Finnish ancestry in the Forest of Dean? (General)

by Sammi65, Saturday, July 10, 2021, 01:31 (1013 days ago) @ Helenkeenlyside

Interesting! I have just found a DNA cluster of Finnish matches with Mum. I have no known Finnish ancestry, but two illegitimacy 'holes' in my mother's tree - one in FOD and one in Kidderminster. Several of them go back to the same couple: Emanuel Nyman and Vilhelmina Blomerus, so the link is likely through one or both of their lines. Wondering if there could have been an influx of Finns at some stage to FOD and why?