And after the first binge-drinking Danish Vikings got to Britain in the eighth century, the DNA of these bloodthirsty buccaneers who raped and pillaged their way to glory got into the British gene ...
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Historically, the North Atlantic archipelago was part of the Viking world and its inhabitants ... there was a population of people from the British Isles." These other clues include ancient ...
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It has been suspected that Viking blood was in the British DNA before the hordes raided in earnest from the 8th century Credit: mikroman6/Moment RF The team discovered a Scandinavian buried in a ...
Vikings have long had a special place in British lore (Picture: Getty Images) The Vikings were, among other things, Nordic raiders, plunderers and slaughterers intent on conquering England.