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If you have brown or black eyes what descent are you?
It's been funny that "patriotic" songs describing the Chinese, I mean some, are saying that they have black eyes. I don't have black eyes, but very dark brown eyes, or else I'd have eye problems.
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No such thing as black eyes, really...
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You don't box, then, I take it?
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Not in many, many years... :)
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"The English are surely not known for being a nation with lots of blond-haired people!"
I don't agree. I always had the image of English people as being blond or red-haired; and my successive trips to England confirmed this stereotype.
But it is also true that there are many people from various origins, especially in big cities.
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<<The English are surely not known for being a nation with lots of blond-haired people!>>
I rather agree with this statement, and I've been to England umpteen times.
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And the few blonds thee are, most are bottle-blond. Bleech.
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"Bleech"= unconscious humor...
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Regarding origins of the English from dna evidence, it depends whose research you follow. Sykes and Oppenheimer have us predominantly "Celtic"/pre-Celtic but Weale and Capelli suggest large-scale Anglo-Scandinavian settlement.
One study found eastern English Y dna was identical to n. w. - North
Sea- Europe (Netherlands to Denmark but not Norse). Oppenheimer thinks this could well stem from pre-Anglo -Scand invasion connection,
though this suggests to me he wants the evidence to fit his hypothesis
or preference.
The written evidence from Gildas, Bede, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and
Alcuin (looking back f"For three hundred years we have lived in this lovely
land--") and place name and linguistic evidence all suggest a massive influx - a huge Anglo-Scand. contribution to the mix.
This topic certainly excites people, with the "Celtic" champions being the ones most vehement.
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Ps.
Why would the Scots and Welsh call the English Sassenachs if they were just a tiny ruling aristocracy?
By the way, I'm sure (and glad) that there's a huge "Celtic" % in the English as well as a probably big Anglo-Scand %.
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I would say that East England like Yorkshire for example is predominantly anglo-saxon, not celtic. From London to
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Well I'm from East Anglia Ancestrally, a few years back they started a DNA project which is producing some interesting results. In North Cambridgeshire which is where I'm from originally, they have seen results of 61% Celtic ancestry and considering this is the East of England I would imagine Central England would be higher. It's nice to know there is some Inceni blood in my veins, but I am equally proud of my Viking heritage. After all they were some of the great explorers of the world!
Below is a link to the East Anglian DNA project site, if you are East Anglian you can get yourself tested and add your results. They test for both lines (male/female) i believe!
http://www.geocities.com/thurlowons/eagdna/frame_set.html
Here's a link explaining Haplogroups:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup
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Here's a direct link to the East Anglian results, notice it says North folk verses South folk, seems that the closer you get to Norfolk and Suffolk the higher the Scandinavian DNA:
http://www.geocities.com/thurlowons/eagdna/tables/hg_freq_y_n_s.html
But even so the Norfolk and Suffolk samples are over 50% Celt!
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"There is a heavy Teutonic element (Anglo-Saxon, Jute, Dane, Norman French)"
Is that why they are ugly?
Were English ugly before the germanic invasion?
The royal (?) family is german, they are ugly. Camilla is english is a monster, Charlie seems an horse. They are unbelievable ugly
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"There is a heavy Teutonic element (Anglo-Saxon, Jute, Dane, Norman French)"
Is that why they are ugly?
Were English ugly before the germanic invasion?
The royal (?) family is german, they are ugly. Camilla is english and she is a monster, Charlie seems an horse. They are unbelievable ugly. is this because of the few germans who came in the island?
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