The Lennox Chronicles

 Tracing the Blood of Kings: Clan Kirkpatrick of Closeburn and Their Descent from the Earls of Lennox By Tiffany McCarter Evans, Genetic Genealogist & Clan Historian   Introduction For over eight centuries, the origins of the noble Kirkpatricks of Closeburn have been shrouded in mist. The historical record acknowledges their fierce loyalty to Robert the Bruce and their prominence in southwest Scotland, but the question of their deeper ancestry has remained a subject of mystery and speculation. Today, cutting-edge Y-DNA analysis allows us to peer beyond parchment and into the very helix of history. This article argues that the Kirkpatricks of Closeburn share a direct paternal connection to Alwyn Muiredach de Levenax, 1st Earl of Lennox, or to his immediate forebears. Through Y-DNA, documentary context, and geographic correlation, we now have the tools to show that the Kirkpatricks are of the same ancient noble blood as the Lennox dynasty. The Y-DNA Evidence Y-DNA testing is...

  Brothers of the Bloodline: The Kirkpatricks and the Earls of Lennox —  A Genetic and Historical Reunion By Tiffany McCarter Evans | The Lennox Chronicles Disclosure: This image is an AI-generated artistic representation created by Tiffany McCarter Evans for educational and historical storytelling purposes. It is not an actual historical photograph, but a digitally crafted visual intended to reflect the period and individuals discussed in the accompanying research. In the mists of medieval Scotland, where borders were fluid and kings rose from clans rather than crowns, two families emerged from the shadows of Strathclyde: the noble house of Lennox and the enduring line of Kirkpatrick. One would rise to become the Earls of Lennox, rulers of Luss and defenders of Alba. The other would forge a legacy through fealty, steel, and strategy in the lowland valleys of Nithsdale. Now, through the double helix of time and DNA, we can confirm what history left unsaid: both lines descend ...

The Helix Heirs: Forgotten Four Lasses Who Rewrote History  By Tiffany McCarter Evans  30 July 2025 The Lennox Chronicles | Clans of Scotland DNA Society Disclaimer: The views and research presented herein are those of the Clans of Scotland DNA Society. This article is intended for genealogical and historical exploration. Graphic is A.I generated and created by Tiffany McCarter Evans Introduction: Where the Past Whispers Scottish history is not written in ink alone. It is whispered in glens, buried beneath cairns, and etched in the helix of DNA. For centuries, historians have accepted the male-driven origins of the clans at face value. But what if the founding bloodlines of some of Scotland’s noble houses didn’t come through the sword of a father—but the wombs of four forgotten daughters? This is the story of Anne Kirkpatrick , the Fair Maid of Luss , Anne Colquhoun , and Elizabeth MacArthur (In order left to right) —women whose legacies may lie in the very foundations of Clan...

  From Scythia to Alba: The Painted Queens of the North   By Tiffany McCarter Evans   Administrator, Clans of Scotland DNA Society, Founder of the Loch Lomond Clans DNA Project, Editor of The Lennox Chronicles Forget Camelot — the real King Arthur may have ruled from the Scottish Highlands, and his queen was buried in a stone-covered grave guarded by beasts. This isn’t fantasy. It’s archaeology, DNA, and a story 2,000 years in the making — carved into stone by the Picts and echoed in Scotland’s most sacred declaration of freedom. This article explores the origin of the Pictish elite in Scotland through oral tradition, medieval chronicles, archaeogenetics, and symbol stones. It posits that the Scythian warrior ancestry cited in the Declaration of Arbroath aligns with the historical appearance of the Picti in the late 3rd century AD, potentially linked to haplogroup E-M35. We also trace the legend of Guinevere, reframed as Vanora, a Pictish queen whose downfall and executio...

  The Lennox Chronicles   Research Monograph (July 2025) Paper Says MacArthur, DNA Says Colquhoun — Unpacking a 1495 Non‑Paternal Plot Twist by Tiffany McCarter Evans From the Loch Awe Scaffold to Spartanburg Cotton Fields: A six‑century journey of a single Y‑chromosome and the many surnames it now answers to 1 Introduction In 1428 King James I executed the MacArthur chief at his “Parliament of Inverness,” seemingly erasing the clan’s male line from history. Yet hundreds of modern men—called MacArthur, McCarter, McCarty , and even Calhoun —still carry that chief’s Y‑DNA signature ( E‑BY5775 ).  How? This paper welds together medieval charters, parish registers, and 21st-century Big‑Y data to rebuild the whole bridge, step by step. If you know only that “Y‑DNA is the dad‑to‑dad line,” you’ll still follow the plot. In February 1495, a crown clerk dipped his quill, scratched out a Latin charter, and—almost as an afterthought —handed the shattered Clan MacArthur ...