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To: pierrem15
Could be, moving significant numbers of various ethnic groups was something the Romans did a lot; also, ultimately, survival of a given strand of chromosome is luck of the draw.

14 posted on 05/04/2020 9:04:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
also, ultimately, survival of a given strand of chromosome is luck of the draw.

Yup. That's why they're often surprising. I was expecting mainly Celt and maybe some Roman with a smattering of Viking.

What I got on the male side (in descending order) was Frank, Visigoth, Ostrogoth, Danish Viking, Saxon, Celt.

Of course genes from archaeological samples are hardly a representative sampling. But it's still fun to look at.

18 posted on 05/04/2020 9:18:43 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
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