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Daniel Bradley, the geneticist at Trinity College in Dublin, writes that about one in 50 New Yorkers of European origin -- including men with names like O'Connor, Flynn, Egan, Hynes, O'Reilly and Quinn -- carry the genetic signature linked with Niall and northwestern Ireland. He arrived at that estimate after surveying the Y chromosomes in a genetic database that included New Yorkers. Dr. Bradley was surprised at finding evidence that Niall existed as he would have been to learn that King Arthur had been real. He estimated that two million to three million men worldwide carry the distinctive Y chromosome signature, which he named the I.M.H., for Irish modal haplotype. About one in 50 New Yorkers of European origin including men with names like O'Connor, Flynn, Egan, Hynes, O'Reilly, and Quinn carry the genetic signature linked with Niall and northwestern Ireland, writes Daniel Bradley, the geneticist who conducted the survey with colleagues at Trinity College in Dublin. Dr. Bradley said he was as surprised at finding evidence that Niall existed as he would have been to learn that King Arthur had been real. He estimated that two million to three million men worldwide carry the distinctive Y chromosome signature, which he named the I.M.H., for the Irish modal haplotype. Asked if he himself carried the Niall signature, Dr. Bradley said he did even though tradition holds that Niall captured and enslaved St. Patrick.