[LN2Campy]

There's no doubt in my mind that some blending between the Greenland Norse and the so-called "skraelings" occured. Especially when the global cooling in the 14th century rendered the Norse lifestyle untenable in Greenland. They either adapted to the Inuit ways, went back to Iceland or died. It makes sense that some probably joined up with Inuit bands and passed along their looks--the Inuit gene pool is not a very large one, so even the recessive traits (fair hair and blue/green eyes)of the Norse could be preserved.

[blam]

Looks like we'll know for sure shortly. Now, what will be the impact if the come back and say yes, they mixed?

[Travis McGee]

I have a concept for a future novel, the Viking conquest of North America. If they had had the luck of Cortez, and landed among an indian tribe eager to befriend them, history may have had a very different outcome. Imagine iron working, the wheel, horses and domestic cattle etc introduced to America in AD 900. Some day I'd like to right that "history" in a novel.