[hef19898]

There is in Iceland. As Vikings used to be active slavers a lot of women from northern France and the British isles ended up there. Partially due to the fact that Vikings, the raiders from Scandinavia and not all Scandinavians, were male dominated. Up to this day women in Iceland have a large degree of DNA from tjose regions, while men are as close to pure blood Vikings as you can probably be.

One of the things discovered in the grnomr sequencing project that was conductef in Iceland.

[ransom1538]

The Turks loved Iceland for their white "pearls".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Abductions

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51hXkmBB-YL.jpg

https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12...

[nanis]

From the very same Wikipedia article:

> The label "Turkish" does not refer to Turkey; at the time it was a general term for all Muslims in the Mediterranean region since the majority were a part of the Ottoman Empire. During the 17th century, the majority of those called "Turks" in Algeria, were disowned Christians that had converted to Islam. They were mostly Spanish, Italians, and provençaux (French).

In my experience, most "Western" understanding of European history evolved in the last millennium is completely bereft of the recognition that it was influenced by a heavyweight to their East.

Why did Columbus sail west? Why were the Portuguese going around the horn of Africa to get to Asia?

[hardlianotion]

That seems a little weird to me as a non-specialist. I had the impression that people take DNA in roughly equal mix from both parents, irrespective of sex.

[legolas2412]

Mitochondrial DNA comes from mother only. And Y chromosome only from father