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General => Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing => Topic started by: hdw on Saturday 18 January 20 14:07 GMT (UK)

Title: Orcadians and Shetlanders wanted!
Post by: hdw on Saturday 18 January 20 14:07 GMT (UK)
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/descendants-of-vikings-from-orkney-or-shetland-wanted-for-genetic-study-1-5076982

Harry
Title: Re: Orcadians and Shetlanders wanted!
Post by: Mowsehowse on Saturday 18 January 20 14:17 GMT (UK)
QUOTE:
"The study is not limited to people who currently live in Orkney or Shetland. Those who are part of the global Northern Isles diaspora can also take part. There are significant numbers of diaspora from the Northern Isles to be living in Saskatchewan, Canada; Chicago, USA; and Dunedin, New Zealand, among many other parts of the world."
Title: Re: Orcadians and Shetlanders wanted!
Post by: Mowsehowse on Saturday 18 January 20 14:21 GMT (UK)
I'm wondering if it might be a good ploy to put the link on the Shetland and Orkney boards as well?
Title: Re: Orcadians and Shetlanders wanted!
Post by: melba_schmelba on Saturday 18 January 20 16:51 GMT (UK)
Quote from: hdw on Saturday 18 January 20 14:07 GMT (UK)
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/descendants-of-vikings-from-orkney-or-shetland-wanted-for-genetic-study-1-5076982

Harry
Page seems to be subscriber only.
Title: Re: Orcadians and Shetlanders wanted!
Post by: BumbleB on Saturday 18 January 20 18:06 GMT (UK)
Try this then

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-51135287
Title: Re: Orcadians and Shetlanders wanted!
Post by: melba_schmelba on Sunday 19 January 20 11:42 GMT (UK)
Quote from: BumbleB on Saturday 18 January 20 18:06 GMT (UK)
Try this then

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-51135287
Thanks Bumble. So you need at least two grandparents from the Shetlands or Orkneys, and you can live anywhere in the world.
Title: Re: Orcadians and Shetlanders wanted!
Post by: JACK GEE on Tuesday 07 July 20 00:53 BST (UK)
Hi all,
Anyone in this group with the surnames of Cecil, Gilbert, Harris, Word, Webb, Howells, Hyatt, Parry, Thomas, that have had their DNA tests completed please contact me thru this forum. I am part of the William Cecil - Lord Burghley DNA Project and we are looking to expand our pool of knowledge. Especially with a Norse background.

Cheers
jack Gee