Scale of Viking ancestry uncovered

[theHandpuppet]

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/scale-of-viking-ancestry-uncovered-1-3334618
The Scotsman
March 10, 2014

Scale of Viking ancestry uncovered
Around one million Britons can claim direct descent from Vikings, according to a new DNA study.

Men from the far north of Scotland were most likely to provide a direct match with almost a third (29.2%) of the men from the Shetland Islands testing positive for Viking blood.

Researchers compared Y chromosome markers, which are inherited from father to son, from more than 3,500 men to six DNA patterns rarely found outside the Norse warrior’s native Norway and Sweden.

Other areas that scored highly included the Orkney Islands (25.2%), Caithness (17.5%) and the Isle of Man (12.3%).

The researchers found around one in 33 men across the UK, or 930,000, were a direct match.... MORE

[Judi Lynn]

1. Very interesting. Thank you. n/t