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To: afraidfortherepublic

Oseberg Ship. That and the Gokstad are really things of beauty. They must have looked even better slipping through the waves.

Not one drop of recent Norse blood in me but I love things Viking. Sagas, ships, artwork, language.


32 posted on 05/29/2013 4:38:51 PM PDT by ZULU ((See: http://gatesofvienna.net/))
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To: ZULU

Nor me. My most recent immigrant ancestor came from Ireland. Of course he could have had Viking blood. LOL.

But, I’m fascinated with the long ago Swedish bloodlines in my family that were unknown because of the name change in the late 1600s. Everybody previously thought they were English with (maybe) Swiss forebears.

It’s so long ago that I doubt that it affects me (except for the desire to go sailing on a tall ship), although most of us are blonde and blue-eyed. I married a “half” Italian, so I put a halt to that! LOL.


33 posted on 05/29/2013 4:44:43 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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