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Posted on 06/21/2025 6:24:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Scholars have long debated the origins of the House of Piast, Poland's first royal dynasty, who ruled the nation from the tenth through the fourteenth century. Some believe they were Slavic nobles, others Moravian exiles, and still others say they were Viking warriors. The Conversation reports on new DNA analysis that has revealed shocking new information concerning the Piasts' genetic background that might potentially rewrite history. Researchers led by molecular biologist Marek Figlerowicz of Poznań University of Technology extracted DNA from 33 individuals, 30 men and three women, belonging to the Piast dynasty. Most of the deceased, who lived between 1100 and 1495, had been buried in central Poland's Płock Cathedral. Almost all the male skeletons carried a group of rare Y-chromosome variations that closely resembles populations in Britain. The closest match was to an ancient Pict individual who lived in eastern Scotland in the fifth or sixth century. These results imply that the dynasty's paternal line was not local, but had arrived from the vicinity of the North Atlantic, though researchers do not know when. This could have happened just prior to the ascent of the first Piast ruler, Mieszko I (reigned a.d. 960–992), or centuries earlier. The study notes that previous DNA analysis indicated that the genetic background of the broader Polish population had remained stable since the Iron Age. Although the ruling family may have had some foreign roots, the Poles themselves had well-established local genetics. For more about medieval Poland, go to "Viking Knights, Polish Days."
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An illustration from a 15th-century manuscript showing the coronation of the first king of Poland, Boleslaw I. Chronica Polonorum by Mathiae de MechoviaThe Conversation
Wow! A Pict! That is seriously incredible!
I woad have to agree!
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Perhaps it shows that the ancestors of the Picts actually migrated from the region around Poland but a few stayed behind.
MI6 toppling and establishing regimes longer than we realized.
And we care today, why ? Another basis for reparations I guess ...
Makes sense... The royals who currently reign over the UK are of Germanic descent. That’s why you’ll never see their DNA on Ancestry.com
That is an interesting possible concept too. I was thinking more along the lines of Picts hitching a ride with Vikings to the area. As we know from the Mediterranean seafarers, they would shanghai sailors from all regions and cultures when they were needed. They were not purists when it came to labor. I don’t think the Vikings were either. Could have even been Pict royalty on the run buying passage to safety. Wonder how the timelines match up with the Roman Conquest of Britannia? Lot of Picts on the run at that time and they were already connected to the Vikings...
My perp dozed through it. Cute though. Reminds me of a cartoon titled “How do you know you have too many pets?”
But weren’t the Picts around in Scotland in Roman times?
“But weren’t the Picts around in Scotland in Roman times?”
Yes. Much to the Romans dismay.
And, the movement was not exclusively East to West. Rather .... it was back and froth over millennia. It was even North to South and vise versa, too. Climate changes and seismic activity affected movements.
Coronation looks very similar to Britain’s, with the orb and scepter.
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