[ABN 505]

And I don't see any outsider and former foe being inducted into a clan, even if he'd gotten a maiden with child. More likely, he'd have been killed. I think you are correct, unlike North American Indians who would sometimes adopt an outsider into the tribe the clans were more likely to kill or sacrifice the interloper.

[wildbill]

The idea that enough of the 500 or so members of a Roman unit would have (a)survived and (b)remained in the area to put down genealogical roots having an identifiable DNA today is interesting but somewhat farfetched.

Especially since the mother's DNA is the primary way of identifying lineal descendants.