The Untold Story Of The Vikings - Legends, Lies & Truths

[@maryvalentine9090]

My grandfather was born in 1870 on the Norwegian island of Senja. He, and then followed by his father mother and siblings all immigrated to America. He was quite a guy… He couldn’t speak any English when he got here, but he taught himself to read right and speak English without any Norwegian accent, and he lost the stammer that he’d had when he spoke only Norwegian. He also taught himself to read and write Greek because he wanted to study and become an ordained Baptist minister. He was a Lutheran when he got here but changed denominations to Baptist after a profound spiritual encounter with the living God. He became ordained, and was a very young traveling circuit preacher in Tripp county South Dakota before South Dakota became a state. At the same time, he married and raised six children, eventually ending up in Oregon. He died in 1945 and is buried in Portland Oregon in the same cemetery that his father is buried. I don’t know what town he was born in, and I don’t know if there’s any of our people still living in Norway. And as I understand it there was a Viking “headquarters“ on the island of … there’s been a lot of archaeology done and they’re definitely was. It’s on my bucket list to get genetic testing because I’d like to see if I have any Sami ancestry as well as regular Norwegian. I might be wrong but I think there is some history of a population of that Norwegian minority on Senja. It’s just something I’m curious about and I want to go there and explore the place. It’s clear up in the arctic circle! The family were, surprise surprise, fisherman by trade, and I guess grandpa took the money he was supposed to spend on a new boat and bought himself a boat ticket to America and it caused quite an uproar, until everybody in the family came around and immigrated for a better life in America. So watching this is fascinating to me. I inherited that stereotypical characteristic of being tall… I was 6’1” tall by the time I was 17 years old! All but one of my seven siblings has brown hair and hazel eyes, and as far as I know all of my brothers have red beards when they grow a beard out. The tallest of my five brothers is 6’8” tall. I had a really neat Spanish teacher in college who is only about 5 foot even… She was very young and awfully good teacher. And she finally made a comment about my height after staring at me a lot for several weeks, remarking on how tall I was for a woman. I told her, “Well, that’s because I’m Norwegian. My people lived so far up in the arctic circle that we had to grow tall to get as close to the sun as possible so we could survive better. I think that’s why the native Mexicans are so petite… Because your people were so close to the equator, and as you know it’s very hot there, and because of that, you don’t need to grow so tall- got to try keep as far away from the sun as possible!“ I said this to her with a completely straight face and a very serious tone. She looked at me kind of funny, but she didn’t want to say anything ‘cause she didn’t want to seem impolite… then I burst out laughing and she goes, “Ohhhh! You fooled me!“ We were fast friends after that!❤

[@progradepainting3755]

I was surprised myself, as an American who’s family has been here since the mayflower, that my grandfather on my father’s side was 100% Nordic stock from British bloodlines. My mother’s side has some Slavic, East german, and Welsh/Irish stock. Interesting stuff. We did the 23 and me test.

[@williscopeland7114]

This is great content, very informative. But come on!! Only 4:20 minutes of content between commercials? I can’t abide such frequent interruptions, no matter what the content.

[@harrydaniels2788]

Great video my friend. I love documentary videos and tv shows. It gives me a chance to learn something not only about history but other cultures also. Keep up the good work my friend ☺️👍

[@OdysseyofEmpires]

Same here! thank you for reaching out and positive feedback

[@harrydaniels2788]

@OdysseyofEmpires - You are very welcome 👍

[@ahar7624]

Books can also do that....

[@historiverserevealed]

Always intrigued by Viking history and how they managed to navigate their way to different places.

[@dreamaker1116]

9:46 When I seen this part I couldn’t stop laughing. One man has a strip of hair on top of his head but then you look at the man beside him and he has hair all over except the top of his head 😂 exact same color hair. I believe these two men could really help each other out beside rowing this very large row boat. It’s the little things in life that allow me to smile. 😊

[@jasonshapiro9469]

I know some viking ass dudes...strait savages and i don't think they even hardly take baths or change their draws

[@PoohNoah]

Cool video

[@OdysseyofEmpires]

Thank you kindly 🙏

[@Danl1960]

They were ok i guess