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    Here's the one Polish connection that I find compelling:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Klementyna_Sobieska

    There are also a lot of transplanted Poles that ended up in Scotland as a result of the Second WSorld War.

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    There were a lot of very good Polish Pilots based all over the UK during WW11, you will also find that lot of people of German descent in the Ayrshire area, this is because a lot of U boats were kept at loch ryan and tended by German sailors many fo whom settled in Scotland,



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    Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian View Post
    Here's the one Polish connection that I find compelling:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Klementyna_Sobieska
    May I add, that her last name of Sobieska is Sobieski if one is a male. I've just seen too many websites dismissing the claims of the Sobieski-Stuarts because they "messed up" the last name, rather than dismissing them because their claims were clearly ridiculous

    I didn't know that the Poles came to Jamestown so early. I may have to make a side trip (all of 5 mins) to the museum area and ask around a bit to see if I can turn up any reasons (aside from lumberjacks) that they brought in. Maybe the English loved kielbasi?

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