Table 2.
Pattern of Lineage Sharing between North Atlantic Islands and Source Populations
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Lineages Shared with(%) |
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| Population | Ka | GaelsOnlyb | ScandinaviansOnlyb | Both | Neither |
| Iceland | 114 | 11.4 (.62) | 7.0 (.38) | 26.3 | 55.3 |
| Orkney | 68 | 16.2 (.65) | 8.8 (.35) | 38.2 | 36.8 |
| Western Isles | 79 | 16.5 (.81) | 3.8 (.19) | 35.4 | 44.3 |
| Isle of Skye | 23 | 30.4 (.78) | 8.7 (.22) | 39.1 | 21.7 |
| NW Scottish coast | 91 | 24.2 (.88) | 3.3 (.12) | 39.6 | 33.0 |
| Scottish Islands | 138 | 18.8 (.74) | 6.5 (.26) | 27.5 | 47.1 |
| North Atlantic islands | 214 | 14.0 (.67) | 7.0 (.33) | 21.0 | 57.9 |
a
K = number of distinct lineages.
b
The number in parentheses represents the proportion of lineages shared exclusively with either the Gaels or Scandinavians out of the total number of exclusively shared lineages.