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J_G_E t1_ir9iyq3 wrote

>the idea that there was never an Anglo-Saxon invasion, or even a migration, has become increasingly popular.

And the DNA analysis work recently published by the Max Planck Institite stakes that idea through the heart, decapitates it, stuffs garlic down its neck and buries it at a crossroads.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05247-2?fbclid=IwAR1xzaPW6lfvdfr8LNxrGb4qo0o-euaRkiUaDQikbCl-4yhvzklRhmM4wY0

"Work based on present-day Y chromosomes inferred 50–100% replacement of male lineages during the Early Middle Ages in eastern England" is just one of the lines inthe summary. That study was only published a few months ago, so the ripples have yet to filter through, but it resolutely puts the idea that there was no AS migration in the coffin for good.

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Tiberius_1919 t1_ira17h3 wrote

Although I do agree with you, that study claimed a continental North Sea ancestry was as high as 76% in the skeletons they analysed.

The 50-100% example is an example of an older and relatively lower quality study that can’t be used as well to analyse the DNA of groups from so long ago, as the paragraph just below it says:
>”However, populations change over time through drift and gene flow, so present-day populations may be poor proxies for ancient groups of unknown genetic makeup”.

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julie78787 t1_ir9l4b1 wrote

It's why my predominantly English heritage shows up primarily as ... French and German, with some Scandinavian, DNA.

I think most people view "Anglo-Saxon Invasion" as some kind of reverse D-Day, with ships filled with people scaling the White Cliffs of Dover.

Nope.

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