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Ancestry/Genealogy

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10. My ancestors who ruled the Orkney Islands were Scandinavians.

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 07:57 PM

Oct 2014

Vikings.

So beware of any assumption that those who lived in the Orkneys are Scottish natives.

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sometimes family stories of Indian ancestry are totally wrong [View all] flyingfysh Nov 2013 OP

What it actually reported was "Orcadian" flyingfysh Dec 2013 #3

"Orcadian" seems to be confusing and probably not really accurate Spider Jerusalem Dec 2013 #5

My ancestors who ruled the Orkney Islands were Scandinavians. grasswire Oct 2014 #10

The DNA test pipi_k Dec 2013 #2

the DNA test was cheap flyingfysh Dec 2013 #4

Thanks pipi_k Jan 2014 #7

Arkansas, the Cherokee and African Americans CountAllVotes Dec 2013 #6

I'm the same boat as you shirellg Jan 2014 #8

Yep, as I found out recently pipi_k Sep 2014 #9