[ek_hornbeck]

I wonder if the Normans are sufficiently distinct genetically for us to determine what their genetic contribution has been to the average Englishman. Probably low because even though they were the conquerors and ruling class for centuries, there weren't very many of them.

[Hawthorn]

>> I wonder if the Normans are sufficiently distinct genetically <<

Their grandfathers were Vikings, so their Y-chromosome DNA should be identical to that of the Vikings — somewhere in the “I” haplogroups.

[Winniesboy]

I have a rather unusual personal connection with this story. In the 1970s I lived for several years in Driffield Terrace, York. The garden where these skeletons were later discovered was also in Driffield Terrace, only a few yards from my house.

[blam]

The Scandinavians have bigger teeth than do all other Europeans.