Skaggs Family Groups

Since a limited amount of DNA testing has indicated that there are two or more distinct Skaggs families in the United States I have decided to try and separate the known Skaggs families into groups so that when DNA results come in we know which family we are talking about.  Here goes:

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.

The Safeway Skaggs: Where did they come from?

A branch of the Skaggs family founded the Safeway family of stores, with names like Osco, Albertsons and Longs Drugs.  Sam Skaggs donated $100 million to the Scripps Research Institute. You can read about the family here and their genealogy here.  M. B. Skaggs was the first President of Skaggs United Stores.  It has been thought by many genealogists that the Safeway Skaggs family goes back to a James C. Skaggs who served during the Revolutionary War.  Could be, but I'm not so sure.

Famous Skaggs: Boz Scaggs

If you followed rock music back in the 1970s you will remember Boz Scaggs, with songs like Lido Shuffle and Lowdown.  He was born William Royce Scaggs in 1944.  

Here is his genealogical pedigree: