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I think "modern day central England" is the key -- as we've discussed before, by far the most common Y-chromosome DNA haplotype in Western Europe is some variation on R1b.

This article doesn't specify which haplotype this Sassenach DNA is, but implicit in the article is that it's not WAMH (Western Atlantic Modal Haplotype), such as is found in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and western England.

It appears, from looking on google, that this Sassenach haplotype poured into the central area of England and pushed out the WAMH, which makes sense if you look at history, the Celts were displaced in central England.