My ancestors come from the western Highlands, and from the Isles. My father's mob came directly from Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. Although most of us are dark and craggy looking Celts, we have a good number of fair-haired and blue-eyed kinfolk. GaryJ MATT MARINER BROZE wrote: > I forwarded the info on "Scot free" to my brother who is a history buff. > > He wrote back: > That's an interesting take on it. In fact much of the culture of Scotland, > primarily the Western Isles (including Islay) was greatly influenced by the > invasions, settlement and later admixture with the Norse tribes following > circa the 9th century AD. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Dec 08 2009 - 16:51:45 PST
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