From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 59969
Date: 2008-09-11
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From: Rick McCallister
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
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.Recent Activity
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It works for some French people too !
Arnaud