If you have traveller connections in Scotland, this University of Edinburgh project may be of interest:
Help learn more about the origins of Scottish Gypsy/Travellers
People with at least two grandparents from the Traveller community are being asked to take part in a new genetic study, which aims to shed light on their origins.
The research will provide a unique opportunity to understand how Scottish Travellers relate to Irish Travellers, English Gypsies and Welsh Kale, as well as their settled neighbours. Some 400 people are being invited to join the study (from any of these communities), which will also seek to understand patterns of health – including any genetic risk factors - in the Traveller communities.
Representatives of the community asked researchers at the University of Edinburgh to carry out the study, as there has been no genetic research involving Scottish Travellers.
Everyone who takes part in the University of Edinburgh study will complete an online questionnaire about their health and lifestyle. They will also be asked to return a saliva sample by post, which will be used for genetic analysis by researchers.
People who would like to take part can register their interest by visiting the study website: www.ed.ac.uk/travellergenes.
More details are available on the project webpage. https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2021/study-seeks-to-better-understand-traveller-heritag
(Thanks to Ali MacDonald via the Scottish Genealogy Network)
Chris
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