The goal of the Clan Colla 425 null DNA Project is to use Y-DNA analysis to test certain hypothesis and theories about the origins of The Three Collas and the surnames descended from them. Can a relationship be seen for those participants carrying the DYS425 null and surnames with origins in the Kingdom of Oriel? And if so, are the ancient Oriel surnames with the 425 null descended from The Three Collas?
The ancient genealogies record that the Three Collas lived in Ireland around 300 A.D., and their descendants have been kings, lords, chiefs, and saints down through the ages.
Kelly, O'Kelly. An old Gaelic clan name, Ó Ceallaigh (anglicisized as O'Kelly). This name is derived from Ceallach, a celebrated chief of the ninth century, who is the ancestor of the O'Kellys. From DNA analysis it appears that the Kellys of Hy-Maine are different from the Kellys of Ulster, or those Kellys who would have been from Oriel and descended from Daimhin, King of Orgiall.
The Kellys represented in this project would have descended from a branch of the Clan Colla of Orgiall in Ulster, and are of the same descent as the MacMahons, lords of Monaghan; Maguires, lords of Fermanagh; O'Hanlons, lords of Orior in Armagh, etc.
Through Big Y DNA testing offered by Family Tree DNA, my Kelly line has been categorized as part of Kelly of Ulster, from Clankelly in County Fermanagh. (SNP Z3000)
