#glenorchy

Embark on a visual journey through the captivating sceneries of Wanaka-Glenorchy, New Zealand with our latest post featuring 7 photographs. From the serene waters of Lake Wanaka to the rugged terrain of Glenorchy, each image captures the essence of this off-beaten travel destination. Experience the thrill of adventure, the tranquility of nature, and the art of photography, all combined in this…

The book “Lonely Planet” describes Queenstown like this: If one day Queenstown ceased to exist, someone would surely reinvent it. This sentence might be hard to understand literally, but when you visit Queenstown and stand by Lake Wakatipu, surrounded by its beauty, you may realize how vital such scenery is to the human soul. Queenstown The earliest settlers, upon seeing Queenstown’s landscape,…

Two leading branches of the Clan Campbell have been found to be unrelated to each other in research carried out by Alasdair Macdonald and Graham Holton at the University of Strathclyde.

The Campbells of Glenorchy and the Campbells of Argyll share a marker called R-L1065, but the common ancestor lived around the 3rd century. To all intents and purposes, these two major families named Campbell are not genealogically related but it is not yet certain why the Campbells of Glenorchy carry a different genetic marker, and so have a different male-line ancestry, from the Campbells of Argyll.

The common ancestor between this branch and the Glenorchys  was a man who lived around 1150.

This date may be firmed up by further testing of documented descendants, but it is clear that there was a major family named Campbell, genetically different to the Campbells of Argyll, in existence from the earliest days of fixed surnames.

Continuing Research

We will be seeking male line descendants with well documented descents from the following Campbell lines, for possible Y-DNA testing:

Auchinbreck, Craignish, Dunstaffnage, Glenlyon, Kilmichael, Loudon, Ormidale, Otter and Strachur.

Glenorchy Wharf.

Lake Wakatipu. Queenstown. South Island. Aotearoa. New Zealand.