Six percent of UK population ‘have Viking DNA’, new study finds

Scientists examined over 400 Viking skeletons (Picture: PA)A new study has debunked popular myths about Vikings as it’s revealed not all of them were blonde Scandinavians who pillaged their way across Europe.
‘State of the art’ DNA sequencing from 442 Viking skeletons found many had ‘high levels of non-Scandinavian ancestry’, with genes from elsewhere in Europe and even Asia.
The epic six-year study, published today in science journal Nature, found 6% of the UK popu