[OldNewYork]

Maybe they should be looking for Irish DNA in Norway, or in the Faroe Islands or Iceland then.

[Varda]

The Vikings raided the British Islands for slaves. They definitely carried away the women.

"Ancient DNA analysis of the Icelandic settlers

Analysis of contemporary DNA shows that the mitrocondrial DNA (mtDNA) is primarily of Scottish/Irish decent while Y chromosomes are primarily Scandinavian. You can probably draw your own conclusions from that."