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Romany Ancestry

A lot of people in the UK put all Gypsies and travelers in the same category. When in actuality we are separate ethnicities. Travelers come from the UK where as Romani Gypsies originated in India. They left via the north of India around 1300 years ago. They then migrated throughout the world, largely landing in Europe. There are several types of Roma, some are: Romanichal, Kale, Manush, Sinti, Zingari, Ashkali, Gitano, Kalderash and so many more. Most Roma came to England around the 15th century, but there was DNA evidence that the earliest Roma in England was a slave who's remains go back to the 12th century.

I have been working on my family tree for around 15 years, in 2020 myself, my mother, father, grandmother, first cousins and aunt decided to do our DNA. Some of the results are below.

We do have our own language, Rromanes, which is based on Sanskrit.

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