As a direct descendant of this line, allow me to give my input :
Disclaimer : I do not know anything about genealogy. I am not a history buff. I am not a big fan of irish mythology and have never studied it. I have always been a christian and i have always been up in the air about if the bible is literal or figurative.
I am also a very driven and observant person who uses logic and reason to come to correct conclusions.
Also, I had never heard of Niall, and don't personally care if people say he's fake. There is no biased.
That being said, Niall shows as my 45th Great Grandfather. Just not correctly. I have found the direct paternal link throughout my family to the first man.
The direct paternal link doesn't show on geni, because they won't acknowledge that Marcus Robertson, my Great great great Grandfather, was born to Chief Justice George Robertson or one of his sons, if you fix that chain in the link then it shows from Niall to me descendant by descendant, through the line of Duncan I.
But the indirect way, going through my great great great grandmother's side still shows, and ends up at the same result. I have no personal biased in wanting it right, it already shows the heritage, I just want it to be correct.
All that being said, I traced my lineage, father by father to Niall, therefore, Niall exist. He's my Grandpa.
Now, on to the rest of the story.
Even though I didn't know anything at all about Irish history or "mythology", when I kept tracing the line of my ancestors, using ancestry.com and logic, it just keeps going all the way back, and gives a recorded timeline, generation by generation of the history of Ireland and then back into the days of the bible!
Now, because I have connected to geni, a lot of major kings throughout history show up as my grandfathers.
I believe that the High Kings of Ireland where real people. My strongest evidence is this :
To create a timeline of any type of Royal Family going backwards would be impossible.
However, that's what the Royal pedigree is, a timeline of exactly who was born, even keeping track of the cousins through the Earl system.
They couldn't have made it up, because it includes too many relatives, and the relatives it includes are the people who are recognized throughout the history of this area.
You can't just read the lineage they provided through history , and accept what you want out of it.
Either you throw out the whole book and say "We don't believe any of these people, anything over 200 years is a no go" , or you believe everything they say.
That's logical.
That being said, I highly highly highly believe this page should be merged with the "fiction" page, so that the lineage continues to show.
You
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Chester Dale Robertson
your father
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Lieford Fenimore Robertson
his father
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Adelaide Belle Robertson
his mother
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Sarah Ellen Barnes
her mother
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Elias Sudduth
her father
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Elias Sudduth
his father
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Benjamin Sudduth
his father
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Dinah or Diana Sudduth
his mother
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Sarah Deane
her mother
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Samuel Williams
her father
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Frances Williams
his mother
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Jane Deighton
her mother
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Isabel ‘Elizabeth’ Davies
her mother
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Elizabeth Lygon
her mother
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Elizabeth Porter
her mother
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Anne Dennis
her mother
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Maurice Berkeley
her father
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Lady Isabelle Berkeley
his mother
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Elizabeth FitzAlan, Duchess of Norfolk
her mother
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Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel
her mother
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Elizabeth de Badlesmere, Countess of Northampton
her mother
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Margaret de Clare, Baroness of Badlesmere
her mother
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Juliane FitzMaurice
her mother
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Maurice FitzMaurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly, Justiciar of Ireland
her father
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Maurice FitzGerald, 2nd Lord of Offaly
his father
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Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly
his father
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Alice de Montgomery
his mother
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Lafracoth ingen Muiredaig Ó Briain
her mother
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Muirchertach Mac Toirdelbach Mor Ua Briain, High King of Ireland
her father
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Derborgaill ingen Taidg O'Caellaide
his mother
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Taidhg Mac Gilla Patraic
her father
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Gilla Pátraic mac Donnchada, king of Osraige
his father
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Aífe ingen Fáeláin
his mother
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Faelan Mac Cormac
her father
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Gormlaith Ingen Flann Sinna
his mother
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Gormlaith ingen Flainn mac Conaing, Princess of Brega
her mother
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Flann Mac Conaing, King of Brega
her father
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Conaing MacConGalach
his father
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Congalach MacConaing, King of Bregh
his father
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Cona(i)ng MacAlmagada, King of Bregh
his father
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Amalgaid MacCongalaich
his father
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Congalach MacAeda Slaine
his father
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Aed Slaine MacDiarmata, 141st Monarch of Ireland, High King of Ireland
his father
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Diarmait Derg mac Fergus Cerbaill O'Néill, High King of Ireland
his father
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Fergus Cerrbel mac Conall Cremthainn
his father
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Conall Cremthainn mac Néill
his father
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Niall of the Nine Hostages, King of the Connachta
his father
