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   XPost: soc.genealogy.britain   
   From: Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk   
      
   In message <1153475404.214438.9110@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>   
             "Energy"  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Graeme Wall wrote:   
   > > In message <1153470982.979849.284790@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>   
   [snip]   
   > > > 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.   
   >   
   > I mean English. Scots came out at about 20-25% Anglo-Saxon / Viking   
   > (similar to southern England in fact).   
      
   That I would have expected.   
      
   > The Welsh and Irish had very little Anglo-Saxon / Viking ancestry.   
      
   The Welsh figures were to be expected.   
      
   > One thing noted in the programme was the surprising lack of Viking ancestry   
   > in the area around Dublin.   
   >   
      
   Very surprising, given it was a Viking trading town similar to Jorvik.   
   Perhaps tribal taboos restricted intermarriage.   
      
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