DNA Testing: Skaggs as One Big Happy Family?

I've been searching the Internet for genetic haplogroup results from Skaggs DNA testing, looking for Skaggs, Scaggs, Skeggs, Staggs, etc. thinking that perhaps all came from the same Y-chromosome haplogroup.  You can look up what a haplogroup is for yourself, but basically it's a big extended family that has the same Y-chromosome mutation.  The Y-chromosome is very stable so these mutations don't occur very often and a haplogroup can be stable for thousands of years.  That's how these testing services can say your cousin Bubba is related to Atilla the Hun, besides his table manners.  My theory has been that the Skaggs are all from the same haplogroup.

Famous Skaggs: The Real-Life Maverick Brothers

Remember the Maverick brothers from 1960s TV?  Bret and Bart Maverick were brothers in the Old West who were constantly getting into and out of trouble, usually involving money, women or both.  Well, there were two Skaggs brothers, E.M. and E.H., that were a lot like these guys in the same time period.

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