Is It Really True That Norwegians Are Born With Skis?🤔 This Experiment Is Trying To Find Out Once And For All ⛷

In Norway there is a wide known myth that everyone is born with skis on their feet. But is it true? Or is it just a fairytale?

To challenge the myth, Visit Norway invited three travellers from the UK, the US and South Africa, all with possible Norwegian roots, for an experiment in winter wonderland. Before they left their home countries they ran a test to find out how much of their DNA is originating from the Scandinavian countries. Here you can see how it went=)

Jamila Hill is a 42 year old Native Oklahoman. Born in Tulsa, she currently resides In Oklahoma City and works as a personal shopper. Her main interests include creating a beautiful life, raising her daughter Edith Rose and plotting her grand return to Norway.

–I have never been skiing before. It’s a very magical and special thing. The Norwegian nature made me peaceful and serene. There is continuity and flow, and in that there’s so much rest.

Originally from Wales, travelled all over the world, Thom now lives in York, England. He has two children and runs an international training company. In his spare time Thom likes learning languages, history, fencing, cycling, rowing, dancing, hiking and cooking. Despite everyone’s best efforts.....he still cannot ski!

–I am not a very good example of a primal male, but I think the Norwegian landscape does certainly hit you in a very elemental way.

David Hjalmar Harison Thesen, the middle names being carried from his grandfather, Hjalmar Thesen, and the other from a more distant relative, is 22 years old. He was born and raised in the town of Knysna in South Africa.

–My relationship to Norway was always a mental one of the past, a relationship to the past, my ancestors and history. But it was never a relationship in the present or future, and I never thought it possible I would ever see Norway myself.