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Viking DNA: The Wirral and West Lancashire Project
Viking DNA: The Wirral and West Lancashire Project | Stephen E Harding, Mark Jobling, Turi King
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This book details a genetic survey that has taken place focusing on men from old families from Wirral and West Lancashire. These 'Viking hot spots' in North West England exhibit many archaeological and historical features proving them to have had a clear Viking presence. The book explains--with the help of full color illustrations--what DNA is and how DNA methods can be used to probe both individual and population ancestry, and how information such as Henry VIII's tax rolls can be used to help establish the volunteer base for specific regions of northern England.
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Viking DNA: The Wirral and West Lancashire Project | Stephen E Harding, Mark Jobling, Turi King
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"The Vikings were a fierce seafaring people originating from Scandinavia who long ago raided and traded with the British Isles."
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It seems that while I wasn't looking, two of my current reads, The Prose Edda (Viking literature) and Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North, have spawned an offspring in the guise of Viking DNA: The Wirral and West Lancashire Project!

Bookwomble Listening to Led Zepp's "Immigrant Song" while reading feels appropriate after the past couple of weeks. #BooksAndMusic 3mo
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