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    Standort der Wikinger-DNA in Europa

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    1. Prebral on

      While some Vikings were probably present in early medieval Bohemia (for example killers of St. Ludmila are suspected of being Northmen, either mercenaries or some retinue members), I doubt they followed Vltava river as far south as depicted. I acknowledge the map is very simplified, but upper parts of Elbe are not colored and Vltava southwards from Prague should be too as it was also not easily navigable in the upstream direction. If someone travelled to South Bohemia, they would follow paths that avoided the narrow valley of the river. There is, as far as I know, also no evidence for usage of larger boats on Elbe and Vltava in this period, certainly no Viking raids, although some degree of trading and travel (including overground) was possible.

    2. VRSVLVS on

      For the last time…

      There is no such thing as „Viking DNA“!

      That term is so incredibly absurd if one knows anything about either history, or genetics. It’s reductive and wrong.

    3. Oachlkaas on

      Imagine having been raided by vikings. Couldn’t be me 😎

      This post was sponsored by Austria gang 🇦🇹

    5. Macau_Serb-Canadian on

      I1 is about 8% of the Y chromosome in Serbia, 7% in Montenegro, 6% in Croatia and 4.5% in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and according to this map, it should be zero.

    6. H3BCKN on

      Interesting. My family is from east-central Poland and according to records, my ancestors were living on this land since early 15 century. However, I look like a stereotypical Norwegian guy, with a blonde hair, blue eyes, wide mandible and height way above they average, just like most of my family. Wherever I go, people think I’m Swedish or Norwegian.

      I’ve never took a DNA test, but my hypothesis is that early Polish kings and dukes eagerly hired viking mercenaries, as a skilled warriors and settled them down on their territories. Later on they became knights, and local nobility. In times of feudal society they rarely mixed with anyone outside of their circles, which led to some preservations of these features.

    12. Antique-Link3477 on

      It’s pretty much impossible to determine „viking DNA“ in England as the Danes and Anglo-Saxons were genetically indistinguishable 

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