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Surprising DNA study finds Vikings weren’t all Scandinavian
The Brighter Side ^ | May 22, 2022 | Daniel Lawson, University of Bristol

Posted on 05/27/2022 10:03:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

...cutting-edge DNA sequencing of more than 400 Viking skeletons from archaeological sites scattered across Europe and Greenland will rewrite the history books as it has shown:The word Viking comes from the Scandinavian term ‘vikingr’ meaning ‘pirate’. The Viking Age generally refers to the period from A.D. 800, a few years after the earliest recorded raid, until the 1050s, a few years before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066... Leif Eriksson is believed to have been the first European to reach North America – 500 years before Christopher Columbus...

They analysed the DNA from the remains from a boat burial in Estonia and discovered four Viking brothers died the same day. The scientists have also revealed male skeletons from a Viking burial site in Orkney, Scotland, were not actually genetically Vikings despite being buried with swords and other Viking memorabilia...

The Picts were Celtic-speaking people who lived in what is today eastern and northern Scotland during the Late British Iron Age and Early Medieval periods...

The genetic legacy of the Viking Age lives on today with six per cent of people of the UK population predicted to have Viking DNA in their genes compared to 10 per cent in Sweden.

(Excerpt) Read more at thebrighterside.news ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: african; ancientautopsies; estonia; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; middleages; scotland; scotlandyet; somewheregay2; sweden; thevikings; transgender; vietnamese; vikings
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To: vladimir998

Stop shouting.


81 posted on 05/28/2022 9:17:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: .44 Special

I’ll post the rest of the keyword in a few minutes, it’s, uh, huge.


82 posted on 05/28/2022 10:06:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Watching “Viking Valhalla” on NETFLIX, now.

VERY GOOD, if you don’t mind grotesque violence, nudity, and sexual content.

There is no smoking though (except for smoking corpses).

Very good acting (by nobodies), good scripts, period clothing, great characters, semi-historical.

Disclaimer:

No humans were killed in the making of this series.


83 posted on 05/28/2022 10:12:03 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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Keywords "Vikings" and "TheVikings" combo'd, sorted, duplicates out, NFL edited out:

84 posted on 05/28/2022 10:44:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: faucetman
VERY GOOD, if you don't mind grotesque violence, nudity, and sexual content.
Ew, Netflix. ;^)

85 posted on 05/28/2022 10:45:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: .44 Special
The present-day English name for York is derived from the Viking name for the place, but there was a town there in Roman times called Eboracum. The Roman emperor Constantius I died there in 306 and his son Constantine was proclaimed emperor there by his army immediately after Constantius died.

The Latin name for New York City is Novum Eboracum.

86 posted on 05/28/2022 11:00:55 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: SunkenCiv

Well....considering that the term “viking” means to go out exploring and gathering wealth, I guess it’s not at all surprising. And, given that, then people who’s ancestors went a’viking ARE Vikings, or at least descended from Vikings.


87 posted on 05/28/2022 11:11:45 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Gene Eric

We know they did. See L’Anse aux Meadows.


88 posted on 05/28/2022 11:13:57 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Travis McGee

Ah, I see Travis McGee already covered it.


89 posted on 05/28/2022 11:15:28 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Does so

Berserker means “bear shirt” and it is what those guys wore-a bearskin shirt/tunic-their battle lust/insanity was the result of them having consumed beer and hallucinogenic plants before battle-they were on the equivalent of a bad acid trip...


90 posted on 05/28/2022 2:13:17 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Does so

Most of the non-berserkers were family men-bringing sons who have come of age to raid/battle with them was custom just about everywhere at that time-training/a right of passage. Most vikings who went to sea were just as interested in profitable trading and a place to settle with a woman, have a family and make a living farming and trading somewhere warmer with more arable land than the Scandinavian countries they were from.

disclaimer-I have no viking or other northern European ancestry-My DNA is only from warmer Europe-the Spanish Pyrenees-with a bit of Native American tossed in somewhere in the the 16th-17th century-I just like to read and study the travels and habits of humans as far back as possible-it is amazing how smart and resourceful we have always been, in any environment...


91 posted on 05/28/2022 2:38:48 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SunkenCiv

ya dis yust bunch uf sveedish hogvash, feee for svenery.


92 posted on 05/28/2022 3:22:17 PM PDT by norsky (<P><img src=" "width=400"></img> <P> <a href= > </a>)
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To: 21twelve

L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

https://www.newfoundlandlabrador.com/top-destinations/lanse-aux-meadows


93 posted on 05/28/2022 4:02:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: SunkenCiv

“The Vikings were settled in on the British Isles.”

Tell me where I’m making a mistake:

Normandy was named after the Normans (North Men in English) who had settled there. The North Men were probably Vikings.

The Normans invaded England. Thus, Viking blood in England as well as Scotland. That explains my Viking blood given my Norman invader heritage.

That’s the assumption I have been making since getting a DNA analysis.


94 posted on 05/28/2022 4:13:06 PM PDT by Poser (Cogito ergo Spam - I think, therefore I ham)
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To: Travis McGee

Good points. Funny you mentioned Long Island. That was a point of entry for the undercover Nazis.


95 posted on 05/28/2022 4:28:35 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: TBP

>> Smart people, those Vikings — named the green one Iceland and the icy one Greenland.

Reminds me of Steven Wright’s curiosity about parkways and driveways... lol


96 posted on 05/28/2022 4:36:15 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SuzyQue; teeman8r

>> See L’Anse aux Meadows.

I’ll check into that out along with heirdahl’s paper boats.


97 posted on 05/28/2022 4:38:23 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Not all emphasis is shouting


98 posted on 05/28/2022 4:45:48 PM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Rebelbase

Thanks. I’ve seen those websites - would be interesting to visit some day. Pretty out of the way though!

Below is a short (10 min) youtube about French explorer Jacques Cartier in the St. Lawrence seaway (1500’s). The indians told stories of white men that were fearsome and had gold and silver (but no bronze??) that lived to the north. In the area of Quebec City and Montreal.

The Indians also had the same story of a “cypod” - one legged men that would hop on one leg and had an oversized foot. The Viking story of Vineland also speaks of these one-legged men in Vineland!? In the Middle Ages the one-legged man was big in artwork and stories as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-AHh6B7_A&t=301s


99 posted on 05/28/2022 5:29:21 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: 21twelve

’ In the Middle Ages the one-legged man was big in artwork and stories as well.’

The were lousy in kicking contests.


100 posted on 05/28/2022 5:54:02 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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