The descendants of King Brian Boru were known as the Uí Briain (O’Brien) clan, hence the surnames Ó Briain, O’Brien, O’Brian etc. O was originally Ó which in turn came from Ua, which means ‘grandson or descendant’ (of a named person). The O’Brien Clan are ranked as one of the chief dynastic families of Ireland.
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The Y-DNA of the O’Brien Clan is:
R-P312 > Z290 > L21 > DF13 > ZZ10 > Z253 > BY25450 > FGC5618 > L226 > FGC5629
The O’Brien Clan are a member of the Irish Type III Cluster within L226 SNP: