Comments by "marie parker" (@marieparker3822) on "An Ode to Iceland" video.

  1. The colonisers of Iceland, who were from Norway, kidnapped many women from Ireland and Scotland to replenish their genetic stock. Icelanders are closely related to Scots. Btw, I have lived in a small town (10,000 - 15,000 population). It is intolerably claustrophobic.
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  2. There are only under a third of a million of Icelanders. Therefore to guard against in-breeding, everyone has their genealogy on their phone, so that if you are going on a date, you both check your genealogies to decide whether you are going to be coffee/lunch friends or possibly take things further, if you are not closely related.
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  3. Harold Godwinson beating King Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge: Harald Hardrada was Norwegian, and his fleet was nearly wiped out. The Norwegians never invaded England again.
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  4. Do they really want to trace their lineage back to the multiple murderer Eric the Red - deported from Norway to Iceland, then later deported from Iceland to Greenland?
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