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Markoid
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Edited Feb 14, 2017, 17:21
Re: Irish Travellers .
Feb 14, 2017, 17:15
tiompan wrote:
Hope this isn't seen as being too far removed from the general interest here .
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep42187

The upshot of the study is that the Irish travellers are of Irish descent , closely resembling the wider Irish population .
There is no genetic connection to Roma travellers .
The possible dating of the origin of the travellers used two different methods both agreed it was before the Great Famine of 1845-1852 .One method proposed a split approx 1200 yrs ago the other 360 yrs ago .



Excuse me. As a person from both Irish and Scottish stock, you are talking through your arse. We are also from Nordic stock. Shit, I have not heard before.

You really need to get your facts right. Travellers did travel. We even interbred with many cultures. We kept it down though. That's why there is only 5.5 million of us. Bigger brains!
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