I'm very interested in Travellers. A group (in those lovely traditional horse-drawn caravans) arrived in this village a couple of years ago, and made camp (with permission of course) in a local farmer's field. I strolled down to speak to them, and they were absolutely delightful people. I bought a horse-shoe from them for 'good luck', and when they heard that my mother was from Cork, a Duffy, they were so chuffed.
There are indeed different Travellers, (called 'Pikeys' by disparaging folk), and some arrived in Cromer here in Norfolk some years ago.They stole from every shop and caused mayhem. The Police were reluctant to take action because it could have been construed as racist.
I would love to have a DNA test, because I often wonder if I have African DNA. Duffy means 'black' and my mum was dark-skinned and dark-haired.