Northener
Elite member
- Messages
- 2,008
- Reaction score
- 522
- Points
- 113
- Location
- Groningen
- Ethnic group
- NW Euro
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- E1b1b/ E-V22
I have added the average of 28 Viking genomes from 10th & 11th century Oxford and Dorset. They were clearly already mixed with English locals. The closest modern population is Iceland (distance = 3.1), which is itself a blend of Vikings with Celtic Irish and Scottish populations. Dorset Vikings are closer to modern Irish and Scots than to Scandinavians, Germans or English!
What could be factor is that especially Danish and North-Dutch show a specific affinity to Iron Age Brittonic!
This 'disturbs' the sometimes supposed strict 'Celtic vs Germanic' dichotomy.....
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