Regarding Viking DNA, the July issue of Smithsonian Magazine has an
article on
the Vikings that includes this paragraph:
"As time passed, however, not all Scandinavians made it home. After a few
generations of fighting with local rulers, by the 11th century some
Vikings
began adopting the languages and customs of local peoples, even settling
in with
them in places ranging from Ireland to Russia. Researchers at the
universities
of Leicester and Nottingham, in England, have recently found that up to
half of
the DNA from men in northwest England matches Scandinavian genetic
types."
See
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/raiders-vikings.html?c=
y&page=2
You may have to copy-paste this URL to get to the article in the
magazine.
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