In the largest genetic study of Viking DNA ever, scientists have found that Vikings — and their diaspora — are actually much more genetically diverse than we may have thought and were not ...

This insinuates that people of Scandinavian ancestry were in Britain before the Anglo-Saxon period (around 400 A.D. to 1,000 A.D.) and Viking period (around 800 A.D. to 1,000 A.D.).

During the Viking period, British-Irish ancestry was widespread in Scandinavia, compared to eastern Baltic ancestry which was more localized to the Swedish island of Gotland and central Sweden.

The Viking age, spanning the 8th to 11th centuries AD, left a lasting mark on the genetics of today's Scandinavians, according to scientists who also documented the outsized genetic influence of ...

The study also found that British-Irish ancestry was widespread in Scandinavia starting during the Viking Age, which extended from about 750 to 1050 A.D.

The results of his genetic ancestry test have just arrived in his suburban mailbox. His eyes fill with tears as he learns that he is “0.012% Viking”.

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- A festival on UW-Green Bay's campus aims to draw out your inner Viking. Performers and historians gathered at the Viking House near Wood Hall on campus Thursday for the UWGB ...

Anyone with Viking ancestry (or victim-of-Viking ancestry) can enjoy a shiver of adrenaline sailing across the Oslofjord to Bygdøy where the seafaring heritage of Norway is proudly on display ...

One popular image of the Viking is that of the violent berserker. Nejron Photo/Shutterstock Genetics and race The impact of genetic ancestry tests is not just limited to people purchasing the tests.