One the biggest misconception on this forum is that normans were french. They were Scandinavian

[heightmaxxing]

They had Scandinavian (Especially Norwegian) heritage. They spoke a dialect of French and lived in the france but if they took a DNA test they would come back Scandinavian.

 

[slime]

all of europe was scandinavian before rome fell

 

[gymcel64]

yes that is a well known fact. The Norse colonized Normandie in the "viking" era and settled there.