Genealogy Chat

Even though i have been researching well over 20 years - I couldn't get out side of the South of England for my tree.
Started on my husbands - hit a match with someone on Genes & near enough ended up in 1066 (all verified over a couple of years) .

So decided to do the Ancestry test for us both - when it came back I actually thought we had mixed up the names as his had a lot of South East England & Scandinavia and mine was a fair bit of Europe, Scotland,Ireland & little bit of southern England.

Then a very close cousin in Canada (of my husband) did hers & they matched so we knew his was the right one.

Since then I managed to get a contact and a DNA link match & found a lot of Scottish/Irish info for my tree. So I have a good belief in the DNA tests. Looking forward to finding the European connections now too.

If you can afford to do it I would give it a go. - it certainly gave us both a surprise.

In reply to SylvailnCanada - His mother was overjoyed to have found him again after over 50 years of being apart. She had married (her husband is deceased) and she had three further children, two of whom had died one in childhood the other in her 20's. Her daughter was aware that her mother had a child before marriage so it didn't come as a shock.

Susan ...........

it's good to hear that!

Not all attempts work out so well.

Tabitha - did you know this about William the Conqueror?

"William and other Normans descended from Scandinavian invaders. William’s great-great-great-grandfather, Rollo, pillaged northern France with fellow Viking raiders in the late ninth and early 10th centuries, eventually accepting his own territory (Normandy, named for the Norsemen who controlled it) in exchange for peace."

Perhaps that's where the Scandinavian DNA comes from?

The Vikings had also over-wintered on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. No doubt they amused themselves with the local ladies. ;-)

Thank you for the info - I knew some as i traced it back a bit further with my husbands cousin & was looking up the Scandinavian side. Didn't know that about Sheppey. some of mine are from that area - perhaps thats where i find my 2% Scandinavian DNA from. May end up with part Viking too. I also have a link with the Orkneys & York and the Vikings were there too.

The Joy of finding the DNA was correct - even that far back it was 18% on my husband & his fathers side too.

The first Bedingfield alias Ogerus De Pugeys. He was of Norman descent his forefathers settled in Normandy, France along with King Rolo of Norway. Rolo was a Viking leader of the principality of Normandy. The King of France gave Rolo the land of Normandy in an agreement to end the looting of France and to help the King of France from other Vikings attacking France. Ogerus de Pugeys was a Knight in Lords Malet's court.
Because Ogerus de Pugeys fought bravely alongside with Lord Malet in the battle in 1066 he was given land in Suffolk, England in an area known as Bedyngfelda. It was a pasture or meadow that was primarily used for the grazing of sheep. The son of Ogerus was given the duty of caretaker for the second William Malet of Honor of Eye in Suffolk, England. Ogerus de Pugeys was given the title of Sir Knight Ogerus de Pugeys of Bedyngfelda. The name was later changed to Bedyngfelda and the de Pugoy was dropped. The name was later changed to Bedingfield. Most of the information came from the Battle Roll of Abbey, Domesday Book and other books by John Bernard Burk.