St John's College, University Of Cambridge -- DNA from a female skeleton named Kata found at a Viking burial site in Varnhem, Sweden, was sequenced as part of the study[credit: Västergötlands Museum]
St John's College, University Of Cambridge -- DNA from a female skeleton named Kata found at a Viking burial site in Varnhem, Sweden, was sequenced as part of the study[credit: Västergötlands Museum]
They also found evidence that there was significant gene flow into Scandinavia from the British Isles, Southern Europe, and Asia before and during the Viking Age, which further undermines the image of the Vikings as ‘pure’ Scandinavians.
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Dayum. Academics are odd folks.
Never heard of slaves? and the children they might spawn that earn their way up out of slavery? Or genetic “contributions” left behind on raids through rape?
[New Viking DNA research yields unexpected information about who they were]
They came from the land of ice and snow
where the hot springs blow?
I'm a bit surprised at the huge drop in Germanic Europe. I never even knew I had any ancestors from there until I had my DNA done. My father was born in Holland, and my mother was born in Canada.
DNA proved that even hundreds of years ago, the Vikings were punking the Saints...
Oh, yeah. Everyone is part something else.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huns
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_wars_in_Europe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Germany
Vikings on both sides of my family. Dad’s side from Northern Ireland and Mother’s side from Normandy. Irish side were short with Brown or red hair. French side tall and strong with dark hair. What we expect to see is not always what happens. In fact the unexpected is probably more the rule
Yeah, sure.
But don't fret - in the next Hollywood movie, all of the Vikings will be black anyway.
They aren’t FOOTBALL PLAYERS?
Makes sense.
They invade or colonize other lands, have kids with the local women and the kids are vikings, too.
The Vikings did not always slaughter all enemies they encountered. They could and would take in “new comers” that chose the join them. It is NOT mysterious that their total gene pool went beyond Scandinavia, beyond the original lands of the Vikings.
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