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Ancestry/Genealogy

dflprincess

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7. Vikings did invade Ireland

Reply to LeftInTX (Original post)

Sun Nov 19, 2017, 09:57 PM

Nov 2017

and Dublin was originally a Viking settlement. That could explain the 3% Scandinavian.

I was surprised by the trace of the Iberian peninsula that was found in me and my maternal cousins. Otherwise it was as I had expected, Irish, Scandinavian and British Isles.

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Interesting DNA results Scots, Irish, Brit - North Carolina/Georgia [View all] LeftInTX Nov 2017 OP

I would suggest cyclonefence Nov 2017 #1

Yes... mine was similar radical noodle Nov 2017 #2

The "British Isles" part of my family has been her quite awhile LeftInTX Nov 2017 #4

BTW... not many of mine lived in the south radical noodle Nov 2017 #3

FTDNA seems to underestimate British Isles, as mine turned out too low also wishstar Nov 2017 #5

I did GedMatch and got some interesting results LeftInTX Dec 2017 #10

A lot of European Protestants were allowed to settle in the Carolinas csziggy Nov 2017 #6

Vikings did invade Ireland dflprincess Nov 2017 #7

did you have traces of Iberian and Greek/Italian or just Iberian dlwickham Jan 2018 #11

Just a trace of Iberian dflprincess Jan 2018 #12

they had Scandinavian, Greek/Italian, and Iberian dlwickham Jan 2018 #13

I uploaded my DNA to Gedmatch - and now I think I know why LeftInTX Nov 2017 #8

I tested with Ancestry Spider Jerusalem Dec 2017 #9

my mom and my sister did ancestry too dlwickham Jan 2018 #14