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Subject: Re: [DNA] Possible AMH Jewish Migrations to England and Scotland
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 13:45:12 EDT


Roberta and DNA listers,
That is how Don Yates and I moved our research 'back' to Scotland . We
traced some of the Melungeon families back to Scotland and Northern Ireland and
that gave us the idea that maybe they had not changed their names, as had been
proposed by some. We developed the hypothesis that their surnames were
accurate, but that they had not oriiginated in the British Isles, but rather had
migrated there during the past 900 to 500 years and maintained some of their
Judaic religious practices.
Incidentally the Clan Davidson includes several sept surnames that are
variations of the name David; these include Davies, Davis, Daoud, Dowd, Dowie,
Dovie, Dawes, and Dodd. These are all variations of the Hebrew/Arabic form of
David, which is Dauod.
If our hypothesis is correct, then folks descending from the clans listed
in the earlier post should match at least some of those in later Sephardic
migrations. For example, we would expect to see matches in places where
Portuguese and Spanish colonists (which often included Converso Jews) settled -- for
example, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Texas, New Orleans, Puerto Rico,
Cuba, and the Phillipines. All the best, Beth


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