McClintock
McClintock is a surname of Scottish-Irish origin.
Barbara McClintock was an American geneticist who discovered genetic transposition, winning the Nobel Prize in 1983.
The name appears in various fictional contexts, notably as the title character in the 1963 John Wayne western McLintock!
surname
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
family · kinship · bloodline · descendants · forebears · relatives · dynasty · pedigree
ancestry
Family line of descent
heritage · family · kinship · bloodline · descendants · forebears · relatives · dynasty · pedigree · patronymic
Celtic
Of Irish-Welsh descent
Hibernia · emerald · Ulster · emigration · famine · republic · brogue · craic · Erin · diaspora
Highlands
Named elevated regions
Galloway · emigration · diaspora · Mac