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Greenland Vikings 'had Celtic blood'
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| Friday, March 19, 2010
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Posted on 03/23/2010 8:28:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:28:06 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 240B; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:28:26 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: SunkenCiv
But the Vikings don’t play basketball.
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:30:34 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: SunkenCiv
Well, duh!!
The Vikings began invading the British Isles around the 6th - 7th centuries. The rich monasteries around the islands were unguarded and easy pickings. The looting of Lindisfarne and Kells monasteries are infamous. And those lusty Vikings weren’t just interested in gold and jewels - they carried off lots of female slaves.
Do I really have to spell it out for you?
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:34:08 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
To: SatinDoll
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:36:40 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
To: SatinDoll
Could you, please?
Having danish ancestry in my bloodline, I would very much enjoy hearing all the details. Especially the parts about the celtic females.
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:38:58 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: SatinDoll
"..they carried off lots of female slaves."
**sigh**......the good ole days! ;)
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:40:25 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
To: SunkenCiv
But did they celebrate Halloween???
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:43:41 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: SunkenCiv
today's Vikings
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:44:07 PM PDT
by
ari-freedom
(Yammoto:I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.)
To: Beowulf9
All hallows’ eve? The night before all saints’ day?
Somehow I don’t think so.
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:48:37 PM PDT
by
mamelukesabre
(Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
To: SunkenCiv
So I guess it’s now “O’Din!”
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:50:49 PM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: SatinDoll
I remember hearing something to this effect decades ago when I was an undergraduate.
It wasn't necessary Viking raiders carrying off female slaves, but Vikings settled in places like the Hebrides, the Isle of Man, and the Orkney islands who had children by the local women. Some of the descendants of these unions must have been among the initial colonizers of Ireland.
To: Perdogg
Ah yes the good old days.
Stick to the JB posts.....
Irish redhair and proud of it...
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:55:52 PM PDT
by
GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: SatinDoll
I am descended from the Scottish and Irish kings of medieval times (it’s a lot of fun to look the stuff up) and one of the things I learned was the Vikings married their daughters to the line of Scot Kings.
Also how many people have ancestors like “Sigurd the Snakeeye” and Ivar the Boneless?
I can figure out the snake eye but for the life of me I can’t figure out how someone ended up being called Ivar the Boneless.
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posted on
03/23/2010 8:57:32 PM PDT
by
I still care
(I believe in the universality of freedom -George Bush, asked if he regrets going to war.)
To: SunkenCiv
celtic GREENland...you didn’t need DNA to know this.
To: Verginius Rufus
Clan MacDougal originated with a son of King Hakkon the first. The clan coat of arms shows longships and I read somewhere that the clan could put several thousand men at sea at one time.
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posted on
03/23/2010 9:16:27 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT,NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
03/23/2010 9:30:56 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: I still care
Haven't you ever the heard the phrase, “a boner”?
I believe it is synonymous with “hard-on”, but hey, I'm not expert.
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posted on
03/23/2010 11:30:49 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
To: mamelukesabre; SunkenCiv
“Could you please?” “Go ahead!”
Hmmm...I forgot to add the sarcasm tag again.
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posted on
03/23/2010 11:41:43 PM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
To: SunkenCiv
Thanks for the post 'n ping, SC. Very interesting, if unsurprising. What the article does not say but implies is that the y-chromosomes are Danish but the mitochondrial DNA is Celtic. This, of course, would account for the Danish men "convincing" the Celtic women to join them on an exciting voyage to the west.
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posted on
03/24/2010 4:47:02 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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