Vince MacNeil: If you re a MacNeil of Scottish ancestry or you know one who is longing for a flagon of mead and a bloody raid on a neighbour, that urge can now be explained by DNA, according to The Chronicle Herald. Their DNA is a match from ancient Scandinavians. Vikings, that is and Vince MacNeil, a Halifax school principal and amateur genealogist, said recent genetic tests show that MacNeil men descended from the Barra islands off Scotland are not at all related to Ireland King Niall of the Nine Hostages, as was long believed.
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