Posted on 07/18/2006 10:33:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Genetic analysis of men in modern-day central England shows that more than half of them possess a Y-chromosome that can be traced to Germania - an ancient region of central Europe... Evidence of the apartheid system can be found in ancient texts such as the 7th century laws of Ine, Thomas says, which place a greater value on the life of an Anglo-Saxon. For example, these laws stated that if an Anglo-Saxon was killed, the "blood money", or "Wergild", payable to the family was up to five times more than the fine payable for the life of a native Celt.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
Also, wouldn't the Normans have carried Germanic DNA?
The Normans were the Northmen - Vikings from Scandinavia (well, Denmark and Norway, most likely). They may have been a Germanic tribe - I don't have the Genographic stuff handy right now just before bed.
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