TV programme Vikings depicts the exploits of聽raiding warriors AF archive / Alamy
The Vikings weren鈥檛 all Nordic natives. They comprised multiple distinct groups of different peoples, according to a major study of ancient DNA.
鈥淰iking genetics and Viking ancestry is used quite a lot in extremist right-wing circles,鈥 says聽Cat Jarman at the University of Bristol in the UK, who wasn鈥檛 involved in the study. Many white supremacists identify with a 鈥渧ery聽pure Viking race of just people from Scandinavia, who had no influence from anywhere else鈥.
In fact, the DNA evidence suggests the…
