Posted on 03/23/2010 8:28:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
An analysis of DNA from a Viking gravesite near a 1000 year-old church in southern Greenland shows that those buried there had strong Celtic bloodlines...
The analysis -- performed by Danish researchers on bones from skeletons found during excavations in south Greenland -- revealed that the settlers' Nordic blood was mixed with Celtic blood, probably originating from the British Isles.
Danish archaeologists are currently conducting the first regional study of southern Greenland's original settlers, whose colonies date back to the year 985. The skeletons disinterred outside the old church also date back to just a few years after that period.
'The research results haven't yet been published, but initial results somewhat surprisingly suggest that the people in the graves were more Celtic than Nordic,' said Jette Arneborg, curator and senior scientist at the National Museum, and one of the Danish archaeologists involved in the project.
'We've always known that Norsemen travelled a lot and we also know that the early inhabitants of the Faroe Islands and Iceland had traces of Celtic genes. But now we also have evidence of this in Greenland as well,' she added.
Although the DNA analysis reveals the inhabitants had Celtic blood in their veins, Arneborg said there was no question that the settlers were Nordic.
'Everything these people did -- their culture, means of nourishment and so on -- was clearly Scandinavian,' she said.
Earlier studies of populations living in the Faeroe Islands and Iceland have shown that it was primarily the women who were of Celtic origin.
Arneborg said that indicated the Vikings may have come from Norway down past the British Isles -- where they took women with them -- and then continued on into the North Atlantic, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland.
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I’m guessing Janet Leigh, who isn’t.
BTW, I’ve always felt bad for Ernest Borgnine; virtually every female “blind date” is compared to him.
No comment on the Timberwolves...
I suspect you already know that any town or city in the Celtic region that ends in the “BY” is the Danish word “Town” or “Village” and is pronounced bu. For instance -by and thorpe are much more common in Danish place names.
Aislaby is a Viking place name meaning Aislac’s village. It is one of only a very small number of place names ending in ‘by’ in the North East north of the River Tees
Appleby in Cumbria means a Viking village where apples grew.
Mead is to sweet. We Maxwell’s stole what ever we needed from our cousins across the boarder. Lowlanders of largely English derivation, we didn’t wear dresses.
How ironic. My name first name is a family surname originating from Old Norse, and I have Celtic blood.
I think the Peanut family is actually mentioned in Icelandic sagas.
Oh, you’re one of *those* b*st*rds! /joke alert
Haggis mead is an acquired taste.
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They would toss the swords on the table, braking up the game, and say, "Need food!"
Now if you did or suspected you held a winning hand it kind of fired you up. much to the detriment of our Southern neighbors.
If it hasn’t already been done, one of these days we need to do a special Ernest post!
After the Battle of Hastings, one of my G’Grandmothers (I forget how many generations ago), told William the Conquerer to go get f’d, and defended her castle against him for years. Her husband had died in the battle.
Cool, huh?
Rather.
That is a great story.
This is why we study history.
To learn from it, and hear about people of character.
The green one needs to not move around on deck, the ship’s not that large.
3 pts for that post!
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