Just out of curiosity...

[MsConduct]

How many of you here are of Scandinavian decent? I'm Norwegian on my mother's side. Ringstad is the surname. We have traced the family tree back to the 600's AD or BCE.
Thanks.

Peace

[miss_kitty]

1. i am english, irish, scots, but gramma was from Lofoten

i traced part back to the 1600s on her dad's side (Riise) and though the distaff side to 900s or so (Benkestok) I visited a church in Bergen where a Benkestok wedding took place in the 1100s or 1200s I can't remember which.

in Manchester, i visited a pub my dad's relatives drank in in the 1840s-1880s

i think though if all this was traced back, I'd find out I'm almost 100% Norwegian :)
:toast: Skoal!

[MsConduct]

4. pretty interesting

that you've been able to visit those places. I'd like to think I was 100% Norwegian, LOL. I think that's the best part of my heritage. Thanks for sharing.

Peace

[libertad]

2. I'm Swedish on my mother's side.

Anderson's and Larson's.

[MsConduct]

5. All my Norwegian

great aunts married Swedes. They were all married forever. No one in the family could figure out how or why the marriages worked! Thank you for sharing.

Peace

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Well....

The Fisks came from Norway and settled in England before the Domesday Book was written. But that's quite a ways back.

[MsConduct]

6. Don't think I'm too stupid

but I don't know about the Domesday Book. But I'll check it out. Thanks for sharing.

Peace

[miss_kitty]

8. The Domesday Book

"The Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time)."

from:

http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/

[MsConduct]

9. Thanks for the info! n/t

[miss_kitty]

10. you are welcome

it's pretty interesting...

you are 1 post away from 100!

[miss_kitty]

7. if i recall, 'fisk' is Norwegian for

'Fish'

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. Yep.

Always knew my ancestry was fishy.

[tcfrogs]

12. Swedish & Norwegian

On my mother's side - Italian/Irish on my Father's side...

[MsConduct]

13. That's and interesting mix

what's the Scandinavian surname?


Peace

[truthspeaker]

14. Norwegian from my mother's side. "Holvick"; mispelling of "Hellevik"

[MsConduct]

15. All my Norskie relatives were

a hoot. I think that's where I get my sense of humor. My Mom is first generation. How long has that side of your family been here? Thanks for responding.

Peace

[truthspeaker]

21. I THINK they came over in the 1880s

My great-grandparents married in Norway, then moved here and settled in Minnesota.

[MsConduct]

23. My great grandparents

came over here in the late 1800's and settled in Oregon.

[TrogL]

16. Norwegian both sides

[MsConduct]

17. That's great....

I kinda wish I was all Norwegian. What are the surnames? Thanks for responding.

Peace

[Spider Jerusalem]

18. The Answer to that is: Probably almost anyone of European ancestry.

Go back to the ninth and tenth centuries, and my ancestors include the Viking conquerers of Normandy and Kiev, and the medieval rulers of Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Given the mathematical probabilities involved, I'm sure the same is true for most of European descent, who are probably all related in the degree of being no more than 30th or 40th cousins at most...

[MsConduct]

26. Thanks for the input.

I know the Vikings were everywhere. And if they couldn't conquer,
they assimulated.

Peace

[SarahB]

19. Me!

I'm about 3/4 Swedish on my mother's side. :hi:

[MsConduct]

24. Swedes and Norwegians are quite a mix.

What are the surnames? Thanks for responding.


Peace

[Texasgal]

20. 1/2 Swedish 1/2 Norweigian

My grandmother still speaks fluent swedish. Her last name is Helge, I don't think you can get any scandinavian than that!

[MsConduct]

25. That's for sure!

How'd you all end up in Texas?

Peace

[never cry wolf]

28. 1/4 Swedish 1/4 Norweigan

Both from my dad's side, my mom is german and dutch.

We may be related, surnames of Thelander and Helgeson.

[miss_kitty]

22. Yo 0 tolerance

check out this thread; it's posted by a Norwegian DU member in Norway:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1636843

[MsConduct]

27. Thanks mlle_chatte n/t