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Rollo the Viking lived abt 860-930ad, and was my 33rd great-grandFather thru Leota’s mother, Valma Viers.
Found him when i was researching ancestors in the line leading to Charlemagne (742-814).
The few generations that are not well-documented are confirmed by dna matches.  Generations from the yrs 860-1600s are confirmed by two professional genealogists – both FASG (American Society of Genealogists).
Our line descends thru the SISTER of William the Conqueror.

Soooo,
Links about Rollo:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo ;
“Dudo records that when Rollo took Bayeux by force, he carried off with him the beautiful Popa or Poppa, a daughter of Berenger, Count of Rennes, took her in marriage and with her had their son and Rollo’s heir, William Longsword.” (my 32nd great-grandfather)

Ten things you didn’t know about Vikings >> https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-vikings

More recent news >
> https://norwaytoday.info/culture/skeletal-shock-norwegian-researchers-viking-hunting/ says “Viking chieftain Rollo was the founder of Normandy, and the ancestor of the British royal family.  For centuries it has been debated whether he was originally from Denmark or Norway, especially if he could be the exiled Rollo from Møre.
In March a Norwegian led delegation open a sarcophagus of two of Rollo’s descendants, the Dukes Richard I and Richard II, to test where DNA their stems from …”  (Richard I is my 31st great-grandfather).

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further interesting facts can be found here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings .

UPDATE 20Sep2020: >> https://www.inverse.com/science/viking-dna-study (finding strong dna influence from Southern Europe and Asia into pre-1000AD Viking dna) … and Viking communities much more varied in dna than what was expected.  ((However that matches expectations i have read from one of my favorite authors on topic — but cannot find his name right now)).  will try to remember to add his name when i see it next.

Viking note: New translation/interpretation for the Rök runestone from central middle Sweden, dated to around 800 CE.  “This study proposes instead that the inscription deals with an anxiety triggered by a son’s death and the fear of a new climate crisis similar to the catastrophic one after 536 CE. Combining perspectives and findings from semiotics, philology, archaeology, and history of religion, the study presents a completely new interpretation which follows a unified theme, showing how the monument can be understood in the socio-cultural and religious context of early Viking Age Scandinavia. The inscription consists, according to the pro­posed interpretation, of nine enigmatic questions. Five of the questions con­cern the sun, and four of them, it is argued, ask about issues related to the god Odin. A central finding is that there are relevant parallels to the inscription in early Scandinavian poetry, especially in the Eddic poem Vafþrúðnismál.”  >> https://www.inverse.com/science/62232-runestone-ragnarok-climate-crisis  (dated 10Jan2020);

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