Who are the irish travelers?

[jmrf4435]

Genetic analysis says they have Irish blood as well as Scandinavian blood from the North.

But research has yielded conflicting result in terms of their origin.

Who the heck are these people?

Billy joe and Fury look as celtic as they come. Was it just a group of Irish people that decided to live differently?

[Boxing42]

Billy joe is Romani apparently his ancestors are from northern India

[jmrf4435]

Billy joe is Romani apparently his ancestors are from northern India

pfffff I understand they claim to be romani, but none of the genetic analysis confirm that.

Wikipedia even said they have more viking blood than indian or some other distant ethnic group

[Tankdestroyer]

Were they olive skinned?

[jmrf4435]

Were they olive skinned?

Not really. Though they did find some genetic differences from the rest of the irish population.

[oscar9992]

People native to Ireland who has travelling nomadic lifestyle... They have no relations with Romani Gypsies who came from India.

[Sun_Tzu]

People native to Ireland who has travelling nomadic lifestyle... They have no relations with Romani Gypsies who came from India.

Well at the risk of showing my ignorance I always thought Gypsies were from Romania and surrounding areas, crazy.

[jmrf4435]

Well at the risk of showing my ignorance I always thought Gypsies were from Romania and surrounding areas, crazy.

It's a really interesting subject actually. Most reports are conflicting on the roma origin in europe.

Some people think north africa, perhaps

[BodiesInFlight]

your avatar has been heavily photoshopped.

[Sun_Tzu]

your avatar has been heavily photoshopped.

It is but the original is wonderful too.