From Whence Came My Walkup?
Two lines of Wauchope/Walkup/Waugh thus far identified through Y-DNA testing are from the more expected haplo types of I1 (Viking) and R1b1b (Celtic). But curiously, one male line of Walkups (including mine) has been identified as E1b1b1.There are two thoughts as to how persons of E1b1b1 came to be found in Scotland and Ulster.Both rely on the fact that E1b1b1 is still prevalent today in an area between Serbia, Northern Greece and Bulgaria once known as Thrace. In either event, the Walkup ancestor was likely a Thracian member of a Roman Army unit either 1. sent to Britain around 30 to 300 AD or 2. stationed in Gaul (France).E1b1b1 clusters appear in the Uplands (area bordering Scotland and England) and Ulster. Many such families have always maintained that we went to Brittannia with William the Conqueror in 1066 (or even slightly earlier by invitation of English King Edward III, the Confessor) and later subdued Scotland and Ireland with De Brus and De Lacey, receiving lands in the Uplands for their service. The families all came to the Colonies together from Scotland and Ulster about 1687-1730. Confirmed E1b1b1 descendancy is almost totally non-existant and unheard of in England, the Highlands, and Ireland proper which makes sense given that this rare haplo type is traceable to the later Norman conquest, subjugation of Northern Ireland, and migration to America.This second theory fits in well both with Wauchope tradition and with being Roman Army.
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