I agree Micheal. The northern half of England appears to have been the home
of our Cooleys for at least 500 years before coming to Colonial America.
Before living in England they may of been in Scotland, but for sure (based
on our Y-DNA SNPs) they once lived for a very long time
in Scandinavia (most likely in what is now Norway). Our distant Cooley
ancestors may have come with the Vikings to the British Isles, but I think
they probably came before them. (People came to the British Isles from
Scandinavia for thousands of years, not just during the Viking Age 700 AD
to 1100 AD.)
-Don
On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
wrote:
> It occurs to me that although we don't know who the most recent common
> ancestor is between our line and the Hackett line or just when and where
> he lived, we can be even more certain than ever that John's roots were in
> England. In other words, it's another nail in the Dutch Cole coffin.
>
> -Michael
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