Historical and DNA records indicate that around 60 to 80 percent of the male settlers were of Norse origin (primarily from Western Norway) and a similar percentage of the women were of Gaelic stock from Ireland and peripheral Scotland.
Os rexistros de ADN e históricos sinalan que arredor do 60 ou 80% dos colonos eran de orixe nórdica (principalmente do oeste de Noruega) e o resto son de orixe celta, de Irlanda e Escocia.