In the interest of sharing freely, a Paul Carr shared an item with another
list I am on, and I thought this group, if any, might be particularly
interested in the research he happened across. If any of us are strongly
interested, we could probably find out more/confirm the research findings by
tracking down the researchers mentioned below. I don't recall us talking
specifically about Sinclair "first presence" on Iceland, but I would bet that
someone within our group has thought about it.
His message:
This may be of interest to some:
(from the Irish Professional newsletter)
RESEARCH INTO GAELIC PRESENCE IN ICELAND
- Research carried out by Icelander Agnar Helgason, in conjunction with
genetic anthropologist Dr Dan Bradley of Trinity College, has confirmed a
strong Gaelic presence in the first settlement of Iceland. Using the Y
chromosome in the case of male ancestry and the mitocondrial DNA in the
female, it has been possible to support the proposition that, while most
of the male population involved in the settlement of Iceland were of
Scandinavian origin, the majority of females had Gaelic ancestry, coming
from either Ireland or Scotland.
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