestor family originated family traced ancestry lewis son son manuscript states daughters manuscript source existence offspring mention names states daughters married married john lord unknown men dna founder dna project attempted uncover genetic origin project studied dna men bore study findings showed men tested common ancestor male line ancestor lived years ago particular group far largest group related men consequence project concluded group common ancestor lived time genetic founder clan results smaller study published sample men surname found share common ancestor male line remaining sample contained different genetic male line genetic marker found branch marker found england norway sweden consequence study concluded genetic origin likely lies scandinavia
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