[C19fan]

There was a reason Hitler would of have preferred being buddy buddy with the British.

[ken5050]

They’re all cousins of Oswald Mosely

[__rvx86]

He offered them favourable terms if they surrendered...

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

It seems nobody has ever heard of the Angles & Saxons. Has anyone heard that English is a German language?

[Paine in the Neck]

There's a surprise. \s

I suppose they thought all those Saxons just sprouted from British soil rather than arriving from, you know, Saxony.

[mountainlion]

A study also showed that half of Europe is related to King Tut of Egypt.

[Alter Kaker]

And if it weren’t for the Soviet Union, the US Navy and Merchant Marine and the US Army Air Force, a significantly higher percentage of the British public would have German DNA...

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well for sure the British royalty do. I think Prince Philip is Austrian.

[Buckeye McFrog]

English and German are linguistic cousins. Why is this a surprise to anyone?

[EvilCapitalist]

Well, the Kaiser of WWI fame was the Grandson on Queen Victoria, and her husband Prince Albert was German himself. And Edward VIII was a little too friendly with Hitler.

[AFreeBird]

Yea, I got some Kraut, via GB, DNA. Why is this a surprise?

[blam]

The largest European immigrant group to the US is German, not English/Irish/Scot, like I thought.

[Nowhere Man]

I believe it. I did recent research into my family tree on Mom’s side and found out my Swedish/German ancestors also had some English, Irish, Swiss and French parts as well. Maybe Austrian too. On Dad’s side, I’m Russian, Russian Jew and Serbian. I’m “politically correct” since I’m multicultural. B-D B-)

[PLMerite]

"Genetic study reveals 30% of white British DNA has German ancestry"

Verrry interesting!

[trisham]

The House of Windsor is the royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. It was founded by King George V by royal proclamation on 17 July 1917, when he changed the name of the British Royal Family from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (a branch of the House of Wettin) to the English Windsor, due to the anti-German sentiment in the British Empire during World War I.[1] The most prominent member of the House of Windsor is its head, Queen Elizabeth II, who is the reigning monarch of 16 Commonwealth realms.

Source: Wikipedia

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

The Romans, Vikings and Normans may have ruled or invaded the British for hundreds of years, but they left barely a trace on our DNA, the first detailed study of the genetics of British people has revealed.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. These invasions took place largely in what we call England. Rome did not go into what we call Scotland, Northern Ireland. Wales was another area spared from invaders. So why measure the genetic makeup of Britain which includes those areas invaders avoided?

[marsh2]

Don’t know how to post pictures, but here is a nice map on the genetic findings: http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/...british-isles/

and here is a great timeline graph per region: http://www.isogg.org/britishcodnasources.htm