Since Rollo was not the lone Norse settler in Northern France, but one of an entire army, don't blame him for transporting all the Danish DNA there. I would also suggest that the several Viking armies that traversed Northern France (in fact they besieged Paris at one time) also left samples of their DNA behind. The same with Scotland, since armies of Vikings traversed pretty much all of Scotland at one time or another. Referring to my previous post about the Danelaw, York was capital of a kingdom founded by the same Vikings who ruled the Viking Kingdom of Dublin. The armies of the various claimants to these thrones traversed Galloway a number of times, doubtless leaving DNA samples behind each time. David Rorer > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Burns [mailto:rburns001@hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:21 PM > To: SCOT-DNA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [SCOT-DNA] Fundamental queries > > Hi all, > > I1a lineage in northern France! Would that be from Rolo the Viking who > settled northern France after taking the area from those Franks and Gauls > who lived there then? And this would be the Normandy area that the French > Normans came from who took over England with the Norman invasion of England, > who eventually put William of Normandy (a decendent of Charlimagne) on the > English throne, starting the Plantaginate ruler line of England? > > Rich Burns >

I don't recall the name, but I do recall seeing a program on the History Channel last year that had a small segment on ancient Viking trade routes. It would appear that they got around much more than I thought that they had. They made it all the way up the Volga, the Mediterranean, around Africa, and it was suggested that they even got to India and possibly beyond. As for North America - Columbus was just a commercial hack with greedy backers who got more publicity than our Viking ancestors who certainly were here long before old Chris was even a glint in his father's eye. Cliff. Johnston "May the best you've ever seen, Be the worst you'll ever see;" from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Rorer" <drorer@fuse.net> To: <SCOT-DNA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 11:17 AM Subject: RE: [SCOT-DNA] Fundamental queries > > Since Rollo was not the lone Norse settler in Northern France, but one of > an > entire army, don't blame him for transporting all the Danish DNA there. I > would > also suggest that the several Viking armies that traversed Northern France > (in > fact they besieged Paris at one time) also left samples of their DNA > behind. > The same with Scotland, since armies of Vikings traversed pretty much all > of > Scotland at one time or another. > Referring to my previous post about the Danelaw, York was capital of a > kingdom > founded by the same Vikings who ruled the Viking Kingdom of Dublin. The > armies > of the various claimants to these thrones traversed Galloway a number of > times, > doubtless leaving DNA samples behind each time. > David Rorer > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Richard Burns [mailto:rburns001@hotmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:21 PM >> To: SCOT-DNA-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: RE: [SCOT-DNA] Fundamental queries >> >> Hi all, >> >> I1a lineage in northern France! Would that be from Rolo the Viking who >> settled northern France after taking the area from those Franks and Gauls >> who lived there then? And this would be the Normandy area that the >> French >> Normans came from who took over England with the Norman invasion of >> England, >> who eventually put William of Normandy (a decendent of Charlimagne) on >> the >> English throne, starting the Plantaginate ruler line of England? >> >> Rich Burns >> > > > > > ==== SCOT-DNA Mailing List ==== > Subscription and posting to the Scot-DNA list does not necessarily > indicate the poster is a participant in any DNA project. This list > is also for those interested in the subject, not just participating > in a project. > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx