Posted on 03/19/2015 8:46:13 AM PDT by I still care
A new genetic map of Britain shows that there has been little movement between areas of Britain which were former tribal kingdoms in Anglo-Saxon England.
Britons are still living in the same 'tribes' that they did in the 7th Century, Oxford University has found after an astonishing study into our genetic make-up.
Archaeologists and geneticists were amazed to find that genetically similar individuals inhabit the same areas they did following the Anglo-Saxon invasion, following the fall of the Roman Empire.
In fact, a map showing tribes of Britain in 600AD is almost identical to a new chart showing genetic variability throughout the UK, suggesting that local communities have stayed put for the past 1415 years.
Many people in Britain claim to feel a strong sense of regional identity and scientists say they the new study proves that the link to birthplace is DNA deep.
The most striking genetic split can be seen between people living in Cornwall and Devon, where the division lies exactly along the county border. It means that people living on either side of the River Tamar, which separates the two counties, have different DNA.
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Time for the UN to impose sanctions on the Angles, Saxons and Hwicce for illegal settlements !
The remnants of the Britons can be found in Wales. My ancestry is Welsh.
From the review on Amazon:
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Good observation.
When I visited Cornwall a few years ago, I expected to hear the Cornish accent with the hard r (which is absent from most English accents) spoken commonly. I rarely heard it. Many of the local people I talked to who worked in shops and restaurants sounded like people in other parts of England I've visited.
Did not know that. Thanks. Printed it out and putting it into my genealogy stuff.
Of the surviving Celtic languages, Welsh and Breton are P-Celtic, and Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic are Q-Celtic.
I’ve always noticed that people from certain areas, even here in the US, have a certain “look”.
I remember reading a book about Lizzie Borden years ago, and the author described her as having a “typical old family New England appearance”. I had never heard that description before but after that I thought, I know folks with the same old MA heritage and yes, I can see it - the chubby pink cheeks, the blue eyes, large forehead, etc. I’ve always noticed folks from the Appalachian deep South also have their own look also.
I’d bet anything you could notice it in GB - and not just red hair. But if anyone did a study on it, I’m also sure they’d be called “Racist! Racist!”.
Louisiana has half a dozen, probably more, distinct accents all by itself, though at least three, maybe four, are accents of French or Creole French/English.
interesting observation. I didn’t notice that.
Probably not. There are probably big enough pools of population to avoid most inbreeding, as long as they are careful not to marry their closer cousins.
...Goodness I wish people would learn the difference between “England/English” and “Britain/British!”.
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Is Britain in England? :^)
Guess he’s still living in his faddah’s castle which lies yondah.
Cajun
N’Awlins
Ozark-Missourah
Missourillini
Southern
Virginian
Florida Cracker
Florida-Cuban
Texan
Californian
Michigander
Wisconsin cheesehead
New Joisey
New Yawk City
New England/Upstate New York
Baahston
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Ebonics
Jive
Spanglish
Hawaiian
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All quite distinctive.
Not to mention a whole bunch of Indian languages...
There’s even a very isolated Frenchlish spoken in a tiny part of Missouri since the French and Spanish ruled there.
Not true of Britain. A real Cornish accent is not anywhere near a Liverpudlian accent which is not near a Glaswegian which is not near a Cockney.
Nah. They just behave like it.
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