• Who were the earliest McDonald immigrants to come to America?
  • Did the McDonald ancestors come from Ireland or Scotland? Why did they come?
  • How do the Campbell Earls of Argyll fit into the McDonald story?
  • What can DNA tell us about the McDonald origins?
  • Why do the descendants spell the surname in different ways?
  • What does the name Pluckemin mean and what does it have to do with these McDonalds?
  • What building once owned by the McDonalds in 1744 is still standing today?
  • Who was the McDonald who commanded a company of the New Jersey Blues in the French and Indian War?
  • What did the McDonalds have to do with the Pluckemin Continental Artillery Cantonment?
  • Who was the McDonald family ancestor who entertained Gen. George Washington in his home?
  • Who was the woman who saved her husband's life by grabbing the slashing swords of the British soldiers who were trying to kill him as he lay in bed?
  • Who was the McDonald ancestor who was among the very first women to vote in America?
  • Who was the McDonald who helped end slavery in Indiana?
  • Who was the McDonald who married a famous Indiana Supreme Court Justice?
  • What the heck is "McDonald's Annihilator"?
  • Which MacDonald was known as the "Civil War Mayor" of New Brunswick, New Jersey?
  • Which relative of the extended MacDonald family witnessed the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln?
  • Who were the McDonald relations that took part in the Battle of Gettysburg?
  • Which MacDonald barely survived the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918?
  • Which MacDonald family member is credited with naming Tarzana, California?
  • Who were the McDonald descendants present at the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941?
  • Who was the McDonald descendant who landed on Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion in World War II and was involved in the liberation of The Berghof, Hitler's Austrian retreat in Berchtesgaden?
  • Who was the MacDonald who was a machine gun platoon leader at the Battle of the Bulge?
  • Which McDonald descendant was involved in the recovery of astronaut John Glenn and his space capsule Friendship 7?
  • Who was the MacDonald who played piano for Harry James, Frank Sinatra and Doris Day?
  • Who was the Macdonald who was a scene designer for ABC and CBS and worked with Ed Sullivan, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dick Clark?
  • Who is the McDonald who appeared in the film "Bonfire of the Vanities" starring Tom Hanks and Morgan Freeman?
  • What famous movie star is a stepson of a McDonald descendant?
  • Who was the McDonald descendant who cared for 14 German Shepherds over the course of his life?
  • Who is the McDonald descendant who has a library named after him at SUNY Ulster?
  • Who was the McDonald descendant who could play violin while standing on his head?
  • Who is the McDonald descendant who is a music professor at the University of Notre Dame?
  • Who is the McDonald descendant who has his own rock band and has shared the stage with Chuck Berry, Poco, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and members of the Animals, Phish and The E Street Band?
  • Who is the McDonald poet, jazz musician and counselor who lives and works near Paris, France?
  • Who is Old MacDonald who had a farm? (Just kidding.)
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