1916, my arse.

The invasion of Ireland began in the 11th century. Bloody Vikings.

Then in the 12th century Nest ferch Rhys (aka Nest daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr) was taken as a prisoner of war from Deheubarth to London. Where Henry I (William the Bastard’s youngest son) made her pregnant and then married her off to one of his mates Gerald de Windsor – Constable of Pembroke Castle.

The FITZ part of name derives from some mistaken translation of “ancient” hand-written French documents.

FILS means “son of” in French. Fitz is the anglicised translation. So….FitzGerald means son of Gerald (de Windsor.)

Nest’s bastard son by King Henry I was named FitzHenry. Or FitzRoy (as in Roi – son of the king?)

Too complicated?

Imagine the research that I’ve had to unravel to write Ravens of Dinefwr!!!!

And where did I get Aleksander, the Ukrainian from? And how did he get to Wales via Norway, Scotland, Isle of Man, Ireland? ? ?

Let’s look at a chart.