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Subject: Re: [DNA] colla uais DNA
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:23:58 EST
In a message dated 11/13/2006 1:24:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
The thing about the name of Somerled is not too
important IMO as his father and grandfather sport
Gaelic names and the use of Norse names among Gaels is
not unknown.
To further complicate matters, it seems fairly clear that Norse chieftains
frequently used two names, a Norse one among themselves, and a foreign name
taken from the group over which they ruled.
Thor Egede-Nissen
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