Sounds like their Viking "wives" refused to go so they had to go "collect"
some women from Ireland and Scotland to take along.
Laurel
----- Original Message -----
From: <CMelahn@aol.com>
To: <sinclair@matrix.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 7:38 AM
Subject: First Settlers --Iceland
> 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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