Family reunited after 1000 years

Two Vikings from the same family traveled abroad to fight.

One of the Viking warriors went to England where he died in the 11th century, from injuries to the head. He was buried in a mass grave in Oxford.

The other one died in Denmark in his 50s, his skeleton bearing traces of blows that suggest he took part in battles.

These two family members have now been reunited at Denmark's National Museum.

The younger of the two men "may have been cut down in a Viking raid, but there is also a theory that they (the skeletons in the mass grave) were victims of a royal decree by English King Ethelred the Second, who commanded in 1002 that all Danes in England should be killed," Varberg said."

According to Varberg, it is very rare to find skeletons that are related, though it is easier to determine the relationships for royals.