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DNA Shows Celtic Hero Somerled's Viking Roots
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| 4-26-2005
| Ian Johnson
Posted on 04/26/2005 10:52:12 AM PDT by blam
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posted on
04/26/2005 10:52:21 AM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
So my Norwegian dad & Scottish mom may be in an incestuous relationship?
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posted on
04/26/2005 10:59:25 AM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Can statutory rape charges be pursued on a doc who does abortions on minors without parental consent)
To: blam
It means there was alot of raping going on...
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posted on
04/26/2005 10:59:42 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: blam
Er, yeah.
Huh. Rape, pillage, and plunder (by Vikings and against locals of all nationalalities back then) and enslavement weren't mentioned?
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:02:17 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: blam
And St. Patrick wasn't really Irish... It doesn't really matter.
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:03:30 AM PDT
by
Paradox
("It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."- Robert E. Lee)
To: blam
I thought it had always been known that a large percentage of Scots had Norwegian ancestry.
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:05:35 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: blam
The easiest way to defeat Vikings is to face them in the playoffs.
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:06:58 AM PDT
by
inkling
To: Paradox
"And St. Patrick wasn't really Irish... It doesn't really matter." ...and, there weren't any snakes in Ireland either. The Ice Age would have killed any that were there long ago. So...what was St Patrick chasing out of Ireland. I will suggest...falling comet fragments.
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:08:31 AM PDT
by
blam
To: yarddog; blam
I descended through clan McDonald - the geneology is really clear that they were Norwegian descendants. DNA just confirms what geneologist already knew.
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:21:09 AM PDT
by
colorcountry
(All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They. ...Rudyard Kipling)
To: Scotsman will be Free; Pompah; RobertP; Born Conservative; DGray; madison10; Beowulf9; RMDupree; ...
Celtic Ping list!
Macleod's have professed this for generations. Highlanders are ALL at least part Norse.
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:36:53 AM PDT
by
MacDorcha
(Where Rush dares not tread, there are the Freepers!)
To: Fierce Allegiance
funny how you always tell who your mother is but can never be precisely sure who your father is... (As told by Dougie MacLean, Scottish singer/songwriter/fiddler extraordinaire)
To: MacDorcha
Exactly. This is a big "DUH" - we've all known this for years. (My mom is a MacDonald.)
And "Somerled" is clearly a Norse name on its face, anyhow. Summer wanderer, or something like that.
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:54:10 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Don't forget to ping me when you come across this stuff!
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:54:12 AM PDT
by
MacDorcha
(Where Rush dares not tread, there are the Freepers!)
To: Paradox
And St. Patrick wasn't really Irish... It doesn't really matter. That's a little different, he brought Christianity to the Irish, ie.. he was a missionary.
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:57:17 AM PDT
by
D Rider
To: epluribus_2
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:57:54 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
To: AnAmericanMother
Heh, it's funny how well MacDonalds and Macleod's know Scottish/Irish history.
I talked to a lady who married into being a MacDonald while I was cashering. Without making any other comments about my lineage (I saw her ID... being the casheir and all) I stated "If this were 500 years ago, your husband and I would be after each other's heads."
She INSTANTLY knew I was Scottish. She finally guessed I was a Macleod.
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posted on
04/26/2005 11:58:45 AM PDT
by
MacDorcha
(Where Rush dares not tread, there are the Freepers!)
To: MacDorcha
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:01:02 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(Can statutory rape charges be pursued on a doc who does abortions on minors without parental consent)
To: blam
Hmmm. Does this means that by marrying a Norwegian bride, I'm returning the favor?
My kids are half-Viking and half-Scot (and whatever else), and one of my daughters also married a Scot. That should make for some interesting marital discussions....
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:02:54 PM PDT
by
Dubh_Ghlase
("Every man dies, but not every man truly lives...." Braveheart)
To: inkling
"The easiest way to defeat Vikings is to face them in the playoffs."
lol... yep, seems to work every time!
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:03:54 PM PDT
by
monday
To: MacDorcha
The two prettiest girls in my high school were named McDonald and Campbell. They were also best friends.
I always thought that interesting since the two clans were mortal enemies.
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posted on
04/26/2005 12:04:18 PM PDT
by
yarddog
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