How Tall Were Vikings? (The Truth About Viking Height)

[@TheHistoryHubs]

You can find the research we used while preparing the video in the description section.

[@jorgeo4483]

@Author: The Vikings were never on the American continent, which is one thing by the way. They were not a race either because all of Sweden and almost all of Norway was invaded by the Goths after Rome fell into the hands of Alaric. In Italy they were called Ostrogoths and in Spain Visigoths. Therefore being a Viking was an activity, typical of young men from around the Baltic Sea and North Sea. These men needed a dowry to have women and get land, so they risked their lives plundering small defenseless towns and only men went, never women. They had no military preparation and that is why they never managed to win a battle alone against an army anywhere, not in France, not in northern Spain or against the Arabs, they always lost. They were not much taller than other northern populations. It simply happened that the Mediterranean people and others developed a gene that the Nordics do not have that limits growth in order to adapt to agriculture, they suffer less from older backs.

[@Marianne-k4u]

There are danes, norwegians and swedes and they all went Viking, but there are no race/people called vikings. Its an occupation that entales traders, raiders and so on. When most of these people got home they were farmers or craftsmen or fishers/hunters.

[@PKH-9dy]

Not all went viking!

[@gobanito]

Just another term for "pirate." LOL

[@randylavereau7060]

Yup

[@randylavereau7060]

Verb .. ad - verb

[@Mr.E-gi5rq]

Dey wuz not k@ngs mfkr . They were all Nordic people . Even danes came from the north .

[@columbuslee1]

glad we got the important genetics on the upper level and larger print. since you apparently don't understand that maternal and paternal genetics are equally important it is amazing you present your article as scientific.

[@savagestrike8459]

Right? The thing about haplogroup branches are that they existed thousands of years before vikings did a person from one haplogroup area could have easily found themselves in another. My maternal haplogroup peaks in Finland and the Baltics but my family is from Ireland.

[@marcusmartinez7855]

Great video and very informative - based on fact and minimal speculation. Thanks for sharing keep this coming; nicely done!

[@Sonderborg75]

Me, Danish female, 5’9-ish (176 cm) strawberry blonde/red hair and green eyes. My DNA is more than 90% Danish, 5 percent Northern German and the rest broadly Scandinavian. My maternal grandmother born in 1929 was only 155 cm tall and had black hair. But she was very, very Danish as I’ve traced her lineage back to the 1300’s.

[@karlbyrne6021]

@Sonderborg75. Skol from viking dublin.

[@Sonderborg75]

@ Sláinte right back! I’m actually married to an Irish man from Cork. 😊

[@karlbyrne6021]

@Sonderborg75. Congratulations, lots of beautiful Irish viking babies I hope.

[@trishaholmeide2192]

My husband was half Norweigan, 1/4 Swede, and 1/4 English. He used to tease me (100% Irish), saying I was actually Norweigan due to all the raping and pillaging by his ancestors on the Emerald Isle. I know the English crown lost its pure blood because 9f the blood of the Vikings also, so I think my husband was more right than wrong with his claim. He was 5' 8" and I was 5' tall. His father and grand father were both robust yet only 5'8" or so. I gave birth to the first female child born to his family (Holmeide, the owner of the farm, not just a farmland who took the farm's name)

[@Sonderborg75]

@ Yeah, his 1/4 English blood might as well have been half Danish along with his Norwegian side. We were one nation for quite some time. I read somewhere, that the English all have a lot of Danish dna, not the Scots or Welsh though. (Which makes sense, since the Danish Vikings were in England…) But yes, the Vikings were very much present in Ireland too, as far as I remember Dublin was founded by them? My friend’s Grandfather sailed from Denmark to Dublin on a replica Viking ship to celebrate - perhaps is was the 1000th anniversary? It was back in the 40’s or 50’s.

[@juliespencer9673]

My great grandparents were both Swedish they migrated here in the western USA in 1887 settling outside Salt Lake. She was 5'1" he was 6'4" he was an Erickson (suprise, Lol) she was an Elfors my Grandmother was a cross between a giant and an elf. ( little like her mother, with a big personality)

[@raycecil4643]

Im 100% DNA from all these areas. Im 6'4". Wife is 6'-0". My sons are giants for their ages. My 14 year old is 6' 2.5" and my 12 year old hasn't hit a huge growth spurt yet, but is already 5'7". Both will likely be 6'6" or taller. Blonde haired and blue eyed.

[@twp616]

I'm 6'1" Blonde hair and Blue eyes. Got a long blonde beard that reaches my belly button. Thankful to my ancestors for my genes.

[@muhammadfayiz3243]

That's amazing looks bro

[@brycewiborg8095]

Being of Danish, Norwegian, and Irish heritage all of my Uncles born a century ago were over 6 feet tall. In this case i think the facts speak for themselves.

[@CROM-on1bz]

I am French and my great grandfather born in the 1880s was 2.04 meters tall, even I who am the "shortest" of the family I am 1.91 meters tall, we are almost all blond with blue or green eyes and have no Viking or Scandinavian ancestry, only good old Gallic DNA.

[@brycewiborg8095]

@CROM-on1bz interesting. I have a percentage of French too. We assume it comes from far back in history. Speaking of history I have read Napoleon had many tall soldiers.

[@CROM-on1bz]

@ People are often confused because France is divided into two halves, the northern half is more Gallic (light hair and eyes, tall and very white skin) than the southern half where people are more Mediterranean type (shorter, brown with dark eyes), be careful I am simplifying to the extreme but that is roughly it.

[@Automedon2]

I'm Scots/Danish and am 6'4" tall 193cm

[@ernestmartel5180]

@ I am a 12' 10' giant Norwegian, I perform in a circus on stilts.

[@carlsiren]

Most people are totally delusional about the height of the vikings. The average man’s height was about 175 cm (under 6 feet I think). However, that was way above the normalt height for the rest of Europe. By todays standards they weren’t tall.

[@dansarmar1]

I’m 6’3” 230 pounds, Green eyes brown hair with flecks of red through it (although going grey now!😅). My Great Grandfather on my mother’s side came from Malmö. Rest of the mix is Britain from fathers side. Great Grandfather jumped ship in New Zealand.

[@wendygilhula2144]

Very interesting!

[@thesjkexperience]

I’m 6’4” and a child of Vikings. 🎉

[@ernestmartel5180]

I am 4' 2'' and a child of a Viking.

[@thesjkexperience]

@ You ate your vegetables 🥳🤣

[@fredflinstone6601]

I’m 5’8” and nowhere near a viking

[@wfqsfg]

So, your parents raided and pillaged?

[@Chechen-world2338]

Very interesting. Can you tell us about the inhabitants of the Caucasus?

[@Söderlund11]

"They didn't just raid". Of course not. A people needs farmers, craftsmen, hunters and so on to survive

[@deborahross9974]

I have an ancestor who went with William the Conqueror when he conquered England and he came from Normandy. I'm a mix of English, Irish, a tad of Scottish and German, that I know of for sure. And since I have an ancestor who came from Normandy I guess I have some of that too. I read an article that said that it was impossible to tell if anyone today has Viking DNA. I did read in an encyclopedia that when Christianity came the Vikings gave up their ways and became Christians. God bless.

[@johnough4893]

You had an ancestor who "went" with William the Conqueror? You have absolutely no proof, no evidence (except perhaps a made up "Family Tree") . All just pure speculation and fantasy.

[@stevenwilder9989]

@deborahross9974- Our ancestors probably ran around together. Your story is almost identical to mine.

[@deborahross9974]

@stevenwilder9989 This ancestor is on my Mother's side of the family via her Father whom her Mother divorced because he was a drunk and a womanizer. God bless.

[@johnough4893]

@@stevenwilder9989 Pure fantasy.

[@weansardman]

I'm Anglo saxon on my dad's side and viking on my mum's side. My dad is 6'4" and my mum's viking side is 5'10".

[@Rusteneuro]

Your dad married a dwarf?

[@tommcguire6773]

The short ones got the axe.

[@brycewiborg8095]

1000 years were either warriors, or thralls which is another name for slaves. If you have Scandinavian heritage there is 100% chance you desend from Vikings, and thralls. There weren't many people who survived the brutal climate.

[@heatherbender7853]

Really, guess at 4 ft 8 ins I would be a goner.

[@tube1062]

A Norwegian comedian once said that a Viking could not have been bigger than a bottle of beer. The reason was that the defense ministry had stated that the height of an average soldier had increased by 10 cm since WW2. Then you just have to calculate backwards with the same ratio...

[@sidewalkshitter499]

You sure it was a comedian? Yeesh.

[@rachelaspogard6587]

😂

[@jensstubbestergaard6794]

Dutch, Swedes and Danes are the tallest Europeans today. The video seems to forget that we invaded the British Isles and ended Roman rule while also giving England its name, culture, population and language roots.

[@johnough4893]

It was the Germanic tribes of Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians who gave England its name, culture and language, not the later Danish/Viking settlements. The later "Viking" settlement of England just added to what was already there.

[@jensstubbestergaard6794]

@@johnough4893 Great you got that right but this was the same heartland and the same people. Bismarck succeeded with an agressive war that conquered the southern parts of Denmark whereof most have been German dominated since. The original was Altona which in alod Norse means All too Near. Later the fortified border to the German Roman Empire was further to the north but still encompassing the areas where Anglerne, Sakserne and Jyderne lived. Jyderne lives in modern age Denmark.

[@Panis.1]

Ihr habt überhaupt keine Kultur weitergegeben die Wikinger Völker galten bei die Griechen und Römer nicht umsonst als Barbaren. Solche Bezeichnungen bekommt man nicht nur aus Spaß.☝️

[@AndreasKassai-ph6pz]

They didnt end roman nothing. Danes believe their own delusion, in sweden danes are known as drunkards and imbeciles

[@johnough4893]

@ Completely irrelevant to the time under discussion.

[@mikestamps832]

I have Viking blood in me

[@beachaddict7653]

Are you suggesting that Eric the red didn't actually have red hair?

[@yellads]

EAT mEAT, Fish and Eggs. That's all you need

[@carstenhansen5757]

Yeah, thought of fish too.

[@valkeryie5650]

Carnivore diet rules.

[@yellads]

@@valkeryie5650 Exactly. Animal based.

[@TomAdamson-m9i]

The Americans do just that ,I note they appear obese.

[@Patriot1789]

What caused the Anatolian farmers to leave the area of Turkey?

[@TheHistoryHubs]

It’s believed that the farmers started moving out thousands of years ago, mostly because of overcrowding, shifting climates, and the hunt for better land. But some researchers think there’s more to it than that. One idea is that an early civilization in Anatolia or the Near East fell apart, scattering people in all directions. Others think religion might’ve played a part, with farmers spreading their beliefs as they moved and planted crops. And then there’s the thought that maybe they weren’t just leaving by choice, conflicts or rival groups could’ve pushed them out This question reminds me of the story of Ötzi. When scientists examined Ötzi the Iceman’s stomach, they found traces of emmer wheat🌾, an ancestor of durum wheat, which is still widely grown and used in Turkey today Ötzi was a descendant of Anatolian farmers

[@matrixxx3662]

@@TheHistoryHubs He had very dark skin according to his dna tests. And he was not mixed.

[@joypratte]

Thank you for saying "Newfoundland" correctly!

[@lhulugren5309]

Why don’t you mention the today dominanting male haplogroup I1? In Sweden there are areas where about 50% belong to this haplogroup. I thought that these men are blond and blue eyed.

[@roykilgour9790]

Although there is fascinating information in the video, there is also important information that is missing in the video. In the video, the Vikings sail from Norway past the Faroe Islands to Iceland and on to North America. It just lacks precision in that description. What is missing in that description is that at the time when Vikings from Norway sail to Iceland for the first time, Norwegian Vikings from Northern UK have lived on the Faroe Islands for 200 years and thus the Faroese are descendants of Vikings 200 years before any Vikings were in Iceland. There is an artificial focus on Iceland as if the people of Iceland are the last Vikings. But you have to remember that the Viking language that came with Norwegian Vikings from the UK to the Faroe Islands is 200 years older than the Icelandic language which had been influenced by other languages ​​in Scandinavia and Northern Europe for 200 years while the old Viking language was intact in the Faroe Islands totally unaffected by the outside because the Faroe Islands were so remote and isolated. So the language in the Faroe Islands has roots in the old Viking language, while the language in Iceland, which is 200 years younger, has roots in the new Viking language, which was influenced from several sides in north Europ and Scandinavia. And the Parliament in the Faroe Islands was in the Faroe Islands long before there was any parliament in Iceland. In the Faroe Islands Altinget is formed and, with its current name, the Lagtinget, is the world's oldest legislative assembly. The parliament met in the summer on the Tinganes peninsula east of the island of Nólsoy at Thorshavn (Thors Sea Harber ) which is the capital of the Faroe Islands. The central location of the place and the island of Nolsoy, which protects against the worst storms from the east, were decisive for the location of the thing. The arrivals came either by boat, on foot or on horseback and lived in tents. The deliberations of the Alting were led by a lawmaker, a layman, who knew the laws by heart. At the meetings of the Alting, the country's affairs were taken care of, laws were passed and disputes were mediated, thereby uniting the executive, legislative and judicial powers. All free men were equal before the law.

[@jason192]

I wish this video was longer

[@Alan-lv9rw]

My DNA is exactly 50% Scandinavian (also 30% English/Irish and 20% German/Dutch). I’m 6’2” (188 cm). Blue eyes.

[@sheinmezour3005]

Vikings' origin are Hattie, us who make up 1/3 of what they are now called Kurds. Hattie are ancient Bavarians. Some of us are really tall, but some are short too. It depends on the tribe, and intermarriages.

[@metaldiver]

Good and informative video👍🙂

[@joywebster2678]

My orkney island ancestors were highly Viking interbred. None of the descendant men were very tall. But here in 2025 we of a certain coluring look amongst cousins, have the Norwegian ancestry.

[@loquat4440]

Well done.

[@PKH-9dy]

The best warriors ever

[@marypetrie930]

Not really.

[@annegretottmers291]

Winkings height feel starts at 1m 80 guess I am nearly one of them soon going to Wallhalla. Thank you Thor ❤

[@spakona9]

My ancestors, I live in Normandy 💙🙏🦅⚔️🐺...Skål 🍻

[@petter5721]

Blue eyes can see better in darkness.

[@NegSteLucie]

Is that why owls have blue eyes?

[@Topi-yy2me]

That is true. I had blue/purple eyes and i see in the dark excellently but bright sunlight is bad. In winter sunlight may cause snow blindness. 👋Finland

[@notme9816]

@@Topi-yy2meIt’s true; my brother have blue eyes and blonde hair, I have green and brown eyes and dark blond/ligth brown/copper hair. I Get a tan; he gets red. My eyesigth in the dark is poor; his is exellent. We can trace our heritage back to the 1100th. We were born in Østfold; so we have our roots in Norway and the parts of Sweden wich were Norwegian lands.

[@Topi-yy2me]

And hair is blonde ( summer color white / winter color gold)😏, skin is total white and summer skin color toasted.

[@jomar_sl]

More importantly it helps against winter depression. Blue eyes has no pigment to stop the light, so it is always brighter.

[@alarik36]

They ate healthier foods, lived better and had better tactics and weapons... That made them successful all over Europe...

[@keijojaanimets4460]

Ahmad got bored of goats!?😁

[@tahnibobonnie]

I’m 64% Northern European with the highest percentage in Scandinavia, and 66% on the “Viking index” Red hair, and only 5’ tall. My tallest child is 5’4”. She has found a family tree that takes us back to some very important Viking names Pre-England. All in fun with the family tree. My middle child has a form of dwarfism which we treated with growth hormones as a child to prevent medical problems in adulthood. All that said, I have also DNA matched the “spirit cave mummy” of Nevada USA.

[@bullfidde]

First of all you forgot the whole previking era with large impact on the European map. With tribes like the goths, the Burgundians, the heruli, the Longobards and more all coming from Scandinavia. And that the Swedes and the Danes where the same tribe from the beginning. And for instance all Norse people spoke with Danish lounge according to Roman sources. And the map of Scandinavia changed many times in the early days of the kingdoms we now know as Denmark, Sweden and Norway..

[@nicechock]

They spoke old norse. Danish did not even exist at the time.

[@bullfidde]

@nicechock is that what I said?? No! I said that according to old sources they called all it Danish tounge. And by the way not all old Norse was the same. Like you had old east Nordic and old West Nordic among others.

[@indianajane8694]

If my maternal grandmothers haplogroup was U4, would that mean I am U4 also? She wasn't very tall but I'm 5'10, blonde with green eyes. My grandfather's parents were very tall and his mother was U4 as well. I believe they were Irish Scandinavian, surname Mullins.

[@Anthony-qg3tt]

What about y haplo group I1,the most common y dna in Sweden.

[@marckaiserI1M253]

👍

[@WilliamSadler-m9n]

5'8" male, 5'6.5' female... about average Illinois height 1942... calcium from dairy. I'm 5'4" but was 5'5.5" before I shrunk in my 50's... Dupuytrens contracture (sp?) is also a common Neandertal deal, plus seasonal affective stuff, hardly a disorder to hibernate a bit, eh? But my skeleton will reveal me to have been a great warrior, or clumsy drunk... bot truish onceish... But I do prefer swarthy skinned lasses with raven hair and sharp eyes, with voices that melt glaciers and cool the midnight sun.

[@Flyingtaco82]

That’s my Haplogroup: U5! My mom’s ancestry is British.

[@lisapinfold506]

A Danish ex of mine was 5'8 So tallness isn't exclusive. A lot of Celts were fairly tall too.

[@nicechock]

1 person means nothing in statistics.

[@wfqsfg]

How tall were Vikings? They were from many different countries.

[@riprobertsify]

Fascinating!

[@TheHistoryHubs]

Thank you

[@kdkdkd4153]

Miraculous how they use those wooden boats to get to turkey, england, North america, greenland, Iceland....

[@GenesisGarden-l9s]

Dating way off! All theory!🤬

[@thesjkexperience]

Why don’t you correct it then? Because you can’t. 😂😂😂

[@clintonreisig]

DNA testing of ancient bones is fairly accurate

[@nicechock]

Its mostly false. And blue eyes appeared suddenly on one person according to genetics. And hebrew wrotings name this person being Noah.

[@thesjkexperience]

@ Now we’re getting into superstitious silliness. The red hair and blue eyes may be from Neanderthals. The Bible is mostly fiction, written by men that lived several generations after Jesus died. But, I know why Christian’s NEVER look at the history of their religion.

[@NorseCode.81]

my ancestors

[@babygerbil]

I am of Danish Norwegian ancestry my ancestors migrated to South East England my great great grandfather was 8 foot 3 inches tall his wife was 4 foot 11 inches

[@Steven-oj7sh]

People are so superfigirl. The size of the fight is inside the mind and heart.

[@undisputed1291]

Said like a true short person 😂

[@bojanpolic8028]

There is serbian city "Trebinje"and near vilages, all tall,and 20% of men are taller than 2m. Average like 1,84m. There was scientific research by american scientists.They concluded that due to locals poor diet they doesnt even reach theirs full height potential.

[@jerryrichendollar7096]

I'm mostly of Nordic & Celtic DNA.😊

[@Mossy-lm2qs]

They are very kind to the lesser races .

[@Catlily5]

There are no lesser races. There is only one race.

[@pwr27986]

While I do appreciate the video on the subject. Most of it is a romanticized hypothesis of history in which there is very little record and no way of knowing exactly what Norsemen were viking raiders. Only a very small percentage of the Norsemen population were Vikings.

[@joaquintrigueros]

My friend is a "short-skull" Norwegian. 5'5"" tall. The "long-skulls" are much taller, over 6', he tells me.

[@javiercosta5742]

Cráneo corto, Braquicefalo, cráneo largo Dolicicefalos, los Nórdicos blancos suelen ser, Dolicicefalos.

[@uorkabrek9745]

I am G2a2 from the North Caucasus. I am Circassian

[@urseliusurgel4365]

The Yamnaya - the Steppe culture people - were predominantly brown-eyed and relatively swarthy, but they were tall and robust. In Northern Europe, blondism is found in the Neolithic and 100% of Western European Mesolithic hunter-gatherers had pale eye alleles. So no!

[@SarahFezio]

Nothing about I1?

[@javiercosta5742]

Hola, cuando me hice un test para saber mi haplogrupo mit. resulte del H1b. ( Un 60% de las mujeres Suecas lo portan) hoy quiero saber mi haplogrupo paterno tengo más o menos un 25% de ascendencia Fennoescandinava, aunque soy Latinoamericano y tengo ascendencia Nativa americana, sospecho que me linaje paterno, es I1...surgido en lo que hoy es Bosnia y Herzegovina! 🤔🙋🏻‍♂️🇺🇾

[@zakariadavis973]

Great grandfather was of Norwegian descent (DNA test), he was a really large man in the 1920's...and a lot of his descendants were well over 6 feet tall. Even my son ,who is 6'2"...considering I'm average at 5'10".

[@thomascoleman6322]

The Yamnaya took indigenous Nordic women off that BCE and mated with them. I suppose since they were “milk drinkers” it most likely made their bones longer, thicker, denser, etc and they passed that DNA 🧬 on to Scandinavian/ Nordic people 🤷‍♀️

[@Catlily5]

​@@thomascoleman6322 Drinking milk doesn't actually make your bones stronger. Asian people in Southeast Asia where they rarely drink milk have less osteoporosis than Westerners. And when they move to the west their rates of osteoporosis goes up.

[@RackerPaS]

@@thomascoleman6322 All germanic people are Nordic People. The DNA in North Germany is the same how in Scandinavia.

[@gud2go50]

I’m not a Viking, but I play one and I’m only 5’7”!😂

[@AndriiGryganskyi]

Kyiv was founded some 500 years before the Northmen arrival, though.

[@nicechock]

They ruled europe even way before that

[@AndriiGryganskyi]

@nicechock and America

[@user-oi9iz9jr8y]

How tall is 100 centimeters?

[@cindycarter-f1v]

😂

[@nancyr9010]

100cm=1 meter=39"=3ft3in

[@philliprabchenia9194]

Recognized R1a haplo group from 23 and me results.

[@jrgenpetterson1562]

From a Norwegian, the Danes were the real vikings. First and foremost, we were all Norsemen, traders, farmers etc., but as far as vikings are concerned (which btw was a "profession", rather than an ethnic group), the Danes deserve a better reputation, and us Norwegians get way too much praise. According to DNA tests, I'm 100% Scandinavian (97% Norwegian), which of course I am proud of, but I think TV shows just use Norway as the geographical association for vikings, or the "capital" of vikings if you will, because of our nature. Which is a bit silly

[@ulflyng]

That's the first time I've head that from a Norwegian. Personally I regard all Norwegians fellow. Love traveling in the north. Love being with my many Norwegian friends, and love the nature 👍 From your southern brother

[@jukkatiainen7313]

Norjalaisten geeniperimästä n. 27% on peräisin saamelaisilla. Tästä syystä heidän parissaan on suhteessa enemmän ruskeasilmäisiä ja tummahiuksisia kuin muissa skandinaaveissa, suomalaisissa tai balteissa. Lisäksi vaalea iho, hiukset ja siniset silmät ovat vanhempia Skandinaviassa kuin n. 5000 vuotta vanhoja (nuorakeraamikot). Ruotsin Motalassa oli jo 7700 vuotta sitten blondeja, sinisilmäisiä ja vaaleaihoisia ihmisiä. Lähi-idän ihmisten vaalea iho johtuu siirtymisestä viljelyyn. Pohjoisessa tämä johtuu muista geeneistä.

[@jrgenpetterson1562]

@@ulflyng Min broder! Norwegians feud is primarily with the Swedes, just like you Danes. We've always been your little brother, while Sweden is like a distant cousin (why am I even responding in English...). Despite what I said, I must admit the architecture in modern productions would've looked a bit dull, had it not been for the influence of our dragon style, which in fact is Norwegian. it arrived in the late 1880's, so not exactly Viking age, but it's partly inspired by architectural discoveries from the Viking age, as well as our Stave churches. No historical cultures becomes iconic without their own distinct architecture (Greece, Rome, Egypt, Japan etc.), but the architecture most people associate with the Vikings isn't exactly accurate. But hey, like Gandalf said; "All good stories deserve embellishment". The name Gandalf originated from Norse mythology btw :p

[@dbdecibel9381]

Well regardless of what we did at that time i still see Norwegians as vikings, and have huge respekt for your Guys and your history. greetings from Denmark

[@ulflyng]

@@jrgenpetterson1562 👍 knæk og bræk

[@Tk.utelab]

DNA tells me I’m 70% Scandinavian. Family research agrees.

[@jason192]

176cm converts to 69”. That is not very tall. In fact, it is only three inches taller than i am at 5’6”. Every other member of my family is 6’2” or taller. My brother, who is 204cm tall, would be a giant even for vikings.

[@Jennifer-pb9nd]

So they were actually shorter than people today being 5’2” to 5’4”. How disappointing.

[@mrMacGoover]

Actually 172-173cm is more around 5'7" to 5' 8" Imperial measurement. I am 173cm with blond hair and Hazel eyes...my father had blue, my great grandfather from York England.

[@danmeek928]

My son is 6 foot two. His son is 6 foot 6 I am a measly 5 foot 7 oh well.

[@AngloChristiann]

God bless the Scandinavian people 🙏🏻Germanic peoples need to stick together 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇳🇱🇩🇰🇩🇪🇳🇴🇸🇪🇦🇹 🇮🇸 🙏🏻✝️

[@Sammyli99]

not sure...look at the weapons and reverse engineer it via centre of gravity for optimum combat versatility. Also Longboats they aint big, for 10-20 dudes.

[@secdetau]

Well I have 60% Norwegian, Swedish & Dane DNA and 40% Northern Ireland (Fermanagh) everyone in my family is either 6 foot or taller. My grandfather was 6'5" and built like a brick sh##house.

[@sviffi]

The celts were on average taller than vikings

[@GuilhermeSt050]

Celts and vikings aren't ethnicities. The dutchs are the tallest people in Europe and the second tallest people in the world (behind the nilotic peoples of South Sudan) and the scandinavians are a little bit shorter than the dutchs

[@Automedon2]

Talking about modern Scandinavians "reaching 180cm". That is not tall at all

[@ryanmassey586]

We wuz Vi-kangzzz

[@thomascoleman6322]

🤣🤣🤪🗡️💀⚡️🔥🎆❤️‍🔥🍻

[@Sueezedtight]

The holocene "optimum" (10K years before present) had global temperatures 3 C HIGHER than now. Thus, once the ice was gone (quite quickly) the low lying and accessible areas had a climate similar to modern-day south of France. Not surprising it was settled and farmed.

[@NegSteLucie]

People are so obsessed with height.

[@valamerkozlowski7915]

Paternal haplogroup I1 not I2. Big misinformation.

[@VOIixiIOV]

Fish diet

[@Sueezedtight]

Dark complexions come from warmer and sunnier climes. All about the vitamin D / melanin synthesis and sunlight angle of incidence.

[@loquat4440]

There is more to it. The original hunter gatherers of europe like similar peoples in other parts of the world had darker skins, but their diets included Vit D. Farmers like the anatolians had a lower amount of Vit D in their plant based diet of domesticated crops. So they evolved lighter skin. The modern populations of western europe now have lighter skin. But the eyes of the original inhabitants tended to be blue as they are to this very day. Blue eyes have better vision for darker environments is the claim. Later on genes that allow adults to digest the milk sugar called lactose were selected for allowing the ingestion for fresh milk.

[@Sueezedtight]

@@loquat4440 Interesting conjecture. Vitamin D (like A, E and K) is fat soluble and is converted in our liver for use. It is found in fatty fish (especially liver oils) and some in beef liver and a bit in egg yolks. Inuit are never exposed to sunlight but they eat a lot of liver (except polar bear as that contains toxic amounts of vitamin K) and fat (blubber). Skin colour has to do with origins and eventual locations versus sunlight incidence and availability.

[@BobbyPolfus]

My bloodline goes to William the Conqueror of England.

[@BelleLothbrok]

I'd love to be able to trace my ancesters.. I was born ( and stayed...) Blond with very green eyes... Apparently rare in the world. I do know i must have Irish ancestry because of my surname. ( not this YT one 😂). . My ancestry were Apparently quite powerful people in Ireland too.. But would be great if i could find out even further back. I do live in what was Mercia 😂 now,,, on the border of what was Danelaw!!!! So maybe some Dane Viking in there somewhere 😂

[@lordcommander3224]

Descendant of Swedish and Norwegian immigrants to Minnesota. I’m 6’-7”, my dad is 6’-10”, and my son is 6’-5”. We’re a family of very large people.

[@mikeadder7796]

Serbs and Croats have the predominant I2 haplogroup as well. They were hunters, and gatherers, tall and strong. The average height among Serbs and Croats is 181cm. G haplogroup people are mostly red-haired. I2 is the oldest European haplogroup and is unique in Europe. R1 and R2 came from Asia.

[@mantistobogganmd6580]

We wuz vikangz T. 1/4 Scandi by parentage with something like 36% Scandinavian DNA

[@joshgrove3189]

You never even said the genie mutations. All the way.

[@heroldable]

In fact, they were shorter.

[@randylavereau7060]

Adverb adjective verb

[@jorgebartolomeludenamendoz3618]

Gracias

[@CV_CA]

4:52 The modern Scandinavian is changing due to immigration.

[@exJBnz]

Me DNA sweden I am 6 foot tall female blonde hair born....and blue eyes my sons are 6foot 5...

[@WolfRoss]

Where did the Q Y-DNA come from that shows up all over Sweden?

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

Yeah, darker complexion, as in first people in ireland... you missed the man of cheddar and the man of piltdown.

[@aaraonsy5949]

Dubh et finn gail - the dark forfather - the domesbook, récemment de Guillaume le Conquérant et les black Viking et le nom qui signifie Noir: Suerten Stuwart Blakaman etc..

[@SeanEustace-zk3mc]

Why do we call Scythians Who’s history we know quite a bit about by both the Greeks and archaeological evidence garden from their Kirgan. Which agree with each other. Why do you insist on calling them corded wear culture. We know who they are. This is the same shit as you calling by different names, so you can pretend that they’re not kilts.

[@JD-ku6vd]

I’m 5’9”, slim but with dark eyes. My eyes are quite photosensitive, and I’ve worn sunglasses religiously most of my life. I’m Danish (Hjorring), Dutch & Irish (County Mayo.) I have wondered if my eye sensitivity stems from my Scandinavian ancestry since low light is common there.

[@jonjnsson655]

Red hair & green eyes. I belive, was a trend at that time too.

[@DustinAxelson]

There's no advantages to having blue eyes? Umm, they see better in the dark.