First American in Europe 'was native woman kidnapped by Vikings and hauled back to Iceland...'

Daily Mail Online (UK) ^ | November 17, 2010 | NIALL FIRTH

[truth_seeker]

“Until dad went up north and visited with the Sami (sp?).”

I have thought of that. Maybe I will do the dna testing, but I don’t know which ancestor it tracks. I don’t look like my great grandparents, for coloring.

But it traces back along my male line to Sweden, if the Laps/Sami are an answer. (father 50% Swede, grandfather 100% Swede and great grandfather & grandmother all have dark brown/black hair). Me medium brown.

Their language is Uralic, like Finish, Hungarian and Estonian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_people

Finally I note many Germans and Austrians also have dark hair, and I doubt they are Sami.

Far more likely is that the Germanic people had a variety of hair colors, period. And that it was that way without introducing other “races” from the Mediterranean, Turkey, Lapland, etc.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks bhf!

[Albion Wilde]

What’s in YOUR wallet?

LOL!!

[Albion Wilde]

a guy in the cabinet shop got his fingers CHEWED OFF below the middle knuckles, all four of them...on the shaper with a stacked cutter set. You would have been amazed at how LITTLE they bled.

That's because fingers have no femoral artery.

Your poor friend. Hope he is fully recovered from such a shock.

[bigheadfred]

fully recovered

Ummm, he got a big settlement from workman's comp, bought a Harley Davidson and was killed in an accident not long after.

[JimRed]

Iceland is Europe? Who knew??!!

[SunkenCiv]

http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2010/11/mtdna-haplogroup-c1-in-icelanders.html

November 17, 2010

mtDNA haplogroup C1 in Icelanders: a genetic mystery

American Journal of Physical Anthropology DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21419

A new subclade of mtDNA haplogroup C1 found in icelanders: Evidence of pre-columbian contact?

Sigridur Sunna Ebenesersdottir et al.

Although most mtDNA lineages observed in contemporary Icelanders can be traced to neighboring populations in the British Isles and Scandinavia, one may have a more distant origin. This lineage belongs to haplogroup C1, one of a handful that was involved in the settlement of the Americas around 14,000 years ago. Contrary to an initial assumption that this lineage was a recent arrival, preliminary genealogical analyses revealed that the C1 lineage was present in the Icelandic mtDNA pool at least 300 years ago. This raised the intriguing possibility that the Icelandic C1 lineage could be traced to Viking voyages to the Americas that commenced in the 10th century. In an attempt to shed further light on the entry date of the C1 lineage into the Icelandic mtDNA pool and its geographical origin, we used the deCODE Genetics genealogical database to identify additional matrilineal ancestors that carry the C1 lineage and then sequenced the complete mtDNA genome of 11 contemporary C1 carriers from four different matrilines. Our results indicate a latest possible arrival date in Iceland of just prior to 1700 and a likely arrival date centuries earlier. Most surprisingly, we demonstrate that the Icelandic C1 lineage does not belong to any of the four known Native American (C1b, C1c, and C1d) or Asian (C1a) subclades of haplogroup C1. Rather, it is presently the only known member of a new subclade, C1e. While a Native American origin seems most likely for C1e, an Asian or European origin cannot be ruled out.