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I’ve never been a British minimalist — one of those who believe that the Romano-Celtic influence is dominant in Britain. Now genetic evidence confirms that the UK is a lot more German than we thought:
What strikes me most about this is the wide areas of England (and Belgium!) that are significantly more German than most of France: Normandy is less German than most of the island of Britain.
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The thing you need to remember about this is that while the Y (ie, from the male side) might be German, it's also from those who just couldn't wait to get out of Germany.
So the English are actually descended from the Germans who didn't want to be Germans.
Posted by: Tim Worstall | September 04, 2011 at 03:50 AM
Good point ...
But we say the same thing about America ... we're the descendants of everyone who had the ambition to change their life by moving
Posted by: Dave Tufte | September 04, 2011 at 10:09 AM