Torstein Egillsson [Herse] Galge, "Galge" - Profile: http://www.geni.com/people/Torstein-Egillsson-Galge/6000000001169157255

Geni indicates a very interesting link to the famous Icelandic hero Egil Skallagrimson via his son Thorstein Egilsson Galge and his daughter Thora Thorsteinsdatter, who according to Geni was the wife of Arne Arnmodsson Giske.

It seems however that there are some contradictions with the relevant Icelandic Sagas , such as Egil´s Saga, Laxdela Saga and the Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue .
One question concerns the place where Thorstein Egilsson was born.
According to Geni he was born in 955 in Onufjord, Norway.
According to those sagas his parents Egil Skallagrimsson - an important Icelandic Chieftain - and his Icelandic wife Jofrid llived at Borg in Borgafjord.in the western part of Iceland. Egil traveled to Norway in 955, but it seems unlikely that he was accompanied by his wife giving birth to Thorstein in Norway. It seems also unlikely therefore that Thorstein Egilsson was born in Norway.

The second question concerns the place where Thorstein Egilsson died.
According to Geni he died in Norway.
According to chapter 90 of Egil´s Saga he died however at borg and was buried in the church he had built there.

The next question concerns the place where Thora Thorstensdatter was born.
Thorstein succeeded his father Egil as an Icelandic chieftain at Borg, was involved in a number of local disputes, married an Icelandic wife, Jofrid Gunnarsdotter, and lived permanently at Borg at the Breidafjord in Iceland. He visited Norway, but only occasionally and hardly ever with his wife..
It seems therefore not very likely that his youngest daughter Thora Thorsteinsdatter was born in 972 at Onundfjord in Norway. Most probably she was born at Borg in the house of her parents.

Another question concerns her husband .
According to Geni she was married to Arne Arnmodsson Giske who has a well known descendancy..
According to Egil´s Saga chapter 82 she was however married to an Icelander, Thormond Kleppjarnarsson with no known descendancy.

Hopefully tose contradictions can be resolved by people disposing of more precise sources than the sagas. As it would be a pity if such an interesting link to the world of the Icelandic sagas could not be confirmed. Alternatively there may be a confusion between two different families, one Norwegian and the other one one Icelandic.

I am looking forward to the advise of people who are much better informed than myself.
Werner Ehrlich v. Ehrnfeldt