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   XPost: soc.genealogy.britain   
   From: Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message <1153470982.979849.284790@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>   
             "Energy"  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Diarmid Logan wrote:   
   > >   
   > > There are a very high number of Germanic male-line ancestors in   
   > > England's current population. Genetic research has revealed the   
   > > country's gene pool contains between 50 and 100% Germanic   
   > > Y-chromosomes.   
   >   
   > Not true, or at least it has a misleading spin. The Weale et al study   
   > that I believe this figure is coming from only examined a small and   
   > untypical area of England that was subject to relatively high levels of   
   > both Anglo Saxon and Danish Viking invasion. The later Goldstein et al   
   > study, as featured on the BBC television series "Blood of the Vikings",   
   > had a much larger sample size and examined locations throughout the   
   > British Isles. By it's results the English are typically about 40%   
   > Anglo-Saxon / Viking on the male line. Such ancestry on the female line   
   > is likely to be a good bit smaller. Iceland is about 80% Scandinavian   
   > on the male line but only 40% Scandinavian on the female line (about   
   > 60% Scandinavian overall). The English are therefore typically probably   
   > something like 30% Anglo-Saxon / Viking in genetic origin.   
   >   
      
   Do you mean English, or do you mean British?  Adding in the Scandinavian   
   influence in the Scottish and Irish populations may skew the figures   
   somewhat.   
      
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