Beyond personal dna results, there is so much history to learn.
My grandfathers: One is Scandinavian - Swedish Y-line, the other one is North Eurasian.
Both grandmother’s mtDNA haplogroups were allegedly present in Doggerland, but now the other one is mainly found among Vepsians (Lake Onega), the other among Skolt Saami - areas where the last European hunter-gatherers retreated.
I identify myself very much with my Eastern (Siberian admix) cultural heritage, the 'Westie' side leaving me ‘blank’ i.e. my awareness cannot 'echo' it - except when I lived in Gotland.
There I got a 'taste' of it - which I could relate to i.e. there I understood (within myself) something about the 'echoes' of our particular Viking - meet - hunter/gatherer past, if that makes sense.
http://thedockyards.com/genetic-maps-of-europe/
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