[MR] Atlantia Digest, Vol 233, Issue 13

[Editha filia Rolandi]

This would make sense to me, my DNA is Scandinavian, but I feel that I
belong in Scotland!

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>    1. BBC Reel: Vikings Who Never Left Scotland
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> From: Garth Groff and Sally Sanford <mallardlodge1000 at gmail.com>
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> Noble Friends, Especially Vikings and Scots:
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> Today BBC Reel is hosting a thought-provoking video about the Viking
> invasions of Scotland, particularly Islay, a small island in the Hebrides.
> For centuries Islay residents have identified themselves as Gaelic. Now DNA
> testing and linguistic place-name analysis is shaking this notion, and
> turning accepted history on its head.
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> Many of the Islay "natives" have a hefty load of Scandinavian DNA, which
> suggests that the Vikings didn't just loot and leave. Rather they stayed,
> after wiping out most of the Scottish-Irish residents. Later the Viking
> settlers readopted the Gaelic language, self-identified as Scottish, and
> came to believe they were descended from Gaelic survivors of the Viking
> "raiders".
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> The video runs about eight minutes:
> https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0cbfd0z/why-the-vikings-never-left-scotland
> . Be patient, it sometimes takes a while for the program to load.
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> This makes me wonder about my own Scottish ancestry. The former Britthonic
> kingdom of Strathclyde (west of Glasgow, where my real Napier ancestors
> lived in the 1200s) was also overrun by 9th century Vikings:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Strathclyde . Maybe I should send
> for that DNA test kit after all.  ?
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> Yours Aye,
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> Lord Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge ?
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