Yi hakuri, Chris Hemmorth da Travis Fimmel, Jami'ar Copenhagen ta buga sakamakon bincikensa DNA Viking. Kuma ya juya cewa yawancin vikings ba ya farin ciki da shuɗi-ido, a cewar almara da al'adun pop. Hone duhu da idanun duhu sun hadu da yawa.
Binciken ya rufe ragowar 442 na Vikings ya binne daga 2400 zuwa zamaninmu zuwa 1600 na zamaninmu. Kuma ya nuna mafi girman bambancin kwayoyin fiye da yadda a baya tunanin. Ba wai kawai 'yan tsiraru masu launin shuɗi ba, amma kuma wani kwatancen kwayoyin halittu sun tabbatar da cewa Viksiungiyoyi ba kungiyoyi masu farauta ba, manoma da yawan Eurasian steppes. " Yawancin wuraren da ke ƙasa da asali - ɗaya a Denmark kuma ɗaya a cikin tsibirin Sweden da na tsibirin Gotland da Eland.
Mujallar kimiyya, tare da tunani game da ilmin kimiyyar Archae Kat Jarman ya ba da rahoton cewa kasancewa mai son viking a wancan lokacin yana nufin salon rayuwa ko aiki, kuma ba na takamaiman kabilu:
Biyu Wikelon, an binne shi a Tsibirin Arewacin Tsibirin Scotland, scresh daga mahimmancin ra'ayin kwayoyin halitta, ba tare da wani tasirin da Scandinavian ba. An binne mutane da yawa a Norway a matsayin vikings, amma kwayoyin halittunsu sun bayyana su a matsayin Saami, wata kungiya ce ta kusanci da Asiya fiye da na Turawa.