No Saxon invasion?

[Ingvar Sigurdson]

Here is naïve example of what I mean regarding the complexities around dna and identity; At my place of employment I asked a guy randomly, who happened to be born in Liverpool, his family background and he explained his Mother’s family hailed from Eire where he had aunts uncles etc still living and his Father’s side of the family from Germany (his Great grandfather was German) I then asked him how he would describe himself and he replied British. Perhaps if I had asked one of the USA citizens what he considered himself to be he may have replied Irish-American, and again if I asked one of the Scots guys whose parents came from Poland in the 1950’s what he considered himself to be he may have replied Scots. Perhaps in 1500 years time a scientist may be able to tell us where these individuals came from but would they be able to tell us anything about what these folk considered to be there own individual cultural and ethnic identity and of course the issue would be even more clouded if they just happened to have 'grave goods' buried with them!

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Ingvar