06-15-2004, 05:28 PM
... not to mention the Germans, Spaniards, Gauls, Low Countries natives, Thracians, Sarmatians... and that's just the Roman period. More plausible is the link with the Low Countries, as the Flemings (now a Scottish family name - there is a village called Flemington just a couple of miles from me) played a fundamental role in the wool trade of medieval lowland Scotland, even fighting the English alongside the Scots in the sack of Berwick by Edward I.<br>
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The British probably have one of the widest gene pools on the planet, which is just one reason why more extreme right wing views in the UK are so risible.<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
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The British probably have one of the widest gene pools on the planet, which is just one reason why more extreme right wing views in the UK are so risible.<br>
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Mike Bishop <p></p><i></i>
