[ek_hornbeck]

The entire population of Europe was basically replaced since the fall of Rome. Today’s Greek population, for example, have little genetic connection to those of Aristotle’s contemporaries. People who go around blaming Europeans for colonialism don’t realize that they are not exclusive “victims”.

Exactly. Every place was colonized by somebody else, and everyone had ancestors who were at some point brutalized, raped, or enslaved by someone else's. The difference is that most of us have the sense not to try and use this fact as a get out of jail card.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Celts and Saxons are actually some of the first migrants into early Europe. They also brought a lot of technology, such as it was. Farming, metal working, etc. Also being somewhat larger than Europeans at the time, they were a thing to be feared. Hitler’s vaunted “Aryan race” was not actually a race, showing that he was either stupid or a liar or both. They were connected by a common language, nothing more, from somewhere farther east.

[imardmd1]

The difference is that most of us have the sense not to try and use this fact as a get out of jail card.

The difference is that for the mix I think you're talking about, one does not have to do a DNA analysis to discover the tell-tale factor.

(just sayin')

[Sherman Logan]

Equally, we’re all descended from people who did the brutalizing, raping and enslaving.