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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
61 of 66  Wed 31st Jul 2024 1:46pm  

Oh the hours spent at archive offices scanning for past records & clues. Well, hello Sister Anne.
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
62 of 66  Wed 31st Jul 2024 3:26pm  

On 30th Jul 2024 8:25pm, Annewiggy said: My DNA says I am 71% English, 16% German, 10% Swedish and Denmark and 3% Irish. Having done my family tree I think the foreign bit must be a long way back, perhaps I came over with the Vikings ! I am willing to have a go at anyone's family tree !
Hey, our ancestors might have come over on the same longboat, Anne! I did my DNA last year, and am 15% Scandinavian. There's a region on the north coast of Norway named Orland, which got us wondering if that name came over from there? It hasn't made me particularly enjoy freezing cold weather though!
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Helen F
Warrington
63 of 66  Wed 31st Jul 2024 4:14pm  

Maybe your ancestors didn't like the cold either and that's why they relocated? Big grin For dating purposes, they have trouble telling Viking invasion DNA from Norman invasion DNA because the Normans were also Vikings. In addition, Viking armies weren't pure and picked up willing members as they went along eg Eadric Streona (who was Ealdorman of Mercia, son in law of king Aethelred the Unready) and Northman, (who was Leofric's older brother).
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Annewiggy
Tamworth
64 of 66  Wed 31st Jul 2024 4:55pm  

That may answer one of my questions Helen. I have traced one branch of my family back to Normandy through the Sacheverel Family. I have also read that Yardley was once Gelderlay who also came over with William the Conquerer, although my DNA does not show any French ancestry.
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Helen F
Warrington
65 of 66  Wed 31st Jul 2024 5:03pm  

Some people may have known it for ages but I only found out relatively recently. Norman comes from Nortmanni meaning "Northmen". Similarly Norsemen. They got about.
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
66 of 66  Sun 15th Sep 2024 7:49pm  

On 31st Jul 2024 4:14pm, Helen F said: Maybe your ancestors didn't like the cold either and that's why they relocated? Big grin For dating purposes, they have trouble telling Viking invasion DNA from Norman invasion DNA because the Normans were also Vikings. In addition, Viking armies weren't pure and picked up willing members as they went along eg Eadric Streona (who was Ealdorman of Mercia, son in law of king Aethelred the Unready) and Northman, (who was Leofric's older brother).
Having now researched the Norwegian area of Orland online, I realise that their name changed and developed in more recent centuries, long after our name was already in use in Leicestershire in the 1500s. So, sadly it appears that we're not named after a Norwegian territory after all. Oh well.
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