‘Viking' was a job description, not a matter of heredity, massive ancient DNA study shows

"The team was able to sequence 442 Viking Age genomes from as far afield as Italy, Ukraine, and the doomed Viking settlements of Greenland."
https://www.science.org/content/article/viking-was-job-description-not-matter-heredity-massive-ancient-dna-study-shows

‘Viking' was a job description, not a matter of heredity, massive ancient DNA study shows

Study reveals family histories of black-haired Vikings who set forth—and died—far from home

@estherschindler [seeing a fellow seafaring conqueror]

Viking hard, or hardly Viking?

@djm62 @estherschindler
Says here you've viked for nearly 15 years

Yes sir, closer to 20 now... I should really update that resume