VIKINGS

[Eskie]

Where did the vikings live? They might or might not have some descendents up in the arctic and would like to know their blood types, where can I find such information?

[rueh]

Geneticist Professor David Goldstein, from University College London did a study that compared DNA samples to Scandanavian residents inorder to discover how much viking heritage was still present in the United Kingdom. His research may lead you to what you are looking for. There was a BBC documentary on it called the blood of the vikings. Also, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council sponsered a study of the Y chromosome to establish the vikings genetic legacy. the study was led by University of Nottingham's Professor Stephen Harding and Professor Judith Jesch and the University of Leicester's Professor Mark Jobling. Hope that gives you something to start with.

[doublehelix]

Where did the vikings live? They might or might not have some descendents up in the arctic and would like to know their blood types, where can I find such information?

Quick and dirty from Wikipedia:

A Viking is one of the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century.[1] These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland. This period of Viking expansion is known as the Viking Age, and forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Britain, Ireland and the rest of Europe in general.

1. ^ a b Roesdahl, p. 9-22.

[Eskie]

Non resident experts in history and people, think that Inuit killed off these "Gentle Giants", but in reality, Inuit never fought these people, since they were afraid of them. Inuit had nothing against these, but were happy neighbours of these tribes. The real reason why these "Dorset" people died off is because of the same exact reason why Inuit were dying off, from the diseases the sailors and explorers brought with them from the South. (Sour throat, even killed my grandparents relatives half a century ago, which the helpers of queen brought.

There was some speculation that the vikings were the ancestors of these dorset people, but I suspect that it is not the case as there are still some remnants of these gentle giants up in the north i think.