We in my Family are descended from The Allfather Odin and his wife Frigg, who begat Sigar Odinsson, who married a woman whose initial is N. (document fragmentation, understandable since it's over 1300 yrs old), who begat Rer Sigardsson, who married an unknown woman and begat Völsung Rersson, who married another unknown woman and begat Sigmund Völsungsson, who married Hjørdis Eylimasdatter, who begat Sigurd (the slayer of the Dragon Fafnir) who married Brynhild, who begat Aslaug also known as Kraka, who married Ragnar Lothbrok, and they bore a son Bjorn Ironside (a leader of the Great Heathen Army mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle), Bjorn married an unknown woman and begat Keital Duke of Kiev, whose son was Rollo the Viking (first Norse Count of Rouen), who married Poppa of Bayeux, and begat William Longsword, who married Espriota, who begat Richard I Deux, who married Gunnora of Denmark, who begat Richard II Deux, who had an affair with Herleve, who begat William Duke of Normandy who married Mathilda/Maud of Hastings (who was descended from Charles Martel, Pepin the Short, and Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks), who conquered England in 1066 and founded the House of Plantagenet, skipping a few dozen generations for brevity, A branch of the House of Plantagenet was living in Scrooby Notts England in the late 1500s. They moved briefly to the Netherlands, followed by a move to the New World in 1620 by Sarah Brewster-Bartlett (a Pilgrim, Daughter of William Brewster, Wife of Israel Bradford)... And here we are still.
It is said that Marovech who is another ancestor was the son of Njordr. Marovech was a King of the Franks who fought against Attila the Hun (called Atli in the Sagas). Marovech is a Merovingian Frank, while Charlemagne was a Salian Frank. Mathilda/Maud of Hastings who is mentioned above is a descendant of both.
The Slavs claim descent from Perun (whom ancient Proto-Indo-Europeans may have called Perkwunos). And considering that Rollo's mother was most likely a Slav because his father was the Duke of Kiev, It could be that Perun was also in my family tree. But it can't be said for certain because we don't have her name. I will continue to search the sagas for a hint.
Odin the Wanderer (1896) by Georg von Rosen
