Their grandfather, Thorgils, was said to be descended from a bear

I wonder what Ancestry.com thinks of this.

Harold Godwineson, through his Danish mother Gytha, belonged to a powerful Scandinavian dynasty: in 1066, when Harold was king of England, his cousin Svein was ruling Denmark. Their grandfather, Thorgils, was said to be descended from a bear.

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