So, I consider myself to be of Norwegian-American descent and culture. I mean, my dad has raised me talking about not only Old Norse Viking stuff because he’s nerdy like that (affectionately) but Norwegian stuff as a whole and language videos on it. I am actively learning Norwegian on-and-off.

I understand having a lot of Swedish when I take a look at my DNA due to my dad saying that Scandinavians impregnated everywhere. I understand that I had some distant relatives from London and apparently a lot of English people have at least 25% Scandinavian DNA, but IDK if it’s true and I don’t consider myself English. It’s not my culture, really, nor is being English-American or anything.

However, I get some Spanish that pops up (like from Spain) and I have no idea where it comes from or how/if it relates to being Scandinavian.

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 days ago

    They’re both seafaring Europeans and got around.

    Also, the Spanish Netherlands and Norway aren’t far apart, along trading routes.