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minus-squareArdalinkfedilink30•4 months agoWhen you learn that Vikings are also Germanic: There is no escaping it, Gustav
minus-square@prettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink10•4 months agoAnd the Vikings invaded the isles … so, they may still well be Germanic and Irish. Just sorta.
minus-square@NigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilink4•edit-24 months agoThere’s actually weirdly little Viking DNA in the British Isles. Except maybe in Yorkshire where there’s a suspiciously high incidence of natural blondes. *not counting the Orkneys and Shetlands.
When you learn that Vikings are also Germanic:
There is no escaping it, Gustav
And the Vikings invaded the isles … so, they may still well be Germanic and Irish. Just sorta.
There’s actually weirdly little Viking DNA in the British Isles. Except maybe in Yorkshire where there’s a suspiciously high incidence of natural blondes.
*not counting the Orkneys and Shetlands.