Why I am surprised is that it's like a third of a percent of my English heritage. With my research, I haven't found any one with a Scandinavian name, I just can't imagine that 10% would be around for so long if it was from the 700's to 1000's. Then I got to thinking today. My 4th great grandmother had my 3rd great grandmother in Falmouth and I don't have a father listed as she was born on the *other side of the blanket*. Could her father have been a Scandinavian sailor? It might explain the 10% better than from over a 1000's years ago. I guess I am looking for answers and I don't think I will find one any time soon. Just another piece of the puzzle and hopefully one day I can fit that piece in place. Diane in Wisconsin On 10/1/2012 2:45 AM, John C CARBIS wrote: > Good morning Diane > Why be surprised? > Way back in the distance mists of time the Celtic race may well have started in what was then known as the Celtic states in the north of Europe. > With time and the need to expand there was migration into middle Europe and then into the south, the east and also into the west. > In all probability, the migration also moved across what was then nothing more than marsh land that may have separated the modern UK from the Netherlands. > The Vikings and the the Romans did what nothing else did and created the two communities of Cornwell and Wales. > The Picts and the Irish where already in existence many years before this period. > > > As for reading you may wish to start with Nora chadwick's book 'The Celts' > The Celtic World, Aldhouse GreenThe Ancient Celts, B cunliffePrehistoric Europe, B cunliffeThe Atlantic Celts, S JKames > Best regards, John > him in scarlet at chelsea > > >> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:49:36 -0500 >> From: d.tamulion@att.net >> To: cornish@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [CORNISH] DNA surprise >> >> Has anyone had there DNA done and found a surprise like I did. By >> my so called heritage I am half English (grandfather from Cornwall, >> grandmother from Devon) and half Portuguese, with the DNA test, which >> holds true about the Portuguese side of 47% but I have found that I am >> only 36% British. The surprise is that I have 10% Scandinavian in me. >> I have done some reading and need to do more about why the Scandinavian >> is still so strong in my DNA if it was from the 700 to 800's England. I >> would love to hear from any body that has their DNA done and have found >> Scandinavian ancestry along with their British like I did. Or if anyone >> has any suggestions of reading material to find out more about the >> Scandinavian's in England I would welcome it. >> Diane in Wisconsin >> >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

These tests purporting to show that someone is x% American Indian or African are extremely dubious and a waste of money. Completely meaningless would be a test that claimed to show someone was y% Portuguese or British or Scandinavian. All West European lines are throughly churned - though different locations do show certain persistant differences. Joe Flood Administrator, Cornwall Y-DNA Project ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Tamulion" <d.tamulion@att.net> To: <cornish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [CORNISH] DNA surprise > Why I am surprised is that it's like a third of a percent of my English > heritage. With my research, I haven't found any one with a Scandinavian > name, I just can't imagine that 10% would be around for so long if it was > from the 700's to 1000's. Then I got to thinking today. My 4th great > grandmother had my 3rd great grandmother in Falmouth and I don't have a > father listed as she was born on the *other side of the blanket*. Could > her father have been a Scandinavian sailor? It might explain the 10% > better than from over a 1000's years ago. I guess I am looking for > answers and I don't think I will find one any time soon. Just another > piece of the puzzle and hopefully one day I can fit that piece in place. > Diane in Wisconsin > > On 10/1/2012 2:45 AM, John C CARBIS wrote: >> Good morning Diane >> Why be surprised? >> Way back in the distance mists of time the Celtic race may well have >> started in what was then known as the Celtic states in the north of >> Europe. >> With time and the need to expand there was migration into middle Europe >> and then into the south, the east and also into the west. >> In all probability, the migration also moved across what was then nothing >> more than marsh land that may have separated the modern UK from the >> Netherlands. >> The Vikings and the the Romans did what nothing else did and created the >> two communities of Cornwell and Wales. >> The Picts and the Irish where already in existence many years before this >> period. >> >> >> As for reading you may wish to start with Nora chadwick's book 'The >> Celts' >> The Celtic World, Aldhouse GreenThe Ancient Celts, B cunliffePrehistoric >> Europe, B cunliffeThe Atlantic Celts, S JKames >> Best regards, John >> him in scarlet at chelsea >> >> >>> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 05:49:36 -0500 >>> From: d.tamulion@att.net >>> To: cornish@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: [CORNISH] DNA surprise >>> >>> Has anyone had there DNA done and found a surprise like I did. By >>> my so called heritage I am half English (grandfather from Cornwall, >>> grandmother from Devon) and half Portuguese, with the DNA test, which >>> holds true about the Portuguese side of 47% but I have found that I am >>> only 36% British. The surprise is that I have 10% Scandinavian in me. >>> I have done some reading and need to do more about why the Scandinavian >>> is still so strong in my DNA if it was from the 700 to 800's England. I >>> would love to hear from any body that has their DNA done and have found >>> Scandinavian ancestry along with their British like I did. Or if anyone >>> has any suggestions of reading material to find out more about the >>> Scandinavian's in England I would welcome it. >>> Diane in Wisconsin >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to >>> CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject >>> line and body text. If you want, MIME digests, email >>> CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >>> >>> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to >>> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> ------------------------------- >> Subscribe to digest by sending an email to CORNISH-D-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject line and body text. If you want, >> MIME digests, email CORNISH-admin@rootsweb.com. >> >> Unsubscribe from either by sending an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CORNISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > >