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McDonald, O'Connor
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January 20, 2013 5:14 pm
(@mrafee)
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What is that Mc in McDonald or the O' in O'Connor?
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January 20, 2013 8:26 pm
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While these have become unchanging names in English, these prefixes of Names of Irish origin indicated sncestry. Mc indicated "son of" and O indicated "grandson of."
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May 10, 2013 12:19 am
(@anma)
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More, generally, it's a surname prefix
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