Hello Again,

Many of us have traced lines back somewhere specific in the United Kingdom
and several of you asked to be updated on interesting DNA study related
developments.  In Great Britain a DNA study has been completed to look at
what today's DNA might have to say about the ancestry of individuals in
England,Wales,Ireland,Scotland,Shetland, the Channel Islands, and whether the
findings with respect to Saxon, Danish and/or Norwegian DNA types in various
places supports generally accepted histories of much, much earlier
migrations.  Among other findings they seem quite surprised that in their
albeit limited and constrained samplings they couldn't find Norwegian DNA
types in Ireland, although the Vikings were said to have "been in charge" in
the Dublin area for a period.

A summary of this study titled "Blood of the Vikings" is at the following BBC
website.  It is eight pages and you have to click the arrow in the bottom
right hand corner of the page to advance through it in order, or click the
links in the little box in the upper left hand corner for each subject.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/genetics_results_01.shtml

Again,  I hope this is of interest (and I don't think this was posted here
before, but I could be wrong, so please accept my apologies).

Best Regards,
Janet (Baugh) Hunter

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