This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KEA, KEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cc.2ADI/690 Message Board Post: For those interested; the South Carolina Kea family modal haplotype most likely originated in Denmark, NWE and spread to the British Isles during the Viking raids which began in 793CE.