History and description of Haplogroup I1 (Y-chromosomal DNA) and its subclades. Haplogroup I1 is the original paternal lineage of Nordic Europe. It was propagated around Europe by ancient Germanic tribes and the Vikings.

Jun 19, 2008 · DNA analysis have been made on skeletons from Viking tombs. The Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups found were the same as those found nowadays in Europe, but with a much higher percentage of the now very rare haplogroups I and X. Haplogroups I and X are each found in only 1% of the modern...

History and description of Haplogroup I2 (Y-chromosomal DNA) and its subclades. Haplogroup I2 is continental Europe's largest Mesolithic paternal lineage. It is common among Slavic and Germanic people.

Nov 24, 2013 · Viking is an occupation not an ethnicity. Until subclades become more refined and TMRCAs more accurate it will be very difficult to assign any haplogroup to a specific Viking invasion.

Origins, diffusion, history, ethnic association of European y-chromosomal (Y-DNA) and mitochondrial (mtDNA) haplogroups and their subclades, with geographic distribution maps for each haplogroup.

Mar 7, 2016 · Just saw this in the news: Was Viking ruler Rollo Danish or Norwegian? This means that we should get the Y-DNA haplogroup of the Viking rulers of Normandy, from Rollo to William the Conqueror. Looking forward to it.

Jul 17, 2019 · A similar pattern was also observed for less frequent haplogroups in our ancient dataset, such as G (n=3), J (n=3) and T (n=2),, indicating a possible non-Scandinavian male genetic component in the Viking Age NorthernEurope.

Oct 2, 2012 · I have scrutinised FamilyTreeDNA's Ireland Y-DNA Project and noticed that practically all the Irish surnames belonged to haplogroup R1b, while almost all members of other haplogroups had English, Scottish, or occasionally even Welsh surnames. The Germanic haplogroup R1b-U106 is also dominated...

History and description of Haplogroup R1b (Y-chromosomal DNA) and its subclades. Haplogroup R1b is the dominant paternal lineage in Western Europe. It represents the Greco-Anatolian, Italic, Celtic and Germanic branches of the Indo-European speakers.

Aug 12, 2021 · I have checked Ragnar Lothbrok's genealogy to find if he had male line descendants to this day. It would not be surprising considering that he had eight sons and they became powerful rulers of their own. The main issue is that the genealogy is disputed. If enough Y-DNA lines survived, it would...