Re[2]: [tied] Re: Asian migration to Scandinavia

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 59989
Date: 2008-09-12

At 5:06:38 PM on Thursday, September 11, 2008, Rick
McCallister wrote:

[...]


> I can trace a branch of my Welsh ancestors back to William
> the Conqueror and thence to Norway.

From William the Bastard you can get back to Rollo, but the
traditional identification of Rollo with Göngu-Hrólfr is
more than a bit questionable on a number of grounds. For
fairly detailed discussion see
<http://ice.mm.com/user/rob/Rollo/HistoricalRollo.html> and
<http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/prov/rollo000.htm>.

Brian