Since our tree has been traced back to Thorsteinn the Red, a few clicks away on Wikipedia led me back to Ragnar Lothbrok. The legend states that Thorsteinn would have been a contemporary of Ragnar, which makes many a historian wonder about the sagas. Was Ragnar alive a century or so earlier? Since my other ancestor (Snorri Sturlason) was a big influence, who knows? A mystery to be solved in my lifetime.
signed, the willow
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