The O'Neill clan has many dark mysteries involving their origin and ancestry. For many years the O'Neill's through Ireland, and abroad have believed that they all shared one common ancestor. There have always existed records of ancient clans in the south with the O'Neill surname and other various origins. Until the new Science of Y-DNA testing commercially the O'Neill's who tested saw the differences among the Clan.
The famous clans or "Royal" clans are the O'Neill's Mor of Tyrone, The Clannabuidhe of Antrim and the O'Neill's of the Fews of Co. Armagh. Within the O'Neill's of the Fews we have two different branches the O'Neill's of Sevilla and the O'Neill's of Asturias .
Then there are other clans of O'Neill's
• The O'Neill's of Clare
• The Asturia O'Neill's of the Fews ( True line of the O'Neill mor of the Fews and Marques del Norte)
• The Sevilla O'Neill's of the Fews
• The O'Neill's of Cor
• The O'Neill's of Magh da Chonn
• The O'Neill's of Puerto Rico
• The O'Neill's of Mayo
• The Nihill's of Clare
• The O'Neill's of Ivowen
• The O'Neill's of Thomond
• The O'Neill's of Meath
• The O'Neill's of Feevag
• The McNeill's of Barra
• The McNeill's of Gigha
• The McBaron's
• The McShane's
• The Nelson's
• The Neylon's
• The Nilsons or Nielson's
• The Johnston's Baronets of New York ( Also of the O'Neill's of the Fews)
• The Neely’s of Pennsylvania
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