Are you an Irish descendant of Vikings? Here’s where to start your genealogy search. Within the past few years, it’s been confirmed that the Irish have far more Viking and Norman ancestry than we ever ...
History books typically depict Vikings as blue-eyed, blonde-haired, burly men sailing the North Atlantic coast to pillage wherever they set foot on land. While some of that may be true, a new genetic ...
A recent study of ancient DNA sheds light on who the Viking groups were and how they interacted with the people they met. The Viking Age, from around 750 to 1100 CE, left a cultural and economic ...
Invaders, pirates, warriors - the history books taught us that Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid their way across Europe and beyond. Now ...
In popular imagination, Vikings were robust, flaxen-haired Scandinavian warriors who plundered the coastlines of northern Europe in sleek wooden battleships. But despite ancient sagas that celebrate ...
Viking invasions made a lasting impression on the DNA map of Ireland, according to a massive study carried out by Trinity College Dublin. In their study "Insular Celtic population structure and ...
Modern humans like to think a lot of themselves — take globalization, for example. Modern folks would be forgiven for believing that with the ease of travel and the historical migration of peoples ...
A middle-aged white man raises his sword to the skies and roars to the gods. The results of his genetic ancestry test have just arrived in his suburban mailbox. His eyes fill with tears as he learns ...
Shai Carmi is a paid consultant and holds stock options at MyHeritage. Harald Ringbauer does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...
The DNA of ancient smallpox viruses has been found in the bones and teeth of a dozen or so people who lived in northern Europe during the Viking age. Unexpectedly, these smallpox strains are quite ...
Anna Källén receives funding from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, grant number P17-0574:1. Daniel Strand receives funding from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, grant number P17-0574:1. A middle-aged white man ...
Invaders, pirates, warriors - the history books taught us that Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid their way across Europe and beyond. Now ...
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