Does anyone here know anything about the "Orcadian" kits on Gedmatch?

[ltd-jean-pull]

An Orcadian "cousin" has just appeared. One of the kits on this list

http://www.y-str.org/p/hgdp_11.html

matches one of my relatives. The particular segment is one where they have numerous matches though....more than usual.

Are these Orcadian kits living people or historic?

[prairielad]

They are samples from living people who live and ancestors lived in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.

Depending on segment sizes, segment may be a reflection of ancestral group rather then recent ancestor in a genealogical timeframe.