Welcome to Questions of Doom. In this series, we answer your questions about Archaeology and our shared heritage.

Today, we examine how useful surnames are in tracing your ancient origins?

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archaeology history Borg surname surnames above over Norman conquest patronymic matronmyic given name nick name occupational name Location name politics shifts fashion vikings Sweden Rus Skallagrimson Iceland tradition line name genes genetics origin heritage identity patrimony key ancient

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