Question of the Week: Do you have Scandinavian roots?

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Do you have Scandinavian roots (i.e. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland)?

According to my latest AncestryDNA summary I have 1% in Sweden.  But I don't have the paper trail there. Yet.

How about you?

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Three words that struck dread into the hearts of young men everywhere:  compulsory military service.  How old was he (or claimed to be)?  Many young men fudged the facts while looking over their shoulders for the long arm of the military police.  You never know when the Swedish / Russian / French / German navies are going to pull into your new port.

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My father's family came from Norway.  My mother's from various parts of the German Empire.  My DNA says I am almost 60% Scandinavian.  Since some of my mother's ancestors were in northern Germany it is not surprising since they were in the region where much of the 30 Year War was fought, with heavy Swedish Danish participation.  Plus with all the incursuans into Europe during the Viking age, Scandinavian DNA is probably all over the place at some level.

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My Paternal Grandfather is Oscar Wahlstrom from Sweden and my Maternal Grandfather is Johannes Oalai Telstad from Norway, so, yes very Scandinavian.

Trying to figure out how to add Family Search to Wikitree I have tons on my tree.

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Four of my eight great-grand parents were 100 % Norwegian.

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I have a few links to Scandanavian countries. Its more ancient, medieval lines.

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My husband's grandfather was in the Swedish army, it appears.  https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Nystrom-385-5

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You need to trace your ancestors back to the original New Sweden/New Netherland settlements in Delaware. There were a lot of Finns that emigrated to settle that area, just before the Dutch took it away from the Swedes.

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I just saw this post..sorry I'm so slow...I am half Swedish and half Danish..mother was the Swede, and my father was the Danish. Their are so many ways that Christenson or Sen was spelled, and my great grandfather remarried soon after his wife died that no one was suppose to talk about him, so my research stopped. On my Swede side they changed their last name to include part of the parents name.

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My Ancestry.com DNA shows 48% Norway -

Eastern Norway

Southeastern, Central and Northern

Big surprise!!!

Answer 1

Yes! My grandmother was all Norwegian!

Answer 2

I do, and they're an ongoing brickwall!  Emigrated to frontier Minnesota c. 1860, where there is no record connecting them to my Great Grandmother, who always shows up without parental names.  We all know Norweigian naming practices are difficult, so....... 

Answer 3

Yes, my DNA states that I am 43% Norwegian (maternal grandparents) Hans Sakarias Christensen and Ragnhild Nilsene Hansen, from Mo i Rana) immigrated in 1904 through New York to South Dakota, (where my mother was born) and from there to Saskatchewan, Canada, where I was born. Am also Swedish 12-14%,-- my (8th great grandaunt married a Prince in Sweden).  Am also English, Scottish & Finish, to finish the equation.

Answer 4

I am 82% Scandinavian, and 10 % Finish/Northwest Russia. 5% Great Britain.

Answer 5

I have traced 60% of my ancestry back to Denmark in the 1600's and 1700's.
However, my Ancestry DNA says 17% Norway, 16% Sweden, and 33% German (and 0% Denmark!?).   I don't think Ancestry DNA has Scandinavian DNA quite right yet.

Answer 6

Yes, I absolutely do have known Swedish roots. I also have the relitavely rare mtDNA haplogroup Z1a1a, often associated with Swedish heritage.

Answer 7

My initial Ancestry DNA results said that I had 1% of Scandinavian then refined to 1% Norwegian. I have no Norwegian connection I have found, but my mom's side of the family is a big brick wall and my grandfather's orginal given name was Mander (he changed it to Harrison) and his sister was Lura. I wonder if that may be where the Scandinavian connection may be. 23 and  Me's results had me at 3.2% Scandinavian. It is a mystery to me.

Answer 8

I have a ton of Scandinavian ancestry. One set of my maternal 2nd Great Grandparents came straight from Norway. Another set of 2nd Great Grandparents came from Denmark. I know the Norwegian side goes back inNorway a long way (I just haven’t gotten to adding them yet) but I’m not sure about the Danish. I actually just learned about the Danish side more earlier this year.

Answer 9

Hi. Yes my DNA test says 25% Scandinavian. Which I suspect is tied in through my 30% English. Also can find no direct Scandinavian ancestors.

Answer 10

My father is 100% Icelandic.  Genealogy in Iceland is necessity and is maintained by the govt because the population is small and closely related. Our tree is documented back to the original Norwegian immigrants in 700 to 900 AD

Answer 11

According to my ancestry DNA test, I am 5 percent Swedish although before taking the test I was not aware I had Scandinavian ancestry.

Answer 12

I do have Scandinavian roots. This I already knew before I took my Ancestry DNA as my paternal grandmother is Swedish and Norwegian. I am surprised by the percentages that Ancestry gave me though. It is much lower than I expected as my direct ancestors came to America not very long ago. I will say though, that on my Norwegian DNA it does narrow some of it down to the Trondelag and Hedmark area, and I have tracked ancestors to the Trondelag area. My previous results were 10% Scandinavian, now it is down to a total of 7%---5% Norwegian and 2% Swedish.

Answer 13

I sure do - on my dad's side! 

My great-grandfather Christian Jentoft came to the US from Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway between 1902 and 1904 after being drafted by the Norwegian Army for the third time (or so I've been told). My great-grandmother Kristine Tollefson came over from Hjelseng, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway in 1902. They married in 1909 in L'Anse, Michigan.

My great-grandfather John Robert Lindahl came from Övarp, Kristianstad Municipality, Skåne län, Sweden around 1881. His wife Anna Carlson was born in Ishpeming, Michigan, and they married in 1908.

That means both of my dad's parents were first-generation Americans. All gone now, unfortunately.

Answer 14

I am over 47% Norg by DNA test and more possibly by extended relations through Normandy, France to Wales, England to Galway, Ireland.

I have been greatly blessed to spend time in my ancestors regions of Norway and visit the farms where they came from.  I spent time in their national ancestry librareries in Bergen and Stavanger researching my family lines and received a book from a second cousin that takes my mothers family back into the 1500s.

Answer 15

Yes, as a person of UK descent, ancire=ent Scandinavian genes are present, 5 to 11 to 14% depending on which co.

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I was interested to learn that, according to AncestryDNA, I am 7% Norwegian, 23% Irish, and 70% England, Wales, Scotland. Given that my traditional research has not turned up any Scandinavian ancestry in the past 400 years, I can only surmise that such a high percentage of Norse DNA must derive from the widespread Viking incursions of the British Isles during the early Middle Ages.

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When I took the Ancestry DNA test it came back that I was 83% Scandinavian and now with the updates it states I'm 65% Norway and 12% Sweden. I grow up being told I was 75% Norwegian, and the other 25% Scottish, Dutch and Irish. My test results now say I'm 4% Germanic Europe and 19% England, Wales & NW Europe. I've recently picked up another book, this one cover Somna, Norway and now I have to use GOOGLE TRANSLATOR to try to understand it.

My Father's Mother and Father both came from Norway and My Mothers Father's side all came from Minnesota but their Parents all came from Norway. On my Mother's Mother"s side they are from all over starting with Ireland and also Europe. Could be the other 23% that was in my DNA results.

Answer 17

My results on Ancestry changed from 7% Sweden to 10% Norway. My paternal 3rd great grandmother was from Sweden.

Answer 18

Yes Wisconsin Cousins  .. Vågå kommune, Oppland fylke, Norway .. Bergum family .. migrated to Wisconsin 1870. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A5g%C3%A5

Answer 19

I was surprised to find Scandinavian DNA in my tests, so I don't know anything about them. But I am on a mission to find them!

Answer 20

I know I have Scandinavian/Swedish roots.  My maternal grandparents were both born in Sweden in 1885.  Both emigrated to the U.S. in 1907/1908.  My grandfather was born in Bjarme and my grandmother was born in Sundsval.  I continue to have contact with family members.