There are Irish travellers, Scottish travellers, English travellers, Romany gypsies....
It's very confusing.
But Irish travellers aren't the same as Roma.
I think the Roma trace their lineage/share the same bloodline as Romanians or Indians.
Hollander, did you know Rafael Van Der Vaart was brought up as a gypsy?
You can also classify the Gypsies into three groups:
"Roms" referring to Romani who come from eastern Europe
"Manouches" also known as "Sinti," who arrived in Germany in the Late Middle Ages
"Gitans" who trace their familial ties to Romani in Spain
