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From: "Peter A. Kincaid" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] William Wallace
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:15:31 -0300
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The theory you were referring to was that the Wallaces were
as you put it "from Wales." More specifically this theory is
that the Wallaces came from the Shopshire area with the
Stewarts. Shropshire is not actually in Wales so one would
presume that the thinking was that he was from the closest
part. This is as opposed to the other thinking that the Wallaces
were native to the area they inhabited by the time of William
Wallace (ie. that they were originally Strathclyde Britons).

Peter




----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg W. Moore" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] William Wallace


> No - one would not - and the reason is that we, as I think, have no idea
> about which part of Wales he might have come from - if (!!) from Wales at
> all ... That is why people say the "key word" Wales to mean the whole
> area which is now called Wales ... Greg
>
>
>
>
> "Peter A. Kincaid" <> wrote:
> In that case one would talk in terms of Gwynedd, Powys, etc. and
> not Wales. It was not until the time of Edward I that Wales was
> under the complete control of the English (as they came to be known).
> On the other hand the Wallace name is found in the Strathclyde area
> long before then.
>
> Peter
>

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