Nyere DNA undersøgelser viser, at de mandlige gener er 87% [[Skandinavien|skandinaviske]], mens de kvindelige gener er 84 % [[Storbritannien (ø)|britiske]] ([[Irland (ø)|irsk]]/[[Skotland|skotske]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Als |first=Thomas D. |first2=Tove H. |last2=Jorgensen |first3=Anders D. |last3=Børglum |first4=Peter A. |last4=Petersen |first5=Ole |last5=Mors |first6=August G. |last6=Wang |title=Highly discrepant proportions of female and male Scandinavian and British Isles ancestry within the isolated population of the Faroe Islands |journal=European Journal of Human Genetics |year=2006 |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=497–504 |doi=10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201578 |pmid=16434998}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The origin of the isolated population of the Faroe Islands investigated using Y chromosomal markers |first=Tove H. |last=Jorgensen |first2=Henriette N. |last2=Buttenschön |first3=August G. |last3=Wang |first4=Thomas D. |last4=Als |first5=Anders D. |last5=Børglum |first6=Henrik |last6=Ewald |year=2004 |journal=Human Genetics |volume=115 |issue=1 |pages=19–28 |doi=10.1007/s00439-004-1117-7 |pmid=15083358}}</ref><ref>Wang, C. August. 2006. Ílegur og Føroya Søga. I: ''Frøði'' s.&nbsp;20–23</ref>
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