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Do my percentages prove I have direct Viking ancestors?

Updated over a week ago

Not exactly. The report measures how closely your DNA segments resemble those found in ancient Viking-Age individuals. But resemblance isn't the same as a documented parent-to-child line. Think of it as a genetic distance score: the larger the shared-DNA percentage, the closer you sit on the genetic map to those Vikings. That closeness can reflect deep population-level ancestry rather than a specific direct ancestor.

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