Re: Asian migration to Scandinavia

----- Original Message ----
From: Andrew Jarrette <anjarrette@...>
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 6:37:57 PM
Subject: [tied] Re: Asian migration to Scandinavia

--- In cybalist@... s.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@ ...> wrote:
> their own in Iceland. For what it's worth.
>
> KE
> That kind of counter-factualism take guts, especially considering
the detailed genealogies of the Icelanders, which are so detailed that
they also work for Scottish and Norman genealogy. The Icelandic
genealogies all go back to Norway, where many were on the losing side
of the struggles for the consolidation of Norway under one king.
Before that, some of the lines go to Sweden and Denmark, but that's as
far afield as they go.

Excuse me, but just what do you mean by "so detailed that they also
"work for" Scottish and Norman genealogy?" I have significant
Scottish background in my ancestry, but I've never heard of it being
apparently the same as Icelandic ancestry (or related to or influenced
by, or whatever "work for" is here intended to mean).

With serious intent,

Andrew

I didn't say it works for all. They do however work for many of the West Highland Clans such as Macdonald, mac Alasdair, Mac Leod, etc. and for Lowland families of Norman descent such as Bruce and Stewart. Many of the Icelandic genealogies go back to the Orkneys and Shetlands, which is where most split from the families that went to Normandy and the Isle of Man. Thanks to those Icelandic genealogies, Scots and Norman families who can trace their ancestry to the Orkneys and Shetlands or Isle of Man can then trace their ancestry farther back.

So if you can trace your ancestry back to say King Orry of Man or William the Conqueror, both of whom had known ancestors in the Shetlands/Orkney Islands, the Icelandic genealogies take them back, in most cases, to Western Norway and from there to myth-history --e.g. to Ingjald Illrada, Harald Blotanda, etc. all the back to Odin, making you Torsten distant cousin.