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.
In the 9th century the Vikings invaded and occupied a huge chunk of England (mostly). They blended in with the Anglo Saxons after a while, who, btw, also originally came from Northern Europe.
A bunch of Vikings also went to set up shop in Normandy, France. That sounds very French today but when you look at it, it sounds surprisingly like “northman”-dy. These Normans also invaded England in the 11th century, stayed, and fucked around like their Viking cousins of old.
We are all blends of DNA. People moved around, also to North America. Including people from the Iberian peninsula. That’s why it shouldn’t be that inexplicable that you have some of their DNA in yours.