@morangles @Archatgs slow but fascinating, esp in its political dimensions!
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@caitlinrgreen I think Red Head, or red haired, means blond too. because Danes are blond more than really red haired.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@caitlinrgreen are really English family names end with -son from Scandinavian origin?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@caitlinrgreen Did Vikings or Scandinavians settle massively in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex & Kent? South to Lincolnshire :) -
@Archatgs Names of Scand origin often thought to show areas of settlement, tho' this debated: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kroch/scand/viking-slides12.jpg …pic.twitter.com/H5lBggnmKL
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@caitlinrgreen Many thanks, great map really,it shows so massive Vikings settlement in Lincolnshire, does this fact reflect in family names? -
@Archatgs Not so much, but family names date from much later than the Viking era
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@caitlinrgreen I don't believe suffix -son in the surnames indicates Viking origin, I trust family oral traditions not modern explanation -
@caitlinrgreen there some people says that suffix -son high in NE England because Vikings settlement. but I don't think so, bc Mac/Mc is > -
@caitlinrgreen >the Scottish equivalent, and Fitz in Ireland, there are equivalents to it in many languages & cultures. -
@Archatgs it reflects some aspect of linguistic inheritance though, eg P & Q Celtic/map & mac etc, no?
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@caitlinrgreen Thanks Caitlin, I believe that DNA studies cannot show the real size of Vikings (Scandinavians) migration to GB bc few> -
@caitlinrgreen >haplogroups are distinctive to Scandinavian countries, the rest spread in Britain, Germany & Benelux.
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