Researchers think they have found the home of Thorfinn Karlsefni, a Viking trader, and his wife Gudrid, who became the parents of a son Snorri on a voyage to North America, making him the first European child born on the continent.
Smithsonian: First European Child in North America Born to a Viking?
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2004-12-03 15:27
Archaeologists have discovered the family home of a Viking woman they believe returned to Iceland after a trip to North America, where she had given birth to a child.
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