What kind of Scottish American are you? Highlander or Lowlander? East or West Coaster? Midwest Jock, Redneck or Hillbilly?
Irish Canadian Ancestors: From Newfoundland to Île de Grâce
Were your Irish Canadian ancestors among the fishermen arriving in Newfoundland in the late 1600s? Or were they one of the hundreds of thousands at Île de Grâce or Quarantine Island who made up 60% of all migrants to Canada between 1825-1845?
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Scottish Canadians were among the first Europeans to arrive. The Kingdom of Scotland established the colony of Nova Scotia in 1621 and among the colonists of New France were Scots traders, merchants, soldiers and farmers- including Abraham Martin dit l’Ecossais, whose name lives on in the famed Plains of Abraham.
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About 99.9% of our DNA is shared with our fellow human beings wherever they live. Our DNA is effectively an instruction manual on how to build us; each is filled with billions of bits of information.
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