Hrafna-Flóki's Vilgerðarson's Expedition
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A Norseman from West Norway named Naddoðr was en-route to the Faroe Islands and got lost accidentally landing in Iceland - seeing no signs of life and the snow falling, he named this land Snæland (snow land). Around the same period, a Swedish Viking named Garðarr Svavarsson was on his way to the Hebrides islands to claim an inheritance. He had difficulty navigating the Orkney islands and ended up drifting to Iceland. Instead of making landfall, he circumnavigated Iceland to discover this piece of land was indeed an island and spent the winter in a northern bay he called Húsavík (house bay). After returning to Norway stories were told of Garðarr's adventures. Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson decided he would be the first Viking to head to Iceland and settle it.
Viking Boat Burial Iceland
VDP-A5 (925 AD)
mtDNA Haplogroup: H2a2a
Y-DNA Haplogroup:
Genetic Distance: 12.644
Sample Match! 87% closer than other users
Viking Celtic Boat Burial Iceland
VDP-A6 (925 AD)
mtDNA Haplogroup: H1c3a
Y-DNA Haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a3a
Genetic Distance: 6.8148
Sample Match! 93% closer than other users
Viking Gaelic Boat Burial Iceland
VDP-A7 (925 AD)
mtDNA Haplogroup: H4a1a1
Y-DNA Haplogroup: R1b1a1a2a1a1b
Genetic Distance: 10.942
Sample Match! 86% closer than other users
Viking Norse Iceland
DKS-A1 (935 AD)
mtDNA Haplogroup: U5a1h
Y-DNA Haplogroup: R1a1a1b1a3
Genetic Distance: 8.8369
Sample Match! 99% closer than other users
