¿ªÔÆÌåÓýThere are still a HUGE number of haplogroups to discover for males in Norway during the 1500¡¯s. Almost daily I check the on FTDNA to see if a particular person from that era is noted as a MDKA for someone who tested.? Sometimes I¡¯m lucky and find them, either proving or disproving a theory. Most of the time I don¡¯t. ? I don¡¯t know if as much as 20% of Norway¡¯s current population is immigrant families. But definitions matter: If my 11th great-grandfather came from Scotland in the 1400¡¯s (a possibility), are not all of his descendants part of an immigrant family?? I¡¯m guessing you mean recent immigrants. ? Of more import to what you¡¯re interested in perhaps is that a very significant (I heard 20%) part of the population in Western Norway is only 60-80% Norwegian with 20-40% from British Isles or Europe. ? I have just a tiny block of 2 SNPs to break up that happened in the 1500-mid-1600¡¯s timeframe. I don¡¯t have the advantage of ¡°surnames¡± to help find folks to test---by looking at property records and legal events, I try to identify candidate brothers, fathers, uncles of my MDKA and see if any lines may have survived.? I did this to find a 7th cousin 1x removed to test, proving MRCA for us with an ancestor born in 1654. It could be there are no more surviving lines between 1654 and 1500. We know there are many surviving lines beyond this in the 1400¡¯s. Most likely I have to wait until someone tests and then see where the family trees point. ? Good luck. ? ? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A321son via groups.io ? Thank you Dr. Iain McDonald for your input.? Just to be clear there are a couple of points perhaps misunderstood that I want to be clear about. Thanks again for your input. |
