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    1. Big Breakthrough on the DNA of Scottish Clans
    2. Nicholas Penington
    3. At the risk of boring you all with too much DNA information I thought I would post just this one page article on a major breakthrough determined by DNA. If you are a Scot you can now find out if you are a descendant of the Viking Somerled or the Gaelic line of the MacDonalds and their related clans. Somerled had an R1a haplogroup (not R1b) like most Penningtons. It is a very different Y-Chromosome found in Scandinavia and when it is found in the UK especially in a Scottish person it is diagnostic of Viking heritage. Nick. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/articles/norse.htm

    03/23/2004 05:26:35