I was surprised to find I’m 16% Scandinavian. I’d had no idea there was any Scandinavian in me!
Scandinavian DNA shows up in people from England, Scotland, Ireland, Normandy, Ukraine, Turkey, and Middle East among other places. It turns out that the Vikings were not just looking for gold.
Maybe the Scandinavian was in just one of your ancestors — and for a very short time. /rimshot!
Same surprise for me. I was 18% Scandinavian, but thinking I was pretty much 100% English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh. Seems both our ancestry had about 1/5 plundering Vikings,
We Vikings kind of got around. The smart ones sought a Mediterranean climate and went to Sicily. The less ambitious ended up in Scottland and Ireland. The stay at homes became muslim apologist socialists.