Re: [tied] Icelandic genetics.

Interesting."O",is the oldest blood type in the world.They were the
hunters and gatherers.I am an "O" and I have British and Icelandic in my
ancestory!.
Catherine

dvj1uk@... wrote:

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> There might be an interesting blood-group connection here. I once
> read that the Icelanders have the highest occurence of blood-
> group 'O' in Europe, and Irish have the second highest. However the
> British Isles in general, increasing from east to west, (myself
> included), western Norway and Denmark also record a high incidence of
> blood-group 'O'. Further afield this 'O'bloodgroup arc streches into
> Iberia, Italy and even Greece. I'm not sure what all this means but
> maybe someone can expand on this. Incidentally on my one and only
> visit to Iceland I was struck by by how Scandinavian the people
> looked; I wouldn't say they resembled the Scots or the Irish in
> particular.Admittedly this is an unscientific
> generalisation.
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