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We do talk about Danegeld and Norsemen, not Vikinggeld and Vikingmen, from the later age. I worked with a guy from an area of Britain well known for its “Vikin

We do talk about Danegeld and Norsemen, not Vikinggeld and Vikingmen, from the later age. I worked with a guy from an area of Britain well known for its “Viking” settlements. Whilst at university, his DNA was tested as part of an historical study. He informed me that despite the passage of a thousand years there has been very little dilution of his Norse blood. He was very blonde, but otherwise quite short and peaceable.

atchoo 4y ago
> there has been very little dilution of his Norse blood Hmm. VERY doubtful unless his family has 1000 years of inbreeding. Much more likely to be yet another crap ethnic ancestry test or fiction. Claiming Viking heritage is kind of a common British thing especially if you are blonde. It's the sort of thing you are told as a kid and becomes part of your identity despite genetic studies showing very little remaining trace in the population as a whole. Where was he from? The best chance would be if he came from Orkney but I don't think anyone is actually pure Norse after multiple waves of immigration after the original Norse settlement. If he comes from England then I'd say it's definitely a bogus claim. There are even genetic studies that the Viking settlers themselves were not genetically pure Norse making such blood purity claims even more doubtful.