I'm a Viking?

 

I just got off the phone with my cousin

Lynne, our family genealogist.  She was

filling me in on all the new discoveries

she has unearthed about our family history.

 

Perhaps the biggest shock is, we are Vikings!  The

Vikings first came to Ireland  in 795 and over the

course of time, they eventually were absorbed

into the religious and political life of Ireland.

This also included intermingling with the

natives.  Well, DNA doesn't lie and our family

has Viking blood!  A male descendent with the

family name can be tested and one of my cousins

accepted the challenge and here we are ~ Vikings!

 

Another interesting branch of the family tree.