I have a Macbook and an external display that will not connect.

I bought a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adaptor from Apple but the Detect Displays under system set up does not recognize my external display. The Mini Display port doesn't fit into the port on my Macbook with the Display printed above it but into "Y" port. The picture on the package for the adaptor matches the ends of the adaptor, but they don't seem to fit where they should.
Is that the issue or is there something else?

Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
Thank you. I didn't know where to look for that information.

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