DNA evidence reveals surprising truth about the identity of a high-status Viking fighter. #vikings #womeninhistory #vikingwarrior #archaeology | NOVA l PBS

Most people think Vikings vanished a thousand years ago… but millions of their descendants are still alive today — and you might be one of them without even knowing. Vikings didn’t just raid — they settled and mixed with locals across: • England and Scotland • Ireland and France • Iceland, Greenland, and parts of Canada • Russia and even the U.S. DNA studies show up to 80% of people in Iceland and huge pockets of Scotland, Normandy, and Northern England still carry Viking bloodlines. Even common