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Offline Daltonator86

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English ancestry in Fife
« on: Thursday 14 March 24 01:13 GMT (UK) »
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?

Offline David Nicoll

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Re: English ancestry in Fife
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 14 September 24 07:45 BST (UK) »
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!
Nicoll, Small - Scotland Dennis - Lincolnshire, Baldwin - Notts. Gordon, Fletcher Deeside

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Re: English ancestry in Fife
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 14 September 24 14:58 BST (UK) »
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.

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