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An Example Research Project demonstrating how autosomal and Y-DNA can work hand-in-hand with traditional genealogical methods and a little detective work to break through long-standing brick walls. Zack Daugherty, an Administrator of the Doherty Surname DNA Project at FamilyTreeDNA, said: “I really enjoyed reading this exhaustive work and love how DNA was heavily leveraged to prove/disprove certain hypotheses. I recommend that many Ó Dochartaigh project members read this write-up to foster ideas on what they can do in their own research. A model example.”

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The Ó Dochartaigh Clann Association website is designed to be your place for all things Ó Dochartaigh. Whether your name or ancestry is from a Doherty, Dougherty, Daugherty, Docherty, Dogherty, if your family used another spelling of our name, or if you're from one of our related County Donegal families, such as the McDevitt/McDaid, McBride, McConlogue, or others–we welcome you to the Clann website!

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This site is curated by Will Dougherty III for the Ó Dochartaigh Clann Association. ©2025. Email info [at] odochartaighassociation [dot] org.

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