I use to listen to the “old folks” talk about how we settled in Louisiana, by way of France, in the late 1500s. Now I am one of the old folks and I don’t know squat. I thought that maybe Jane Gallion could straighten out things.
I found this interesting, you may too.
Something You Didn't Know About Cajuns (Ilenos, Canary Islands)
I checked my DNA and here are the results:
* yDNA (Male) = R1b - Norwegian by way of Ireland. (Maybe a Viking?)
* mtDNA (Female) = 'V' - Skolt Sami from Finland.
We've always considered ourselves Irish.