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From: Doug McDonald <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] DNA shows Celtic hero Somerled's Viking roots
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:44:02 -0500
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Raymond Whritenour wrote:
> And see how carelessly this result is interpreted! Somerled may have
> been 90% "Celtic," but because of his male-line signature, he's somehow
> considered "Viking."

Somerled himself has unknown ancestry.

But his wife, and mother of his children with paper trails,
Ragnhilda, was mostly Scandinavian, with some Irish, Scottish,
Danish, Ukranian and Polish ancestry.

Doug McDonald

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