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Do my percentages prove I have direct Viking ancestors?

Why your percentages don't, on their own, prove direct Viking ancestors.

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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