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Anthropology

Grasswire2

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2. I have some Orkney Isle ancestry, way back.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue May 25, 2021, 11:36 PM

May 2021

Swedes who came to Scotland and then ruled the Orkney Isles. Sometimes I buy a bottle of beer imported from Orkney Brewery -- Skullsplitter Ale (The man called Skullsplitter is an ancestor of mine).

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Orkney is a prehistoric phenomenon, where Neolithic remains continue to surface [View all] Judi Lynn May 2021 OP

Thanks for this. yonder May 2021 #1

I have some Orkney Isle ancestry, way back. Grasswire2 May 2021 #2