I don't think the king "gave them lands", more like legitimized the conquests. "Okay sure you can keep it, just convert and swear fealty to me on this bible"
@@mortache You are right, Normandy had been occupied for several years and when the Vikings had largely robbed/extorted 1/3 of the French silver stock, but in return virtually all Viking raids in France stopped, Rollo was good at keeping outsiders away
I was born in Texas, USA. Had brown hair for my childhood but gained red hair going into my teenage years, I found through a DNA test that I carry quite a bit of Irish and Norwegian ancestry. Since then, it’s answered a lot of questions regarding personal preferences and what have you. Thanks to anybody who decided to read!
I'm a Texan as well. Half Scottish/English and Half Scandinavian. I had blonde hair until I was 9? Then light brown that turned black as an adult. Blue eyes. 6'4". I used to weigh 350 pounds but I said fuck that. It's been 15 years since I lost the weigh. Now I go between 190 and 220. 190 now. I say all this because I'm still a big man at 190. I don't mean fat.
Inwas the opposite! When i was younger i had blonde hair and blue eyes, then as i got older my hair got darker. I took a DNA test and found out that in 90% Scandinavian and Northen European. That test also answered a lot of questions with my preferences as well! Have a good one!
i was born in kentucky. raised in south texas.. my hair was white blonde until my teens when it started going light brown then having light streaks and later hairs of every hair color i know of.. even my beard has jet black.. blonde.. red.. brown and now mostly grey.. lol.. as a kid i was told i was part german and black irish.. i later found out that black actually means scotts irish.. because of medical reasons i had to have a lot of blood work and dna testing.. i found out i have genetic mutation caused by celtic viking genetics.. apparently i have a lot of the dna as i have double recessive genes
I was born in Scotland and went to Australia when I was 2 years old and spent most of my life there! It took my whole life to find out on my mothers side going back in York/ Yorvik, Northern England going back 700 years. On my fathers side it is ScottIsh, English and part Norwegian.
York was part of the Danelagen, so you probably have roots in Denmark rather than Norway. But yes, it's impossible to say since our DNA is identical :0)
@@jesperrasksuldrup1541 "mothers side going back in York/ Yorvik, Northern England going back 700 years. On my fathers side it is ScottIsh, English and part Norwegian." read bro
I think the convolution of our own personal history makes life more interesting.. I was born in Karelia, amd russian is my first language. My grandmother's first language was karelian (a dialect similar to finnish) but my ancestors came from what is today Östergötland in Sweden only about 200 years ago. I now live in the USA..
I know a Norwegian guy whose great-grandfather came from Russia. His relatives still have his boots with Russian Coat of Arms on their soles to claim the land. My Finnish buddy with last name sounding pretty Finnish to me, actually has this name originated and then modified from his greatgreatgrand father who was ethnic Czech working for Moscow conservatory for 40 years. I have an Irish buddy. Although all his grandparents were born in Ireland, according to his DNA, he is only 3% Irish. But he knew he had some French, Russian, Turkish ancestors. On the French-Russian side one of his ancestors was a member of a famous in Russia Benoit (Benua) family. I have a Czech buddy, whose last name supposedly came from some French soldier settled in Czech lands, after Napoleonic wars or so. I have no such excited history. I was born in Leningrad. Spent about 6 months of my life in different parts of Karelia. All I know my ancestors lived in Vologda, Kostroma, Tver, Pskov regions, and St. Petersburg at the middle-end of the XIX century.
I know this isn’t pertinent to this particular video but maybe if interest to you all… I live on The Wirral in the NW of England. It’s a peninsula with a lot of Viking and Anglo Saxon history. A lot of the village names here are of Viking origin (Thingwall, Irby, Greasby, Frankby, West Kirby and many others). Where I live is called Meols (pronounced ‘Mells’) which is believed to be Norse. It maybe worth keeping an eye in the news on my village as there is an on-off excavation going on at the moment to establish whether a very old ‘clinker’ built boat under a Pub patio is from the Viking era, if so, it is believed to be very well preserved. Hope this is of interest to you and 🤞🏻the boat proves to be Viking!!!!
I’m Scottish, my mothers side dates back to the Picts her name was Bannerman which dates back to Malcom Canmore and my father side is from Norway. I found relatives from Norway and went to Bergen, it was amazing. There is some thought Rollo actually married a Scots woman. There’s also a thought that Imar mentioned in Dublin was actually Ivar who also took over Dumbarton Rock which is the oldest fort in Britain.
I'm a Rollo decedant Rollo married gazel visi Goth princess France I have family trees my father's Richardson mother's Wilcox that's British spelling for William lot of learning here with words and language s I have certified doc's they go to Massachusetts I'm still learning enjoy!!!
Born an raised in Texas. Ancestors are almost all Swede. A good amount of Norwegian and very little English. It makes sense that those who were exploring and in Europe, especially the UK would be the most well known and the ones who did the most. They were explorers and conquerors.
If many of us were to have a dinner chat with our ancestors, I'm afraid they'd still take up their swords and shields and fight! All of mine were at one time or another at odds with each other. Oh the tales they could tell though. My ancestry is as much Scottish as it is Scandinavian, then Icelandic, Welsh, Irish, Finnish and Brittany. The raids of the Vikings in Brittany are of legend! One of my favorites of yours so far, loved this video!
The real funny thing is that neither you, nor anyone else alive today are Vikings. You may be descended from Vikings, but unless your current profession is to sail around the world, raiding, conquering, and pillaging, then you are not actually a Viking. Vikings were not defined by their ancestry either, but rather what they did. Not all Norse in the Viking age were Vikings. Some were farmers, others were blacksmiths, and so on.
Jeg ble født i USA, men jeg har forfedre fra Norge og Danmark. Nå jeg bor i Moskva. Viking is something in your DNA. We have a certain soul and being. Thor resonates strongly with me, despite being raised as a Christian. Righteous justice and fearsome protection for loved ones is what I feel. I agree we should stick together as Scandinavian brothers 🤝 Learning Norwegian has filled a small hole I felt in my life. Scandinavian traditions we're not passed down in my family. I'm trying to reclaim what was lost and add it to what I have. It's important to take care of one's soul and stay connected with your roots no matter where you are. P.S. I love to tease the Swedes too but I actually really like Swedish folk music. The way they spell is what's weird for me. Skål vikingbror! 🇧🇻🇷🇺💪
@@mwol5473 Skal?? What're you saying we skal do? Oh vent et øjeblik haha! You meant *Skål!* my bad. I Love the message. But what's that german flag doing in there?
I am from Brazil, my parents are from Netherlands and Portugal. My grandfather come to here because he gains some lands in mid of 1920. Today my uncles have sold all the lands, and we spread for all Brazil. My grandfather have 17 sons, and i have more than 200 cousins. My grandfather has died in 1968, i was born in 1987. My parents say i am the reincarnation of my Grandfather. Because i am very close to him in appearance, and have the same birthmarks and the same apptitudes to work. No one of the children of my grandfather, my uncles, it's so similar to him how i am.
Nobody cares, you loser. Your civilisation and entire existence is crumbling to the ground, your entire race is entirely dysgenic, docile, pacified and domesticated, high fructose corn syrup, soy, high estrogen, 60% decrease in sperm counts, lowering testosterone levels, vaccinated slave NPC, consumerism and materialism, video games, micro-plastics and xenoestrogens in your food supply, and you're trying to tell anonymous people all around the world about your loser family in Brazil. You self-absorbed, narcissistic moron. You exhibit all the signs of over-socialisation.
@@magical5181 I think so. Dutch Guiana in South America only achieved independence in 1975, and in 1900 it was relatively easy to come to America to try your luck in a new continent full of opportunities, as was Brazil at that time. But after 1970, after the end of the gold standard, the country became aden of low HDI thanks to socialism welfare state. no one wants to work and produce anymore, everyone just wants to receive government subsidies
Really loving your videos! I've had a growing interest in Viking history, but grew up thinking I was a mixture of mostly Filipino, Irish, and Polish. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I am Filipino, Slav, Magyar and Scandinavian. I imagine it must be Rus Viking in there, but I am eager to learn more!
Fascinating video as always, thank you so much. 👍🏽 I’m Caithness (North Coast Scotland) born and raised, and our Viking heritage remains very much a part of the community today in place and street names, as well as discovered Viking sites. I say “our”, as my DNA analysis shows me as only 3% Norwegian, the rest is 90% Scottish, 3% Irish… my ancestors clearly didn’t like to mingle and make friends with their new neighbours 🤣🤣🤣.
Ooh my great gran is from Wick, in Caithness but I’ve never been that far north yet . The rest of the family prior to and after her were macleods from skye so I’m told I definitely have Norse ancestry ❤
@@littlemy1773 , our wee corner of the country is quite lovely, you should definitely visit one day. Make sure you visit in the summer, though, it get’s rather windy the rest of the year !🤣
@@w33burd I’m in the Isle of Man we’re used to some mad winds, but I imagine up your way you’d have to be careful which way to park the car when opening the door lol! Is it as bleak as I imagine? Btw bleak doesn’t mean bad to me, it means I can stand and imagine I’m in a Nordic noir murder series 🤣
@@littlemy1773 we have a Thingwall here too on the Wirral, where Ingismund and his warband plotted to attack Chester, but Athelflaed,the lady of Mercia was forewarned and forearmed...E..
My father’s people originally came from the Ukraine and my mother’s family came from Scotland and prior to there they were the Picts stationed at the Orkney Islands and yes my brothers have red hair and my beard grows a dark red, I joined the ADF and served in a Infantry Para regiment where I met a lot of guy’s with similar backgrounds and yeah they grew red beards as well 😂 Freaky
This is very interesting. I’ve never really been that interested in Vikings, though my mother and I joke often about not messing with us Viking women. 😊 She is of Swedish descent on her father’s side and German/Scottish on her mother’s side. I have always admired the Celts and anything Celtic, and finding out we are of Scottish heritage makes me wonder… now you say Norwegians inhabited Scotland and Ireland makes me wonder if we don’t have a bit of that in our line as well! But, at least we still honor the CORRECT way of eating lutefisk every Christmas; in cream sauce. 😉 Thank you for sharing your knowledge of the Scandinavian Viking heritage.
I am as Celtic as I am Germanic. I try not to pick in choose, but to honor all. Just as I wear my clan sash with a Norse tunic, or mix German and Gaelic 😂 I'm proud of who I am and my ancestry. I honor the good and remember the bad and live by what is worth living for
@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 as well you should! If I could I would honor my ancestry of Czech, Swedish, Scottish (with a wee bit of Irish in there), and German. 🙂 Not sure what sort of outfit that would lend, but it would be interesting.
You know what sucks really bad right now ! Norwegian attacking German pipelines. That’s an act of war !!! We are brothers ! Why are we still fighting each other here in Europe !!!
I am British,Russian,Irish, Scottish and Polish DNA.I love all these cultures and their languages.Most of my friends in childhood were Polish or Ukraine.I even did Cossack dancing for a few years and I'm an Aussie.Stop killing each other and start building a future together.Two world wars both started in Europe.We are better than this.The warrior spirit on these videos was to forge a strong character.Now we need to use our intelligence.
Apparently the progenitor of our family surname was a Scots Viking, going by the name of Sweyn Asliefsson, and is referred to as "The Ultimate Viking"! A late 11th/early 12th century Viking and has been written about in the Orkneyinga Sagas! His base of operations & drinking house were located on the Orkney Island of Gairsay. My grandfather is from the Caithness region of NE Scotland!
That's pretty cool! You just bridged a gap I've been trying to figure out for some time. Dublin being Norwegian I didn't know. There is a place near me that when settled was called New Dublin. It's from there and Germantown PA that most all my family branched out from. Kemper is the German name but many of us have red hair and more Scotch Irish than German DNA.
My personal story would closely relate to Harold Hardrada, from istanbul to fight in Ukraine, then my tours of Ireland and the Scottish isles. I am from the U.S but have been told from people in Iceland and other places I look Scandinavian. But my saga is my own. Bravo on your channel. Takk fyrìr
I was born in the states and have Norwegian and Scottish ancestry and I became what is known now as a Norse Heathen at 14(now 48). I’ve always been drawn to colder climates and forests as places of comfort for me. I always wondered about that until I did a DNA test. It’s a trip about genetic memory. I always knew I had Scottish ancestry bc my clan still holds lands and titles in Scotland but didn’t know about the Nordic bloodline.
Born in Indiana, USA. Brown hair, Grey-Blue eyes (The kind that women always commented about). Did a DNA test last year. About 70% from Scotland/England with Scottish just getting the edge over the latter. The rest is divided up between Sweden/Denmark, Germanic Europe, Ireland, Norway, Wales, and Portugal(with 2% weird). I get everything other than Scottish/English from my mothers side for sure she has traced our family back to a farm that we have long distant family still living there On the border of Sweden/Norway. Pretty wild.
2% Norwegian, 8% Swedish and/or Danish, 19% ScottIsh, 49% English, 4% Welsh, 11% Irish, and the rest is German, French, and a bit of Finnish or Russian. I’ve always been drawn to history, and part of that is each person’s own history and the history of their lineage. I love to see all the comments of those who do as well! Thank you for the video. Stay Safe Folks!!!
Dublin is not a norse name as such ,it comes from the irish gaelic words of Dubh meaning black and Linn meaning pool.They did name the city as the original and still in use today was Baile Atha Cliath ford of the hurdles,but Dublin comes from gaelic not any norse language.
It doesn't matter where you were born , just your heart was a Viking. It seemed to me that Viking were honest, hard working , strong people who lived in harsh environments like heavy snow, wind, rain, mountainous areas. I would have loved to be and so proud to be an Viking ( if I could). You couldn't be lazy , you would have died or have someone take care of you.
If i missed it, I apologize, but have you done anything on Sitric Caech (Sygtryggr)? I have Irish, Scottish, Wales, English, Norway, Germanic in my ancestry, so i figured i'd ask. Love your channel and the knowledge you have for this
There's also York (Jorvik) which was a city founded by Vikings in England, many villages around the county of Yorkshire have very Norse sounding names, lots of places ending in "-skar" for instance.
It was actually taken over by vikings from the Anglo-Saxons it was called Eoforwic Before the vikings renamed it!! It was settled/founded long before the vikings Came though!! ....like most of the UK
York is from the times of the 9th army of the Roman empire But yes Danes had kings in York and of course are the people that named the old place it's modern name. Like Bath and Kirk Even the tallest mountain in England Scafell Has its danish name ( Skagafell in Icelandic ) Dublin can also be claimed to it's danish roots
Western Australia, Australia has a LOT of Nordic names. There was a colonialism drive by one of the Nordic nations during the Colonialism of Australia.
Ancestors Are Welsh/English German and Scandinavian. Raised in North Dakota relocation to Minnesota. Both are settled by many Scandinavians. Love the ancestors and the history!
I love your lectures - and your accent! Hopefully, now in retirement, I can learn more about my history. I’ve been STEM all my life so I have a long way to go. Any recommendations on material for us newbies would be most appreciated if your time allows. I should also mention that some help in your pronunciation would be even more helpful. You say a name, then I see it spelled ( sooo glad you do that ), and I’m floored - haha! Thanks, again, for your lectures, and I’m so glad I found you on Utube. 👏
For anyone looking for more from England names like Tostig Godwinson and Uthred of Bamburgh are a good place to start... also i should remind people that the Anglo-Saxons largely originated in Denmark with the rest coming from modern day Dutch/Frisian speaking areas, understanding the nature of English origin is confusing af but i think a hybrid celto-germanic origin is best.
I am a descendant of Erik the Red from my mothers side & Irish Vikings from my Dad”s side. I am a 3rd generation in Canada now. There are HUGE amount of descendant of Leif Erickson ( obviously he is the son of Erik the Red) here in Canada, mostly in Winnipeg but we also have a lot where I live in Edmonton. I love having this ancestry. I even named my son, Thoryn without even knowing it is a Viking name!❤
My dad was Danish His parents came from Copenhagen to Chicago both dying before I was born. Grandma on mom's side Norwegian in Iowa. I think we were Nomadic , taking trips alot ,and we moved four times before I was grown. until I took a test I didn't know of 2percent French and Irish my parents died never knowing about, ya I think there's some Viking blood here!
I’m 54% Scottish. My mother’s maiden name is Stewart. The rest of me Germanic, Danish and Norwegian. My Grandmother’s maiden name is Wicker. I’m not a big person (5’7” 150#) but I’m strong. I’ve been thrown on the back of my head so many times that I should be dead. If I survive this I’m going back to school to be a nurse. I’m going to be the angel of mercy that so many people need. I’m valkyrie. I was born in Oklahoma. Blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair. My hair is extremely curly.
@@bongdonkey oh heavens yes. A lot of my customers use honey on wounds. The results are shocking, how good the results are! The honey releases hydrogen peroxide once it's on the moisture of the wound. That and the enzymes.
A party of Icelandic Vikings approached the West Coast of Scotland (Dalradia).The Scott's (Gaels) sailed out to meet them and said."If you continue on land we will steel your boats and goods,if you stay we will slay all of you.The Vikings turned around.👍🏴1-🇮🇸0 😀😮🇮🇸🤕😪⛵ Vikings and Celts love a fight.Nothing much has changed.Kerp the warrior spirit alive.💪⚔️🪓
My family come from Norway and Danmark. We still use our old traditional names. I am Arne and my sons are Bjørn and Steinar and my Brother is Tor. Not the modern weak name they put on boys. Family name are Husby we must not forget our past.
@@HAMMER_2.2 I have seen the Husby name in Sweden and Danmark. There are few Husby, but Huseby are more common. Husabø is the Old Norse name on Farms for Warrior Lords.
Now, Viking was a way of life. The Vikings held many Mediterranean lands, Sicily being one, for 200 years. There were black and Arab Vikings.. you need men, you get them.. no one cares about skin tone, it's brotherhood that counts. Anyway, the opportunity available at the time was to go a-viking.. ..it was a different time.
What a cool video! I confirmed through DNA testing that I am a direct descendant of the Earl of Caithness Scotland and the genealogy points paternal line as descending from Rollo 😁 I have about 25.9% Scandinavian, higher than mum and dad so not surprised as mums English descent. I’m 57% Scottish, born in Australia, raised in New Zealand with American Polynesian Māori ancestry too 🤣 such an awesome mix 🥰
rollo was from either norway or denmark, not scotland! I agree that Scandinavian and or Germanic peoples should stick together. but untruths do not help.
@@luringen947 I didnt say he was from Scotland, I said my paternal line was. The narrative is that my line (Clan Sinclair of Caithness) descend from Rollo but only dna would ever prove that so it shall remain just a narrative….interesting all the same.
I didn't realize there were any sagas that said Rollo was born and raised in Scotland. In my opinion he is definitely in the top 5 greatest Viking ever if not # 1. His own life accomplishment was impressive but the legacy he left made England the greatest power the world had ever seen, ushering in the modern industralized era with all its glory and grime.
I was born and raised in California my family came to America in 1957-60 from Scotland/England on my fathers side I lived with my grandparents growing up my great grandmother would tell stories of garden elf’s and stuff like that so I took a interest in my ancestry I asked my family and they told me I was Scottish English Irish and Dutch but when I finally took a dna test I’m English, Scottish, Irish, and Norwegian with some Germanic European on the test in conclusion I’m just Germanic and Celtic.. btw loved the video
Love that you mentionned Hakon the Good, as he is also my favorite king from that era. Absolute chad, bringer of justice and one of the few christians of that time that did NOT commit atrocities to spread their religion. Also a great warrior.
When my great-grandfather came through Ellis Island, he "Americanized" our last name. Crazy to me that he was wanting so much to be American and now we people with that same desire to be viking. I'm really enjoying the content you put out...aside from the pot-shots taken at the Swedes LOL jk...I subscribed!
@@b.v.nielsen8714 pffft....you know what I mean! LOL Everyone wants to say "Oh, that's the viking in me!" hrm...I wonder if they reaaally know what they're saying. lolol Maybe "viking by injection" ;) so to speak. lol
@@thesinstreamstreams9465 Of course I know what you mean, just couldn't help myself. It always amuses me when someone (mostly Americans) claims to be 100%, let's say Irish, even if his family hasn't sat foot on the island in the last two hundred years. We'll meet in Valhal, my viking brother. 😊👍❤️🇩🇰
My ancestors did that when they came here too. My name is Barron from the Gaelic MacBharron, but most of my ancestry is German. My German name is Schumacher, but when my grandfather and his brothers came here in the 1600s, they turned it into Shoemaker. I never understood why they were so willing to trade their identities and heritage, until my father talked to me. He said much of Europe was and is at odds for millennia of bloodshed. Poles were slaughtered by Germans and Russians, Muslims were pushed to extinction, entire villages and peoples wiped from the earth simply for having a different belief. So when my grandfather and his brothers came here, they didn't wish for them, their children, or their descendants to be tied to such wanton slaughter and persecution. They didn't wish to forfeit who they were, but they did so because they didn't want to be tied to a people who suffers and delivers death and destruction. That's what my Vater told me at least.
@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 Thank you for this! That makes a lot of sense. It's so very hard to trace my heritage knowing only a bastardized version of our original name. I'm glad that you were able to find out so much about your own family.
I find it very interesting tracking your ancestors. I'm Scotch Irish and Norwegian. One side is watson that means son of Walter and the other side Wilson that means son of will - Wolf's son - the Norse Willson's of scotland. After finding this channel I've came to realize that most of my believe system is mostly Norse an pagan . This is a great channel I aways look forward to the next history lesson. Love all my brothers and sisters that are scattered all over this planet.
My paternal grandfather immigrated from Norway abt 1911. My maternal grandmother’s family immigrated from Norway abt 1848. I’m so proud to be 50% Norwegian! I’m going to visit Norway & meet many Norwegian cousins in July! So excited!! Thank you for the interesting Scandinavian history.
I'm french and recently interested in my gran granfather life; i was thinking he is from Paris, so i looked from where origin his family name and it's typical Norman name...and i discover he is not born in Paris but in town near Normandy. So i must have more viking ancestors than what i could have think before. In France there was not only Vikings settlements in Normandy but also a lot in Brittany, which some large parts were not only ravaged but also occupied by vikings.
@@outfromtheshadows most probably cause we all have same ancestors to some extent. Somebody from normandy you almost sure to fall on a viking at a point when going throurh allways of the genealogic tree branches.
@@outfromtheshadows mine also left Dieppe Normandy in the 1500's went to England and on to North America. Found out I have Hugernaughts on my Paternal and Maternal Grandmothers side. 19% Swedish & Denmark.
Since the Kalmar Union(1397-1523) ended the Swedes totally dominated all of Scandinavia and for a couple of hundred years other parts of Europe aswell. Of course we Swedes are proud of the Viking Age and even the great Vendel Period, but we have more recent history that actually matters. Norwegians and Danes only have the Viking Age to bragg about,so let them do that. We who know history know🤘 😎
I need to do a DNA test, I know I have Irish & Scottish ancestory and my name is Irish but I want to know more. I think there is something about the human condition that needs to know more about there ancestory. Especially if you come from the new world, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand just to name a few.
I didn't know Vikings where so wide spread in the Atlantic, mainly going for islands. There is old settlements and Viking build actual castles in Italy (far as Sicily), I know little about this.
Best wishes from the Hiberno Norse peninsula of the wirral, home of the only English football club with a Hiberno Norse name, Tranmere Rovers, Wirral, site of the great battle of Brunanburh/Bromborough 937AD,Wirral,namechecked albeit in Welsh in the medieval poem of sir Gawain and the green knight..E.
I have Germanic ancestry for many many years, and born in Texas. Didn't expect this modern first world to shield me from my actual culture as much as it tried to. Dont let anyone tell you what you believe is stupid
My Dad's mom, was born Margaret Skagen to Norwegian Immigrants. I'm happy to know I have Viking blood and also that Norwegian Vikings back in the day were Invincible.
I'm from Mississippi with Scottish, Italian, German, Scandavian blood. I had a red beard when I was younger.👍 I also don't think it's strange that Vikings became very powerful. They were far from central European conflicts. They could pick and choose their battles through great seamanship.
@@nba2kaii12 -North Germanic peoples, commonly called Scandinavians, Nordic peoples and in a medieval context Norsemen, were a Germanic linguistic group originating from the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Hey, nothing wrong with a little friendly rivalry among kin :P I mean well, really. Either way, they all bowed down and converted in the end and most of our Pagan culture was lost or corrupted. The fact is, after all this time, 'we' are here now and creating something new. That is our victory and I raise a horn to you!
Decided to take a look at this vid out of curiosity. My great grandma was from Normandy. I was a little surprised to see Danish pop up in my dna test. Now I know where it came from.
My father's family originally came from the shetland islands there last name is yuille an is from Norway they migrated to the shetland islands from Norway in the 9 century the name was yell but changed to yuille over time Viking in origin means winter solstice
I dont agree that most of the known famous or infamous Vikings were from outside scandinavia. Chief Hastein, Harald Bluetooth, Gorm the old, Ivar boneless and the list is endless.. are all Vikings/Norse that were born in Denmark.. if i add Norwegian Vikings to the list too.. we encompass more or less 80-90% of all famous Vikings having been born in Scandinavia. My favorite on the long list of Scandinavian Vikings has to be Chief Hastein.. hes feats are heavily downplayed in the history that people tend to speak about.. Chief Hastein and the siege and raid of Luna is in my book one of the most memorable viking raids.. sure they thought it was Rome and not Luna, but they Tricked the Defenders and sacked the city. What is also worth remembering is that theres different definitions of "badass", the Norwegian and Icelandic Vikings were great explorers, the Danes were great Raiders.. all badass in each their way.
According to ancestry DNA, i have Scandinavian blood from mom's side. On my dad's side, I have links to Rurik from the Kievan Rus(sians) and Erik the Red in Iceland. We have DNA from the Vikings who were in Greenland. Most of my DNA is mixed German, Norman, English, Welsh, Scottish, Dutch, etc. I have 6% Swedish & 1% Algonquin. Mom's side is far more mixed, she had more Nordic DNA but they're mixed with Algonquin, German, Acadian, Hugenot, etc. My distant cousin Jessica Chastain looks like one or two of my aunts. My older brother, who became Mexican & lives in the Phillipines is a ginger. Being an ancestry, genealogy, reincarnation & polyglot language nerd all my life are all part of my paganness.
So... on one point in Norge's history, there were too many Olafs and a lot of them moved out? I mean, how many Olafs, Haralds, and Håkons can one country feed?🤣❤️🇩🇰
I know for a Fact that Rollo the Walker was Raised in Scotland on Wellesley Isle. I know because my Father's side of the family owned Wellesley Isle since the time of King Kenneth Mac Alpine. And According to my Father, the Late Thomas Mac Alester the 9th, Rollo Lothbruck was the King of Denmark before He became the Duke of Normandy.
Our surname is originates in Norway. It's Learmonth. Lear means to learn and month means to flourish like a rose once a month. Our family coat of arms is a single red rose (an English rose). I'm from Scotland.
This was a brave video about different kings. I would like to hear more about women. I have heard that by grave founds we know, that women had a high place in society as well.
They did indeed, Norse women during the Viking Age could own land, hold titles, have thralls and divorce. They also ran the farm (and household economy) when the men were away and they could take part in battle.
Maeve of Connaught, Boudicca, and latterly good Queen Bess/Elizabeth, a descendant of Irish adventurers who landed in south Wales in the dark ages and settled in Llangorse ,married well ascended the throne...a present day descendant lives here on Merseyside at Knowsley hall. Lord Derby..he has red hair too...
Reminds me of this anecdote regarding the Visigoths: The Spanish and Swedish claims of Gothic origins led to a clash at the Council of Basel in 1434. Before the assembled cardinals and delegations could engage in theological discussion, they had to decide how to sit during the proceedings. The delegations from the more prominent nations argued that they should sit closest to the Pope, and there were also disputes over who were to have the finest chairs and who were to have their chairs on mats. In some cases, they compromised so that some would have half a chair leg on the rim of a mat. In this conflict, Nicolaus Ragvaldi, bishop of the Diocese of Växjö, claimed that the Swedes were the descendants of the great Goths, and that the people of Västergötland (Westrogothia in Latin) were the Visigoths and the people of Östergötland (Ostrogothia in Latin) were the Ostrogoths. The Spanish delegation retorted that it was only the "lazy" and "unenterprising" Goths who had remained in Sweden, whereas the "heroic" Goths had left Sweden, invaded the Roman empire and settled in Spain.
Wouldn't it make most sense that Rollo was Danish, since all the other "settlers" in Normandy is Danish? (Afaik most of the sources say he's Danish) I may be biased, as a Dane - and we want as many bad-ass vikings on our side. At least its a question of Danish or Norweigan - as long as he's not Swedish, im good.
im norwegian, but, even if he was born in scotland, those islands were under the control of norway for a loong time. he would'nt have been raised "scottish" anyway. its norwegian or danish indeed. sweden went east ;)
I am American and took a DNA test which came out with just two nationalities, Scandinavian and British. The readings were almost exactly half and half. Of the Scandinavian, it is composed of Swedish and Danish. Of the British side, it was composed of English and Scottish. How I would love to know more deeply about my own Viking heritage...
I am an Englishman ,my great grandfather was Scottish & our Surname originates from the borders near the river teviot .I took a DNA test and came back 46.6% Scandinavian and the rest Scottish, Irish & English , most of my matches are in Sweden and i have matched with Ukrainians too ,it has been an eye opener with these discoveries and very interesting !
I'm British / English. Typically quite a large chunk of me is Scandanavian too dna wise. That makes me a typical Englishman . Viking, Anglo Saxon , Celt , Norman ( who were Vikings anyway )
Most people in the north off England have that dna mixture off Scandinavian and British , I live in Yorkshire where a lot off Vikings settled and I have 34% Scandinavian dna
What about those Vikings who were NOT SCANDINAVIAN at all? I've heard that a lot of people were recruited from foreign places. I'd love if you could do a video on that so we could learn more. Thanks for the great content!
The way I heard it, they recruited from most parts of the viking world. Inuit world peoples were generally not into it and polynesians didn't appear to have contact. I'm surprised theres no records of steppes people joining up. Mongolia had their own raiding economy going on though.
If they weren't born in a Scandinavian country, then they weren't true vikings. By your reckoning, those foreign troops fighting for Ukraine against Russia, from the USA etc, are all Ukrainian. That's just stupidity.
@@jimmyavpi back then, Ukraine and by extension russia was becoming a regional identity and eventually a state because of kievan russ, who were totally vikings. There were plenty baltic peoples in viking dna too. Its similar to york or normandy, in that scandanavians went there to trade or vike with the natives. Some stayed, then those places came into their own identity apart from being viking settlements but still have plenty signs of the cultural exchange.
@drphosferrous those vikings who stayed behind in Normandy etc were vikings, no-one else was. Just because your descendants were vikings, that doesn't make you one. (Not you personally). And if it did, then there would be no such thing as vikings as we would then all be Africans..
@@jimmyavpi You're implying that our modern definition of vikings, that being Norse people from Scandinavia who raided and became famous for it in places like the British Isles or Francia, also applied back then. We know that all of the people living on the Baltic sea and it's coasts shared a seafaring culture similar to that of the Norse and that they raided and traded with each other as well as the Norse before, during and after the traditional "Viking Age" of Western Europe. At the time they compared or outright called some of these groups "viking", despite evidence pointing to them not being Norse. Vikings today being specifically associated with Scandinavia and the Norse is simply because the places they raided, like Britain and France, wrote about them specifically. Because of this, I've seen some people be surprised Swedes were "vikings", as they stayed in the Baltic region and went east rather than raiding Western Europe like the Norwegians or Danes did. It also did not help that during the rise of nationalism and romanticization of the Viking Age in the 1800s, the other groups were cut off from Scandinavia and focused on forms of nationalism based on history more relevant to them, like the Balts with being the last holdouts of pagans in Europe and the resistance during the Northern Crusades.
"Genetically" I am Anglo-Swedish. Nationally I was born and raised in the states. If you buried me in the ground right now and in a thousand years someone dug me up they would not say "Hey, this is an American". Not if they ran my DNA that is. Also, my "English" side is VERY old. Like Danelaw old. And it is documented ancestry at that. And that ancestry was East Anglian & Essex. According to the Domesday book we had held a minor Lordship near Surrey prior to the Norman invasion. My aunt had her DNA checked and our "English" side had something extra and 15% of it was "Old Danish". So likely an actual Viking from either the Great Heathen Army or the Great Summer Army sired a child with an English ancestor. You can't get much more "Viking" than that. Most of the people born in Scandinavia today are descended from Farmers who stayed behind. Proud to say my Swedish side comes from Uppsala.
That's a nice story. You should come back to your mother land northern/western Europe, UK, or Scandinavia....see your roots. I'm from Manchester, England. My name is Anglo saxon, infact my name was featured in a viking console game, and just recently, it felt good.
As a Swede, this is more familiar to me. Me and my norwegian friends makes fun of danes all the time, whilst also poking fun at eachother. However, from my experience, everyone hates the danes xD
@@soderlund3610 Det finns ingen anledning till att göra narr av några länder eller nationaliteter, men vi gör det oavsett på grund av vår historia, som ett par syskon. Det finns inget som kommer förändra det tyvär.
@@eliaslaban well us Scousers are grateful for Lobscouse, and our Scandinavian friends...Tranmere Rovers are the only English football club with a Hiberno Norse name...
Sigurd "Ring", son of Harald Wartooth and father of Ragnar "loðbrók", truly a great warrior and one of the leaders of one of the most important viking "houses", the Munsö. He was, some sources say, king of Sweden and denemark.
I can relate. My ancestry is mixed with all of them. Some royal some not. I had to trace mostly the women lines. The one I traced to the Orkney Islands is difficult because written records are not present, and I have to go to the sagas. Which we both know how that works. I have Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, German, Scottish and more. All in that circle of NW Europe. I'm a Germanic mutt. Lol
I'm an Appalachian mutt. My dad's side is ex slave, Irish moonshiners, Cherokee Blackfoot, Moor, etc. They hid in the smoky mountains from Andrew Jackson. My mom's is mostly dutch, UK, and 20% African. My dad was 70% African. Both sides have 10% Scandinavian. My heritage is diverse and mostly done in wedlock (or "wedluck"). I'm rh-, but still contain about 80-90% of the human genome. That's rare. That means no rh+ people over the course of time bred with my family. We somehow found each other even if a few ancestors in the past possibly came from conquest or inbreeding. It's inevitable. I have so much diversity, inbreeding is rare. We're 15% of the world's population. I'm 10% Scandinavian. It was one of my highest percents of European. I love learning about ALL my ancestors, the good and the bad. It's how we learn. Thanks for the great video!
Redbet is known to be a Frisian king in the official history of the Netherlands, and now days better known as Radboud. I live in in West-Friesland near the town of Medemblik, and there you have castle Radboud....which supposedly is built on the remnants of his castle/fortification or whatever there was first. Medemblik is also noticed in the Oera Linda book, the ancient frisian manuscript. (Jan Ott version is best, and latest translations/evidence) The castle also plays a big role in the history of Grutte Pier, Frisians last great warrior, which was a giant, according to the stories surrounding him and his mega sword they have found.....there also is his helmet....but don't know much about that. Frya's children are still here, and the fire of freedom is still burning in our hearts, and we are ready to die for freedom at any time!! (at least i am) BETER DOOD DAN SLAAF!! Stay free my friends
@@hette457 Frisians aren't like "city folk" and normies, but they can be pretty excentric and hard headed at times. But unfortunately everyone is brainwashed and defeated long time ago here in the Netherlands. This kingdom isn't that old and right before it became one the Frisians where the last to fight the "dutch", who are the dutch? Frisia was the last stronghold of the pure free white rase of the Fryans, and i don't mean it in a racist way, have nothing against other rases. All of "Europe" got invaded, enslaved, brainwashed, converted and mixed with the invaders,...which on their turn became the armies along with the Swiss mercenaries for the Vatican and the holy Roman Empire. It's what happened in a nutshell but way more complicated than that. There's nothing left and nobody remembers, and proudly wave their stupid flags while singing national anthems given to them by their conquerors......so sad 😔 I truly feel like im all alone and surrounded by zombies, and i fear for my kids future
Fries Frias Fri As Freie Ase. WestFriesland is nogal Deens, meer Deens dan de provincie Friesland. Lever doot as slaw. Oostfriesland Leaver dea as slaef. NL friesland.
I was born in Scotland, raised in New Zealand, and it doesn't make me any less scottish or Kiwi. Considering my mother's side of the are from the Western Isles, I probably have norse ancestry somewhere
I was born in Iceland by a Danish mother and Icelandic father and live now in Sweden, in Iceland we made fun of the Faro islanders and sade they ware scared to sail on to Iceland and the Swedes dit not want to sail on the Atlantic so they went east insted. 😅🤣😂
The rulers of Kyiv, Novgorod etc. year 900 - 1200 were from the Rurik dynasty, Swedish, better to say Scandinavian origin. Volodymyr (980-1015) the Greats weapon, the threfork, is today used by the current Volodymyr. Up till 1200 there were many marriages between families of Scandinavian and Ukraine rulers. The 36th Ukrainian Marine Brigade are today using a viking ship in their flag.
I'm a third Norman, and I'll let you know that a large quantity of Normans left Northern France and went to Quebec to hunt. Some came down to America, hence the large French population of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont. Mainly the redder, Northern part of those states, this is why I'm not French, nor Canadian, but American. William the Conqueror is truly one of the greatest men of the Viking age and I'm proud to be his kin!
Don't forget that the Normans, who later invaded and conquered England, began as Danish Vikings whom the French King gave land to stop their raids.
He didn't he spoke about William the conqueror 🤔
I don't think the king "gave them lands", more like legitimized the conquests. "Okay sure you can keep it, just convert and swear fealty to me on this bible"
@@mortache You are right, Normandy had been occupied for several years and when the Vikings had largely robbed/extorted 1/3 of the French silver stock, but in return virtually all Viking raids in France stopped, Rollo was good at keeping outsiders away
@@jesperrasksuldrup1541 Because it was the frontiers and it was his lands now. Kinda clever play from Charles the Bald, too
@@mortache It's so true and rollo was extremely loyal too☺
I was born in Texas, USA. Had brown hair for my childhood but gained red hair going into my teenage years, I found through a DNA test that I carry quite a bit of Irish and Norwegian ancestry. Since then, it’s answered a lot of questions regarding personal preferences and what have you. Thanks to anybody who decided to read!
I'm a Texan as well. Half Scottish/English and Half Scandinavian. I had blonde hair until I was 9? Then light brown that turned black as an adult. Blue eyes. 6'4". I used to weigh 350 pounds but I said fuck that. It's been 15 years since I lost the weigh. Now I go between 190 and 220. 190 now. I say all this because I'm still a big man at 190. I don't mean fat.
Up the Irish 🇮🇪
Inwas the opposite! When i was younger i had blonde hair and blue eyes, then as i got older my hair got darker. I took a DNA test and found out that in 90% Scandinavian and Northen European. That test also answered a lot of questions with my preferences as well! Have a good one!
i was born in kentucky. raised in south texas.. my hair was white blonde until my teens when it started going light brown then having light streaks and later hairs of every hair color i know of.. even my beard has jet black.. blonde.. red.. brown and now mostly grey.. lol.. as a kid i was told i was part german and black irish.. i later found out that black actually means scotts irish.. because of medical reasons i had to have a lot of blood work and dna testing.. i found out i have genetic mutation caused by celtic viking genetics.. apparently i have a lot of the dna as i have double recessive genes
@@whitefreeman5798 This is so fascinating
I’m from England, grew up in East Anglia. My dna test came back with 81 % English and 19% Norwegian. Such an interesting topic.
DNA is a lie.
So you are english
@@veronicalogotheti1162 the english or Ænglisc are a northern germanic people closely related to the norse
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek English is celtic
@@veronicalogotheti1162 No, not culturally, and genetically the 'Celticness' varies.
I was born in Scotland and went to Australia when I was 2 years old and spent most of my life there! It took my whole life to find out on my mothers side going back in York/ Yorvik, Northern England going back 700 years. On my fathers side it is ScottIsh, English and part Norwegian.
York was part of the Danelagen, so you probably have roots in Denmark rather than Norway.
But yes, it's impossible to say since our DNA is identical :0)
Aussie Scots for the win 🇦🇺🏴💪🏻
@@jesperrasksuldrup1541 His father is scottish, thats were the norwegians went
@@FiberkabeloptikYes and no in York there were primarily East Norse Vikings
@@jesperrasksuldrup1541 "mothers side going back in York/ Yorvik, Northern England going back 700 years. On my fathers side it is ScottIsh, English and part Norwegian." read bro
I love that you are calling for calm and community rather than jumping in on one side or the other. This is a tiresome argument. Bravo.
Except those Sweedians, they have gone too soft. 😊
I think the convolution of our own personal history makes life more interesting.. I was born in Karelia, amd russian is my first language. My grandmother's first language was karelian (a dialect similar to finnish) but my ancestors came from what is today Östergötland in Sweden only about 200 years ago. I now live in the USA..
Привет! Товарищ Карел тоже здесь!
I know a Norwegian guy whose great-grandfather came from Russia. His relatives still have his boots with Russian Coat of Arms on their soles to claim the land. My Finnish buddy with last name sounding pretty Finnish to me, actually has this name originated and then modified from his greatgreatgrand father who was ethnic Czech working for Moscow conservatory for 40 years. I have an Irish buddy. Although all his grandparents were born in Ireland, according to his DNA, he is only 3% Irish. But he knew he had some French, Russian, Turkish ancestors. On the French-Russian side one of his ancestors was a member of a famous in Russia Benoit (Benua) family. I have a Czech buddy, whose last name supposedly came from some French soldier settled in Czech lands, after Napoleonic wars or so.
I have no such excited history. I was born in Leningrad. Spent about 6 months of my life in different parts of Karelia. All I know my ancestors lived in Vologda, Kostroma, Tver, Pskov regions, and St. Petersburg at the middle-end of the XIX century.
I know this isn’t pertinent to this particular video but maybe if interest to you all… I live on The Wirral in the NW of England. It’s a peninsula with a lot of Viking and Anglo Saxon history. A lot of the village names here are of Viking origin (Thingwall, Irby, Greasby, Frankby, West Kirby and many others). Where I live is called Meols (pronounced ‘Mells’) which is believed to be Norse. It maybe worth keeping an eye in the news on my village as there is an on-off excavation going on at the moment to establish whether a very old ‘clinker’ built boat under a Pub patio is from the Viking era, if so, it is believed to be very well preserved. Hope this is of interest to you and 🤞🏻the boat proves to be Viking!!!!
thank you, man :)
Possible. They've found a similar boat in Minnesota. I can't remember the place off hand.
I’m Scottish, my mothers side dates back to the Picts her name was Bannerman which dates back to Malcom Canmore and my father side is from Norway. I found relatives from Norway and went to Bergen, it was amazing. There is some thought Rollo actually married a Scots woman. There’s also a thought that Imar mentioned in Dublin was actually Ivar who also took over Dumbarton Rock which is the oldest fort in Britain.
You cannot possibly trace your family back 1500 years lad thats how far you would need to go for pure picts
@@nba2kaii12 no the name does not my family you pillock.
I'm a Rollo decedant Rollo married gazel visi Goth princess France I have family trees my father's Richardson mother's Wilcox that's British spelling for William lot of learning here with words and language s I have certified doc's they go to Massachusetts I'm still learning enjoy!!!
Born an raised in Texas. Ancestors are almost all Swede. A good amount of Norwegian and very little English. It makes sense that those who were exploring and in Europe, especially the UK would be the most well known and the ones who did the most. They were explorers and conquerors.
Yeah the Scottish English and Irish are everywhere
Wow, this is some great production quality. Glad to see this channel expanding so fast.
If many of us were to have a dinner chat with our ancestors, I'm afraid they'd still take up their swords and shields and fight! All of mine were at one time or another at odds with each other. Oh the tales they could tell though. My ancestry is as much Scottish as it is Scandinavian, then Icelandic, Welsh, Irish, Finnish and Brittany. The raids of the Vikings in Brittany are of legend! One of my favorites of yours so far, loved this video!
It's true. Human nature remains unchanged, mostly.
The real funny thing is that neither you, nor anyone else alive today are Vikings. You may be descended from Vikings, but unless your current profession is to sail around the world, raiding, conquering, and pillaging, then you are not actually a Viking. Vikings were not defined by their ancestry either, but rather what they did. Not all Norse in the Viking age were Vikings. Some were farmers, others were blacksmiths, and so on.
Hooligans...
Jeg ble født i USA, men jeg har forfedre fra Norge og Danmark. Nå jeg bor i Moskva. Viking is something in your DNA. We have a certain soul and being. Thor resonates strongly with me, despite being raised as a Christian. Righteous justice and fearsome protection for loved ones is what I feel. I agree we should stick together as Scandinavian brothers 🤝 Learning Norwegian has filled a small hole I felt in my life. Scandinavian traditions we're not passed down in my family. I'm trying to reclaim what was lost and add it to what I have. It's important to take care of one's soul and stay connected with your roots no matter where you are. P.S. I love to tease the Swedes too but I actually really like Swedish folk music. The way they spell is what's weird for me. Skål vikingbror! 🇧🇻🇷🇺💪
Hej fra Danmark and skål.... (ja, vi skal alltid tulle/drille svenskerne, sån' er det)!
Skal Brother... Let's reclaim our heritage! 🇩🇪🇩🇰🇸🇪🇮🇸🇳🇴🏴
Feel ya brother ✊
@@mwol5473 Skal?? What're you saying we skal do? Oh vent et øjeblik haha! You meant *Skål!* my bad. I Love the message. But what's that german flag doing in there?
lol
I am from Brazil, my parents are from Netherlands and Portugal. My grandfather come to here because he gains some lands in mid of 1920. Today my uncles have sold all the lands, and we spread for all Brazil. My grandfather have 17 sons, and i have more than 200 cousins. My grandfather has died in 1968, i was born in 1987. My parents say i am the reincarnation of my Grandfather. Because i am very close to him in appearance, and have the same birthmarks and the same apptitudes to work. No one of the children of my grandfather, my uncles, it's so similar to him how i am.
Got same thing on my side.
We are actually over ,360 family members today.
We need more kids not less.
Good luck
Nobody cares, you loser. Your civilisation and entire existence is crumbling to the ground, your entire race is entirely dysgenic, docile, pacified and domesticated, high fructose corn syrup, soy, high estrogen, 60% decrease in sperm counts, lowering testosterone levels, vaccinated slave NPC, consumerism and materialism, video games, micro-plastics and xenoestrogens in your food supply, and you're trying to tell anonymous people all around the world about your loser family in Brazil. You self-absorbed, narcissistic moron. You exhibit all the signs of over-socialisation.
Netherlands and Portugal hmmm? Thats interesting, do you think it had to do with the colonial period? I am from the Netherlands btw
@@magical5181 I think so. Dutch Guiana in South America only achieved independence in 1975, and in 1900 it was relatively easy to come to America to try your luck in a new continent full of opportunities, as was Brazil at that time.
But after 1970, after the end of the gold standard, the country became aden of low HDI thanks to socialism welfare state. no one wants to work and produce anymore, everyone just wants to receive government subsidies
@@loboconsciente-6006 Interesting, are you also tall because you have a bit of dutch genes?
Really loving your videos! I've had a growing interest in Viking history, but grew up thinking I was a mixture of mostly Filipino, Irish, and Polish. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I am Filipino, Slav, Magyar and Scandinavian. I imagine it must be Rus Viking in there, but I am eager to learn more!
Fascinating video as always, thank you so much. 👍🏽 I’m Caithness (North Coast Scotland) born and raised, and our Viking heritage remains very much a part of the community today in place and street names, as well as discovered Viking sites. I say “our”, as my DNA analysis shows me as only 3% Norwegian, the rest is 90% Scottish, 3% Irish… my ancestors clearly didn’t like to mingle and make friends with their new neighbours 🤣🤣🤣.
Ooh my great gran is from Wick, in Caithness but I’ve never been that far north yet . The rest of the family prior to and after her were macleods from skye so I’m told I definitely have Norse ancestry ❤
@@littlemy1773 , our wee corner of the country is quite lovely, you should definitely visit one day. Make sure you visit in the summer, though, it get’s rather windy the rest of the year !🤣
@@w33burd I’m in the Isle of Man we’re used to some mad winds, but I imagine up your way you’d have to be careful which way to park the car when opening the door lol! Is it as bleak as I imagine? Btw bleak doesn’t mean bad to me, it means I can stand and imagine I’m in a Nordic noir murder series 🤣
@@littlemy1773 we have a Thingwall here too on the Wirral, where Ingismund and his warband plotted to attack Chester, but Athelflaed,the lady of Mercia was forewarned and forearmed...E..
@@eamonnclabby7067 That’s so cool! I knew there was a Tynwald/thingwall somewhere in your area but wasn’t sure exactly where
My father’s people originally came from the Ukraine and my mother’s family came from Scotland and prior to there they were the Picts stationed at the Orkney Islands and yes my brothers have red hair and my beard grows a dark red, I joined the ADF and served in a Infantry Para regiment where I met a lot of guy’s with similar backgrounds and yeah they grew red beards as well 😂 Freaky
Mother's Norman French, father's Ukrainian. Hail brother! Red bearded here, as well!
Hi. I am Ukrainian. Could you tell me your surname??
I am a researcher of ancient celts
@@eggmynog
Your mother is actually born in Normandy?
This is very interesting. I’ve never really been that interested in Vikings, though my mother and I joke often about not messing with us Viking women. 😊 She is of Swedish descent on her father’s side and German/Scottish on her mother’s side. I have always admired the Celts and anything Celtic, and finding out we are of Scottish heritage makes me wonder… now you say Norwegians inhabited Scotland and Ireland makes me wonder if we don’t have a bit of that in our line as well! But, at least we still honor the CORRECT way of eating lutefisk every Christmas; in cream sauce. 😉 Thank you for sharing your knowledge of the Scandinavian Viking heritage.
If you’re interested in anything Celtic then you should read John Lamb Lash’s book “Not In His Image”. The 15 year anniversary edition is amazing.
@@dragonofhatefulretribution9041 thanks!
My Gaelic ancestors intermarried with the Norse, we are grateful to our Norwegian friends for Lobscouse hence scouse, here on Merseyside..
I am as Celtic as I am Germanic. I try not to pick in choose, but to honor all. Just as I wear my clan sash with a Norse tunic, or mix German and Gaelic 😂 I'm proud of who I am and my ancestry. I honor the good and remember the bad and live by what is worth living for
@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 as well you should! If I could I would honor my ancestry of Czech, Swedish, Scottish (with a wee bit of Irish in there), and German. 🙂 Not sure what sort of outfit that would lend, but it would be interesting.
We need a video about Redbad, the greatest of all frisians!
You know what sucks really bad right now ! Norwegian attacking German pipelines. That’s an act of war !!! We are brothers ! Why are we still fighting each other here in Europe !!!
This is only a theory. I as a German do not believe that the attack has come from Norway.
Because too many of the leaders are self-centered assholes.
Soooo right Sirk Eibner.We are all Indo Europeans.Together we could make Europe a paradise.
I am British,Russian,Irish, Scottish and Polish DNA.I love all these cultures and their languages.Most of my friends in childhood were Polish or Ukraine.I even did Cossack dancing for a few years and I'm an Aussie.Stop killing each other and start building a future together.Two world wars both started in Europe.We are better than this.The warrior spirit on these videos was to forge a strong character.Now we need to use our intelligence.
Why are we fighting? Thanks to the neocons in the usa.
Apparently the progenitor of our family surname was a Scots Viking, going by the name of Sweyn Asliefsson, and is referred to as "The Ultimate Viking"! A late 11th/early 12th century Viking and has been written about in the Orkneyinga Sagas! His base of operations & drinking house were located on the Orkney Island of Gairsay. My grandfather is from the Caithness region of NE Scotland!
Mhmm we haven't heard about him here in Skandinavien.
A most excellent vlog mate, as always you have my gratitude.
That's pretty cool! You just bridged a gap I've been trying to figure out for some time. Dublin being Norwegian I didn't know. There is a place near me that when settled was called New Dublin. It's from there and Germantown PA that most all my family branched out from. Kemper is the German name but many of us have red hair and more Scotch Irish than German DNA.
This is one of your BEST videos! Thank you for the great content !
My personal story would closely relate to Harold Hardrada, from istanbul to fight in Ukraine, then my tours of Ireland and the Scottish isles. I am from the U.S but have been told from people in Iceland and other places I look Scandinavian. But my saga is my own. Bravo on your channel. Takk fyrìr
1. Not Istanbul but Constantinople
2. Not Ukraine but Rus
Well I'm 60 + somthing percentage Scandinavian. And people think I look like I'm from Bosnia or Spain. Looks doesn't have anything to do with it.
Respect for this channel and what I learned from it, Animist myself from North America.
I was born in the states and have Norwegian and Scottish ancestry and I became what is known now as a Norse Heathen at 14(now 48). I’ve always been drawn to colder climates and forests as places of comfort for me. I always wondered about that until I did a DNA test. It’s a trip about genetic memory. I always knew I had Scottish ancestry bc my clan still holds lands and titles in Scotland but didn’t know about the Nordic bloodline.
I live in florida... and while there is much to love the heat and humidity are sometimes miserable.
Yes. Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Scot-Irish ancestry. My ancestor fought beside William the Conqueror. Baron Taillefer.
@@MT-tg4bt 🤘🏻
"my clan still holds lands and titles in Scotland" No
Born in Indiana, USA. Brown hair, Grey-Blue eyes (The kind that women always commented about). Did a DNA test last year. About 70% from Scotland/England with Scottish just getting the edge over the latter. The rest is divided up between Sweden/Denmark, Germanic Europe, Ireland, Norway, Wales, and Portugal(with 2% weird). I get everything other than Scottish/English from my mothers side for sure she has traced our family back to a farm that we have long distant family still living there On the border of Sweden/Norway. Pretty wild.
2% Norwegian, 8% Swedish and/or Danish, 19% ScottIsh, 49% English, 4% Welsh, 11% Irish, and the rest is German, French, and a bit of Finnish or Russian. I’ve always been drawn to history, and part of that is each person’s own history and the history of their lineage. I love to see all the comments of those who do as well! Thank you for the video. Stay Safe Folks!!!
Have you put your dna into ‘my true ancestry’?
@@toriphillips7383 No, I haven't.
Dublin is not a norse name as such ,it comes from the irish gaelic words of Dubh meaning black and Linn meaning pool.They did name the city as the original and still in use today was Baile Atha Cliath ford of the hurdles,but Dublin comes from gaelic not any norse language.
It doesn't matter where you were born , just your heart was a Viking. It seemed to me that Viking were honest, hard working , strong people who lived in harsh environments like heavy snow, wind, rain, mountainous areas.
I would have loved to be and so proud to be an Viking ( if I could). You couldn't be lazy , you would have died or have someone take care of you.
This might be the best video you have made
If i missed it, I apologize, but have you done anything on Sitric Caech (Sygtryggr)? I have Irish, Scottish, Wales, English, Norway, Germanic in my ancestry, so i figured i'd ask. Love your channel and the knowledge you have for this
There's also York (Jorvik) which was a city founded by Vikings in England, many villages around the county of Yorkshire have very Norse sounding names, lots of places ending in "-skar" for instance.
It was actually taken over by vikings from the Anglo-Saxons it was called Eoforwic Before the vikings renamed it!! It was settled/founded long before the vikings Came though!! ....like most of the UK
york wasn’t founded by the vikings, it’s where constantine the great was proclaimed emporer - it was a roman settlement it’s v ancient
I believe it was founded by the Romans...
York is from the times of the 9th army of the Roman empire
But yes Danes had kings in York and of course are the people that named the old place it's modern name. Like Bath and Kirk
Even the tallest mountain in England Scafell
Has its danish name
( Skagafell in Icelandic )
Dublin can also be claimed to it's danish roots
Western Australia, Australia has a LOT of Nordic names. There was a colonialism drive by one of the Nordic nations during the Colonialism of Australia.
Ancestors Are Welsh/English German and Scandinavian. Raised in North Dakota relocation to Minnesota. Both are settled by many Scandinavians. Love the ancestors and the history!
I'm a Englishman and I have english Scottish Irish Norwegian DNA
I love your lectures - and your accent! Hopefully, now in retirement, I can learn more about my history. I’ve been STEM all my life so I have a long way to go. Any recommendations on material for us newbies would be most appreciated if your time allows. I should also mention that some help in your pronunciation would be even more helpful. You say a name, then I see it spelled ( sooo glad you do that ), and I’m floored - haha! Thanks, again, for your lectures, and I’m so glad I found you on Utube. 👏
For anyone looking for more from England names like Tostig Godwinson and Uthred of Bamburgh are a good place to start... also i should remind people that the Anglo-Saxons largely originated in Denmark with the rest coming from modern day Dutch/Frisian speaking areas, understanding the nature of English origin is confusing af but i think a hybrid celto-germanic origin is best.
Wasn' Uthred adopted by a Danish warlord? Forgot the name.
@@simontenkate1786Ragnar. He called him "Uhtred Ragnarsson" after his younger son died. He also had another son also named Ragnar.
I am a descendant of Erik the Red from my mothers side & Irish Vikings from my Dad”s side. I am a 3rd generation in Canada now. There are HUGE amount of descendant of Leif Erickson ( obviously he is the son of Erik the Red) here in Canada, mostly in Winnipeg but we also have a lot where I live in Edmonton. I love having this ancestry. I even named my son, Thoryn without even knowing it is a Viking name!❤
My dad was Danish His parents came from Copenhagen to Chicago both dying before I was born. Grandma on mom's side Norwegian in Iowa. I think we were Nomadic , taking trips alot ,and we moved four times before I was grown. until I took a test I didn't know of 2percent French and Irish my parents died never knowing about, ya I think there's some Viking blood here!
Hi from Copenhagen
I’m 54% Scottish. My mother’s maiden name is Stewart. The rest of me Germanic, Danish and Norwegian. My Grandmother’s maiden name is Wicker. I’m not a big person (5’7” 150#) but I’m strong. I’ve been thrown on the back of my head so many times that I should be dead. If I survive this I’m going back to school to be a nurse. I’m going to be the angel of mercy that so many people need. I’m valkyrie. I was born in Oklahoma. Blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair. My hair is extremely curly.
It would be interesting to hear you take on the historical use of honey in Scandinavia. Including mead and treating wounds.
Have you looked into Egyptians using honey for wounds and infection?
@@bongdonkey oh heavens yes.
A lot of my customers use honey on wounds.
The results are shocking, how good the results are!
The honey releases hydrogen peroxide once it's on the moisture of the wound. That and the enzymes.
A party of Icelandic Vikings approached the West Coast of Scotland (Dalradia).The Scott's (Gaels) sailed out to meet them and said."If you continue on land we will steel your boats and goods,if you stay we will slay all of you.The Vikings turned around.👍🏴1-🇮🇸0
😀😮🇮🇸🤕😪⛵
Vikings and Celts love a fight.Nothing much has changed.Kerp the warrior spirit alive.💪⚔️🪓
My family come from Norway and Danmark. We still use our old traditional names. I am Arne and my sons are Bjørn and Steinar and my Brother is Tor. Not the modern weak name they put on boys. Family name are Husby we must not forget our past.
Husby- that is a Very Danish sounding name for sure. Skål
You have a very Scandinavian name for sure!
@@HAMMER_2.2 I have seen the Husby name in Sweden and Danmark. There are few Husby, but Huseby are more common. Husabø is the Old Norse name on Farms for Warrior Lords.
even your family name tells you that you are a from a line of peasant lmao. so viking
Now, Viking was a way of life. The Vikings held many Mediterranean lands, Sicily being one, for 200 years. There were black and Arab Vikings.. you need men, you get them.. no one cares about skin tone, it's brotherhood that counts.
Anyway, the opportunity available at the time was to go a-viking.. ..it was a different time.
What a cool video! I confirmed through DNA testing that I am a direct descendant of the Earl of Caithness Scotland and the genealogy points paternal line as descending from Rollo 😁 I have about 25.9% Scandinavian, higher than mum and dad so not surprised as mums English descent. I’m 57% Scottish, born in Australia, raised in New Zealand with American Polynesian Māori ancestry too 🤣 such an awesome mix 🥰
rollo was from either norway or denmark, not scotland! I agree that Scandinavian and or Germanic peoples should stick together. but untruths do not help.
@@luringen947 I didnt say he was from Scotland, I said my paternal line was. The narrative is that my line (Clan Sinclair of Caithness) descend from Rollo but only dna would ever prove that so it shall remain just a narrative….interesting all the same.
@@luringen947 Associating Scandinavians with Anglos or Germany is a big no-no here. :)
@@DonDaddaDanoDaDaneCalledDanno Germanic doesn't mean German 🤦
I didn't realize there were any sagas that said Rollo was born and raised in Scotland. In my opinion he is definitely in the top 5 greatest Viking ever if not # 1. His own life accomplishment was impressive but the legacy he left made England the greatest power the world had ever seen, ushering in the modern industralized era with all its glory and grime.
I was born and raised in California my family came to America in 1957-60 from Scotland/England on my fathers side I lived with my grandparents growing up my great grandmother would tell stories of garden elf’s and stuff like that so I took a interest in my ancestry I asked my family and they told me I was Scottish English Irish and Dutch but when I finally took a dna test I’m English, Scottish, Irish, and Norwegian with some Germanic European on the test in conclusion I’m just Germanic and Celtic.. btw loved the video
"Scandahovian" are just Germans who moved " up nort"!
Love that you mentionned Hakon the Good, as he is also my favorite king from that era. Absolute chad, bringer of justice and one of the few christians of that time that did NOT commit atrocities to spread their religion. Also a great warrior.
When my great-grandfather came through Ellis Island, he "Americanized" our last name. Crazy to me that he was wanting so much to be American and now we people with that same desire to be viking. I'm really enjoying the content you put out...aside from the pot-shots taken at the Swedes LOL jk...I subscribed!
Viking was more like a profession, not an ethnic thing. I'm pretty sure it's highly illegal to "be viking" in most countries. 🤣❤️🇩🇰
@@b.v.nielsen8714 pffft....you know what I mean! LOL Everyone wants to say "Oh, that's the viking in me!" hrm...I wonder if they reaaally know what they're saying. lolol Maybe "viking by injection" ;) so to speak. lol
@@thesinstreamstreams9465 Of course I know what you mean, just couldn't help myself. It always amuses me when someone (mostly Americans) claims to be 100%, let's say Irish, even if his family hasn't sat foot on the island in the last two hundred years. We'll meet in Valhal, my viking brother. 😊👍❤️🇩🇰
My ancestors did that when they came here too. My name is Barron from the Gaelic MacBharron, but most of my ancestry is German. My German name is Schumacher, but when my grandfather and his brothers came here in the 1600s, they turned it into Shoemaker. I never understood why they were so willing to trade their identities and heritage, until my father talked to me. He said much of Europe was and is at odds for millennia of bloodshed. Poles were slaughtered by Germans and Russians, Muslims were pushed to extinction, entire villages and peoples wiped from the earth simply for having a different belief. So when my grandfather and his brothers came here, they didn't wish for them, their children, or their descendants to be tied to such wanton slaughter and persecution. They didn't wish to forfeit who they were, but they did so because they didn't want to be tied to a people who suffers and delivers death and destruction. That's what my Vater told me at least.
@@EinDeutscherPatriot620 Thank you for this! That makes a lot of sense. It's so very hard to trace my heritage knowing only a bastardized version of our original name. I'm glad that you were able to find out so much about your own family.
I find it very interesting tracking your ancestors. I'm Scotch Irish and Norwegian. One side is watson that means son of Walter and the other side Wilson that means son of will - Wolf's son - the Norse Willson's of scotland. After finding this channel I've came to realize that most of my believe system is mostly Norse an pagan . This is a great channel I aways look forward to the next history lesson. Love all my brothers and sisters that are scattered all over this planet.
I live on the Baltic sea shore city, my ancestors are Russians, Ukranians, and Finno- Ugoric. Glory to white Europe!👍👍👍
My paternal grandfather immigrated from Norway abt 1911. My maternal grandmother’s family immigrated from Norway abt 1848. I’m so proud to be 50% Norwegian! I’m going to visit Norway & meet many Norwegian cousins in July! So excited!! Thank you for the interesting Scandinavian history.
Typo … My paternal (not maternal) grandmother’s family immigrated abt 1848. So proud of my Norwegian ancestry!!
I'm french and recently interested in my gran granfather life; i was thinking he is from Paris, so i looked from where origin his family name and it's typical Norman name...and i discover he is not born in Paris but in town near Normandy. So i must have more viking ancestors than what i could have think before. In France there was not only Vikings settlements in Normandy but also a lot in Brittany, which some large parts were not only ravaged but also occupied by vikings.
I’ve recently discovered my grandfather was from Normandy (Dieppe) and so interested to know if I possibly have any Viking ancestry.
@@outfromtheshadows most probably cause we all have same ancestors to some extent. Somebody from normandy you almost sure to fall on a viking at a point when going throurh allways of the genealogic tree branches.
@@outfromtheshadows mine also left Dieppe Normandy in the 1500's went to England and on to North America. Found out I have Hugernaughts on my Paternal and Maternal Grandmothers side. 19% Swedish & Denmark.
The Danes settled in that area as from Norway but there was even Irish Vikings settled in Norway.
Ty for continuing these great videos my friend I hope your well …..😊
Oy. Beowulf was a Geat, which was a tribe that lived in what was to become Sweden. And he was badass, so stop making fun of Swedes lol.
Since the Kalmar Union(1397-1523) ended the Swedes totally dominated all of Scandinavia and for a couple of hundred years other parts of Europe aswell. Of course we Swedes are proud of the Viking Age and even the great Vendel Period, but we have more recent history that actually matters. Norwegians and Danes only have the Viking Age to bragg about,so let them do that. We who know history know🤘 😎
@@fredrikdahllof2636 Funny how the norrbaggar brags. They have always been owned by danes or swedes 🤭
A fellow Irishman Seamus Heaney translation of Beowulf, is a classic...slainte...E..
The Goths
@@eamonnclabby7067 That's the one I'm reading. Highly recommended.
You are such a relaxed dude really been loving your video's !
Greetings from the Netherlands
Loved the video, thank you
I need to do a DNA test, I know I have Irish & Scottish ancestory and my name is Irish but I want to know more. I think there is something about the human condition that needs to know more about there ancestory. Especially if you come from the new world, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand just to name a few.
Hurrah, I'm from Orkney and you told about Yarl Thorfin, thank you. Great video.
I didn't know Vikings where so wide spread in the Atlantic, mainly going for islands.
There is old settlements and Viking build actual castles in Italy (far as Sicily), I know little about this.
No castle here on the Hiberno Norse peninsula of the wirral, plenty of Norse though..
Well they were looking to conquer the Pope and Rome got lost and settled for Sicily.
My great grandfather was from Waterford Ireland. I would like to visit some day. My family name is from Yorkshire northern England
Best wishes from the Hiberno Norse peninsula of the wirral, home of the only English football club with a Hiberno Norse name, Tranmere Rovers, Wirral, site of the great battle of Brunanburh/Bromborough 937AD,Wirral,namechecked albeit in Welsh in the medieval poem of sir Gawain and the green knight..E.
You always have the best content 💗
I have Germanic ancestry for many many years, and born in Texas. Didn't expect this modern first world to shield me from my actual culture as much as it tried to. Dont let anyone tell you what you believe is stupid
My Dad's mom, was born Margaret Skagen to Norwegian Immigrants. I'm happy to know I have Viking blood and also that Norwegian Vikings back in the day were Invincible.
I'm from Mississippi with Scottish, Italian, German, Scandavian blood. I had a red beard when I was younger.👍 I also don't think it's strange that Vikings became very powerful. They were far from central European conflicts. They could pick and choose their battles through great seamanship.
I thought Germans were Scandinavian
@@kyngpapi Don't get me to lying. I thought Norway , Sweden, Finland, Denmark
@@JamesJones-cx5pk yea there considered north Germans
@@kyngpapi you thought wrong germanic and scandinavian different
@@nba2kaii12 -North Germanic peoples, commonly called Scandinavians, Nordic peoples and in a medieval context Norsemen, were a Germanic linguistic group originating from the Scandinavian Peninsula.
Cool seeing Frisia getting some love!
Apparently Frisian is the
closest living language to English
"Oh, you're from Scandinavia? So your ancestors were the wimps who stayed home?" (*ducks*)
~Australian Viking
Hey, nothing wrong with a little friendly rivalry among kin :P
I mean well, really. Either way, they all bowed down and converted in the end and most of our Pagan culture was lost or corrupted. The fact is, after all this time, 'we' are here now and creating something new. That is our victory and I raise a horn to you!
Decided to take a look at this vid out of curiosity. My great grandma was from Normandy. I was a little surprised to see Danish pop up in my dna test. Now I know where it came from.
My father's family originally came from the shetland islands there last name is yuille an is from Norway they migrated to the shetland islands from Norway in the 9 century the name was yell but changed to yuille over time Viking in origin means winter solstice
yeah its still called jul here
@@sebastian5671 its spelling is different,yuille,but still pronounced the same like yule,jul
As a Danish Christian, Harald Bluetooth is by far my fav Viking! Legend.
You could say, he gave Scandinavians a some what smoother transition period than Widukind of the Saxons or Radbod the Frisian did. 😉
I'm a Englishman and a pagan and I have english Scottish Irish Norwegian ancestry shout from York in england
I dont agree that most of the known famous or infamous Vikings were from outside scandinavia.
Chief Hastein, Harald Bluetooth, Gorm the old, Ivar boneless and the list is endless.. are all Vikings/Norse that were born in Denmark.. if i add Norwegian Vikings to the list too.. we encompass more or less 80-90% of all famous Vikings having been born in Scandinavia.
My favorite on the long list of Scandinavian Vikings has to be Chief Hastein.. hes feats are heavily downplayed in the history that people tend to speak about.. Chief Hastein and the siege and raid of Luna is in my book one of the most memorable viking raids.. sure they thought it was Rome and not Luna, but they Tricked the Defenders and sacked the city.
What is also worth remembering is that theres different definitions of "badass", the Norwegian and Icelandic Vikings were great explorers, the Danes were great Raiders.. all badass in each their way.
There were a few notable Dublin Vikings..Ingismund and his warband settled here on the wirral
According to ancestry DNA, i have Scandinavian blood from mom's side. On my dad's side, I have links to Rurik from the Kievan Rus(sians) and Erik the Red in Iceland. We have DNA from the Vikings who were in Greenland. Most of my DNA is mixed German, Norman, English, Welsh, Scottish, Dutch, etc. I have 6% Swedish & 1% Algonquin. Mom's side is far more mixed, she had more Nordic DNA but they're mixed with Algonquin, German, Acadian, Hugenot, etc. My distant cousin Jessica Chastain looks like one or two of my aunts. My older brother, who became Mexican & lives in the Phillipines is a ginger. Being an ancestry, genealogy, reincarnation & polyglot language nerd all my life are all part of my paganness.
Well, hello distant relative.
I am a descendant of Rurik.
The Dutch East India Company... vikings that went corporate. ;-)
Born in South Carolina.
Ancestors are Northwest Europe…England, Scotland, Sweden, Denmark and Ireland. 👍👍
I'm from england I have English Scottish Irish Norwegian DNA shout from York
@@leeandrew8987 😁👍
So... on one point in Norge's history, there were too many Olafs and a lot of them moved out? I mean, how many Olafs, Haralds, and Håkons can one country feed?🤣❤️🇩🇰
It’s a bit like having to many Mohamed’s? You get the picture. 🏴🇬🇧🏴✝️
@@section5760 Well, it's just that too many Olafs and Håkons in Norway used to cause a redistribution of wealth in your part of the world. 😊❤️🇩🇰
@@section5760 It's really nothing like that
I know for a Fact that Rollo the Walker was Raised in Scotland on Wellesley Isle. I know because my Father's side of the family owned Wellesley Isle since the time of King Kenneth Mac Alpine. And According to my Father, the Late Thomas Mac Alester the 9th, Rollo Lothbruck was the King of Denmark before He became the Duke of Normandy.
We believe you...just like the declaration of Abroath references the origin of the Gaels...who alongside the Norse killed the Picts nobles..
Our surname is originates in Norway. It's Learmonth. Lear means to learn and month means to flourish like a rose once a month. Our family coat of arms is a single red rose (an English rose). I'm from Scotland.
Love the content! Keep it coming :)
This was a brave video about different kings.
I would like to hear more about women.
I have heard that by grave founds we know, that women had a high place in society as well.
Comparatively for the time yes but hardly to the extent we'd have an abundance of epic tales of them
They did indeed, Norse women during the Viking Age could own land, hold titles, have thralls and divorce.
They also ran the farm (and household economy) when the men were away and they could take part in battle.
Wouldn't doubt it in the least, the way my grandmother can control room full of rowdy men.
@@dragonrider9051 😂 Greeting to your grandma from Germany
Maeve of Connaught, Boudicca, and latterly good Queen Bess/Elizabeth, a descendant of Irish adventurers who landed in south Wales in the dark ages and settled in Llangorse ,married well ascended the throne...a present day descendant lives here on Merseyside at Knowsley hall. Lord Derby..he has red hair too...
Reminds me of this anecdote regarding the Visigoths:
The Spanish and Swedish claims of Gothic origins led to a clash at the Council of Basel in 1434. Before the assembled cardinals and delegations could engage in theological discussion, they had to decide how to sit during the proceedings. The delegations from the more prominent nations argued that they should sit closest to the Pope, and there were also disputes over who were to have the finest chairs and who were to have their chairs on mats. In some cases, they compromised so that some would have half a chair leg on the rim of a mat. In this conflict, Nicolaus Ragvaldi, bishop of the Diocese of Växjö, claimed that the Swedes were the descendants of the great Goths, and that the people of Västergötland (Westrogothia in Latin) were the Visigoths and the people of Östergötland (Ostrogothia in Latin) were the Ostrogoths. The Spanish delegation retorted that it was only the "lazy" and "unenterprising" Goths who had remained in Sweden, whereas the "heroic" Goths had left Sweden, invaded the Roman empire and settled in Spain.
Wouldn't it make most sense that Rollo was Danish, since all the other "settlers" in Normandy is Danish? (Afaik most of the sources say he's Danish) I may be biased, as a Dane - and we want as many bad-ass vikings on our side. At least its a question of Danish or Norweigan - as long as he's not Swedish, im good.
im norwegian, but, even if he was born in scotland, those islands were under the control of norway for a loong time. he would'nt have been raised "scottish" anyway. its norwegian or danish indeed. sweden went east ;)
Hi from Normandy proud of my viking ancestors
I am American and took a DNA test which came out with just two nationalities, Scandinavian and British. The readings were almost exactly half and half. Of the Scandinavian, it is composed of Swedish and Danish. Of the British side, it was composed of English and Scottish. How I would love to know more deeply about my own Viking heritage...
I'm a Englishman and I'm from York I have English Scottish Irish Norwegian DNA and my family name is Irish and I have a Scottish grandad that's weird
I am an Englishman ,my great grandfather was Scottish & our Surname originates from the borders near the river teviot .I took a DNA test and came back 46.6% Scandinavian and the rest Scottish, Irish & English , most of my matches are in Sweden and i have matched with Ukrainians too ,it has been an eye opener with these discoveries and very interesting !
I'm British / English. Typically quite a large chunk of me is Scandanavian too dna wise. That makes me a typical Englishman . Viking, Anglo Saxon , Celt , Norman ( who were Vikings anyway )
Most people in the north off England have that dna mixture off Scandinavian and British , I live in Yorkshire where a lot off Vikings settled and I have 34% Scandinavian dna
@@JGarner.2004 That's interesting. My DNA came out to 49% Scandinavian and 51% British....
The Scots frightened the Vikings back into their longships at Largs,some say it's because the Vikings saw our women.
What about those Vikings who were NOT SCANDINAVIAN at all? I've heard that a lot of people were recruited from foreign places. I'd love if you could do a video on that so we could learn more. Thanks for the great content!
The way I heard it, they recruited from most parts of the viking world. Inuit world peoples were generally not into it and polynesians didn't appear to have contact. I'm surprised theres no records of steppes people joining up. Mongolia had their own raiding economy going on though.
If they weren't born in a Scandinavian country, then they weren't true vikings. By your reckoning, those foreign troops fighting for Ukraine against Russia, from the USA etc, are all Ukrainian. That's just stupidity.
@@jimmyavpi back then, Ukraine and by extension russia was becoming a regional identity and eventually a state because of kievan russ, who were totally vikings. There were plenty baltic peoples in viking dna too. Its similar to york or normandy, in that scandanavians went there to trade or vike with the natives. Some stayed, then those places came into their own identity apart from being viking settlements but still have plenty signs of the cultural exchange.
@drphosferrous those vikings who stayed behind in Normandy etc were vikings, no-one else was. Just because your descendants were vikings, that doesn't make you one. (Not you personally). And if it did, then there would be no such thing as vikings as we would then all be Africans..
@@jimmyavpi You're implying that our modern definition of vikings, that being Norse people from Scandinavia who raided and became famous for it in places like the British Isles or Francia, also applied back then. We know that all of the people living on the Baltic sea and it's coasts shared a seafaring culture similar to that of the Norse and that they raided and traded with each other as well as the Norse before, during and after the traditional "Viking Age" of Western Europe. At the time they compared or outright called some of these groups "viking", despite evidence pointing to them not being Norse. Vikings today being specifically associated with Scandinavia and the Norse is simply because the places they raided, like Britain and France, wrote about them specifically. Because of this, I've seen some people be surprised Swedes were "vikings", as they stayed in the Baltic region and went east rather than raiding Western Europe like the Norwegians or Danes did. It also did not help that during the rise of nationalism and romanticization of the Viking Age in the 1800s, the other groups were cut off from Scandinavia and focused on forms of nationalism based on history more relevant to them, like the Balts with being the last holdouts of pagans in Europe and the resistance during the Northern Crusades.
"Genetically" I am Anglo-Swedish. Nationally I was born and raised in the states. If you buried me in the ground right now and in a thousand years someone dug me up they would not say "Hey, this is an American". Not if they ran my DNA that is. Also, my "English" side is VERY old. Like Danelaw old. And it is documented ancestry at that. And that ancestry was East Anglian & Essex. According to the Domesday book we had held a minor Lordship near Surrey prior to the Norman invasion. My aunt had her DNA checked and our "English" side had something extra and 15% of it was "Old Danish". So likely an actual Viking from either the Great Heathen Army or the Great Summer Army sired a child with an English ancestor. You can't get much more "Viking" than that. Most of the people born in Scandinavia today are descended from Farmers who stayed behind.
Proud to say my Swedish side comes from Uppsala.
That's a nice story. You should come back to your mother land northern/western Europe, UK, or Scandinavia....see your roots.
I'm from Manchester, England. My name is Anglo saxon, infact my name was featured in a viking console game, and just recently, it felt good.
@@unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 I plan to. I fuckin hate it here. Lol.
I’m Norwegian and make fun of the danish language on the regular, imagine Norwegian with a potato in your mouth 😂
As a Swede, this is more familiar to me. Me and my norwegian friends makes fun of danes all the time, whilst also poking fun at eachother. However, from my experience, everyone hates the danes xD
@@eliaslaban Finns ingen anledning att hata danskar idag. Förr var det skillnad dock
@@soderlund3610 Det finns ingen anledning till att göra narr av några länder eller nationaliteter, men vi gör det oavsett på grund av vår historia, som ett par syskon. Det finns inget som kommer förändra det tyvär.
@@eliaslaban well us Scousers are grateful for Lobscouse, and our Scandinavian friends...Tranmere Rovers are the only English football club with a Hiberno Norse name...
Sigurd "Ring", son of Harald Wartooth and father of Ragnar "loðbrók", truly a great warrior and one of the leaders of one of the most important viking "houses", the Munsö. He was, some sources say, king of Sweden and denemark.
Can we call them ikeavikings?
Love the new illustrations!
I can relate. My ancestry is mixed with all of them. Some royal some not. I had to trace mostly the women lines. The one I traced to the Orkney Islands is difficult because written records are not present, and I have to go to the sagas. Which we both know how that works. I have Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, German, Scottish and more. All in that circle of NW Europe. I'm a Germanic mutt. Lol
I'm from England in York here im a Englishman with English Scottish Irish Norwegian DNA
I'm an Appalachian mutt. My dad's side is ex slave, Irish moonshiners, Cherokee Blackfoot, Moor, etc. They hid in the smoky mountains from Andrew Jackson. My mom's is mostly dutch, UK, and 20% African. My dad was 70% African. Both sides have 10% Scandinavian. My heritage is diverse and mostly done in wedlock (or "wedluck"). I'm rh-, but still contain about 80-90% of the human genome. That's rare. That means no rh+ people over the course of time bred with my family. We somehow found each other even if a few ancestors in the past possibly came from conquest or inbreeding. It's inevitable. I have so much diversity, inbreeding is rare. We're 15% of the world's population. I'm 10% Scandinavian. It was one of my highest percents of European. I love learning about ALL my ancestors, the good and the bad. It's how we learn. Thanks for the great video!
Welcome abroad ,sir...I used to be called a black Irish bar steward now am just a grey haired one, slainte..
Redbet is known to be a Frisian king in the official history of the Netherlands, and now days better known as Radboud.
I live in in West-Friesland near the town of Medemblik, and there you have castle Radboud....which supposedly is built on the remnants of his castle/fortification or whatever there was first.
Medemblik is also noticed in the Oera Linda book, the ancient frisian manuscript. (Jan Ott version is best, and latest translations/evidence)
The castle also plays a big role in the history of Grutte Pier, Frisians last great warrior, which was a giant, according to the stories surrounding him and his mega sword they have found.....there also is his helmet....but don't know much about that.
Frya's children are still here, and the fire of freedom is still burning in our hearts, and we are ready to die for freedom at any time!! (at least i am)
BETER DOOD DAN SLAAF!!
Stay free my friends
@@hette457 Frisians aren't like "city folk" and normies, but they can be pretty excentric and hard headed at times.
But unfortunately everyone is brainwashed and defeated long time ago here in the Netherlands.
This kingdom isn't that old and right before it became one the Frisians where the last to fight the "dutch", who are the dutch?
Frisia was the last stronghold of the pure free white rase of the Fryans, and i don't mean it in a racist way, have nothing against other rases.
All of "Europe" got invaded, enslaved, brainwashed, converted and mixed with the invaders,...which on their turn became the armies along with the Swiss mercenaries for the Vatican and the holy Roman Empire.
It's what happened in a nutshell but way more complicated than that.
There's nothing left and nobody remembers, and proudly wave their stupid flags while singing national anthems given to them by their conquerors......so sad 😔
I truly feel like im all alone and surrounded by zombies, and i fear for my kids future
Fries Frias Fri As Freie Ase. WestFriesland is nogal Deens, meer Deens dan de provincie Friesland.
Lever doot as slaw. Oostfriesland
Leaver dea as slaef. NL friesland.
I was born in Scotland, raised in New Zealand, and it doesn't make me any less scottish or Kiwi. Considering my mother's side of the are from the Western Isles, I probably have norse ancestry somewhere
I was born in Iceland by a Danish mother and Icelandic father and live now in Sweden, in Iceland we made fun of the Faro islanders and sade they ware scared to sail on to Iceland and the Swedes dit not want to sail on the Atlantic so they went east insted. 😅🤣😂
The rulers of Kyiv, Novgorod etc. year 900 - 1200 were from the Rurik dynasty, Swedish, better to say Scandinavian origin. Volodymyr (980-1015) the Greats weapon, the threfork, is today used by the current Volodymyr. Up till 1200 there were many marriages between families of Scandinavian and Ukraine rulers. The 36th Ukrainian Marine Brigade are today using a viking ship in their flag.
What about the Rus Vikings.They were bad-ass too.👍🇷🇺Found out I have Russian,Irish,Scottish,English and Polish ancestry.❤️ Russia n culture.
Rus Vikings just slavified but they made a dna contribution to some modern day east slav people
Dobro Mehmet.
They have the name Russia.
@@gandolfthorstefn1780 Yeah. I wonder what east slavs call themselves before Kievan Rus
I'm going to learn Russian and get my info. straight from the horses mouth.But I see the point of your question Mehmet.
Thank you for a great video 👍🏻a lot of useful information ⚔️
I'm a third Norman, and I'll let you know that a large quantity of Normans left Northern France and went to Quebec to hunt. Some came down to America, hence the large French population of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont. Mainly the redder, Northern part of those states, this is why I'm not French, nor Canadian, but American. William the Conqueror is truly one of the greatest men of the Viking age and I'm proud to be his kin!
Hi from Normandy
@@christophedel2642 Hello Brother!