[RedMonqey]

“She claimed that the Vikings captured many dark, gypsy Princesses on their raids and brought them home to Norway for wives.”

- An amusing story, but I really wonder if it has much to do with actual history.

During their greatest period of conquest and exploration the vikings did indeed reach as far west as North American, the Mediterranean Sea and their influences as far East as Russia.

The name 'Rus' is of viking origins.

There have been discoveries of red haired Caucasians mummies in Northern China.

Now whether or not that proves blueunicorn6 is of "dark, gypsy Princesses" or of other "black Mediterranean ancestors" is unknown but it is plausible as these different peoples did interact...

[WesternCulture]

Skin and hair color isn’t important from an intellectual standpoint. But it still plays a role in politics, although in a negative manner, namely in the way that people belonging to the Caucasian race - the whites - today are encouraged to express their apologies for having discovered and developed the World.