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A recent DNA study compared the DNA of the Duke of Buccleuch [pronounced "Throatwarbler-Mangrove"] with his putative kinsman, a descendant of Charles Stewart of Ardshiel, and THE RESULTS ARE IN.
The DNA of the Duke of Buccleuch was found to be an exact match of a descendant of Charles Stewart of Ardshiel, who fought at Culloden, both men descended from Alan, the Seneschal of Dol, a Breton aristocrat. His family came to Britain in 1066 with William the Conqueror and then made its way to Scotland to found the Stewart line.
For those not in the know, the duke of Buccleuch is a direct male-line descendant of James Scott, duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England by his mistress, Lucy Walter. Although acknowledged by his father, rumors persisted for centuries that James Scott was not biologically Charles II's son, but a cuckoo snuck into the royal nest by perfidious Mlle. Walter.
Basically, what the DNA test proved is that James Scott's male-line descendant has the same Y-chromosome as a distant cousin from the same Stewart line. The most probable explanation is that Charles II WAS James Scott's daddy after all. What are the odds that Lucy Walter was getting slipped the hot beef injection by some guy with a royal Stewart Y-chromosome in 1648 Rotterdam, Netherlands who's name WASN'T Charles II?
The DNA of the Duke of Buccleuch was found to be an exact match of a descendant of Charles Stewart of Ardshiel, who fought at Culloden, both men descended from Alan, the Seneschal of Dol, a Breton aristocrat. His family came to Britain in 1066 with William the Conqueror and then made its way to Scotland to found the Stewart line.
For those not in the know, the duke of Buccleuch is a direct male-line descendant of James Scott, duke of Monmouth, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England by his mistress, Lucy Walter. Although acknowledged by his father, rumors persisted for centuries that James Scott was not biologically Charles II's son, but a cuckoo snuck into the royal nest by perfidious Mlle. Walter.
Basically, what the DNA test proved is that James Scott's male-line descendant has the same Y-chromosome as a distant cousin from the same Stewart line. The most probable explanation is that Charles II WAS James Scott's daddy after all. What are the odds that Lucy Walter was getting slipped the hot beef injection by some guy with a royal Stewart Y-chromosome in 1648 Rotterdam, Netherlands who's name WASN'T Charles II?
