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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Fife => Topic started by: Daltonator86 on Thursday 14 March 24 01:13 GMT (UK)
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Hello there. This is more of a 'general' query rather than anything specific in relation to my own family; according to DNA tests, eastern Scotland actually bears a lot of genetic overlap with England, even though there was (apparently) no Anglo-Saxon presence in Scotland save for the south-east. However, apparently there was some migration from SE England to Scotland as a result of the development of the Royal Burghs and the economic pull of said factor; sources vary but it appears the majority of English incomers moved to Fife/Angus. The question relates to how 'significant' this was? It obviously wasn't a particularly small amount. How many of you from Fife bear 'English' ancestors yourselves?
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Perhaps a different way of looking at it would be that a lot of Fifers went to England.
DNA origins are a best guess from reported origins and seem to be adjusted seasonally!
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Well one of my sons from Cornwall met and married a Fife girl in Fife and still lives there
My godmother was born 1885 . In Paddington. Her grandfather , one James Donnet, born 1830 in Carnbee Fife. walked from Carnbee to London . He was a baker.
(Expect he got some carter's lifts on the way...it took some days.).sometime in the1850 he
setup a bakery in Hereford Rd Paddington
The house is still there. The bakery was in the base basement .The family lived on the upper floors.
Iast time I looked it was an Indian restaurant .
So folk were shifting to and from Fife throughout the generations.
Now in 2024, I would think the moves would only one way...From London to Fife.