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Anglo-Saxon DNA: The Early English Gene Pool Revealed…
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:41 Anglo-Saxon Migrations & Celtic Britons DNA
1:34 Impact of Anglo-Saxon DNA on England
4:39 Manta Sleep
5:39 Impact of Anglo-Saxon DNA Continued & French Ancestry
7:39 Mass-migration or Elite Migration?
8:20 Anglo-Saxon DNA Haplogroups
9:28 Germanic vs Celtic Haplogroups
How profoundly did the Anglo-Saxons change the genetics of the land we call England today and is this change still felt in the modern English gene pool? Now the word England literally comes from an Old English word (Englaland) that means the “land of the Angles”, with the Angles one of the main Germanic tribes (along with the Saxons and Jutes) who migrated to Britain during the Early Middle Ages. Today, people with English ancestry are found across the globe, and our world has been shaped by the English in various ways. For one, English is the international language of our modern world, and English is a Germanic language precisely because of the Anglo-Saxons.
So in this video I want to explore the genetic impact of the Anglo-Saxons on England. Now quickly for reference, the Anglo-Saxon migrations occurred between around the 5th and 7th centuries AD, following the collapse of Roman rule in Britain in 410AD. Germanic tribes, primarily the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians, crossed the North Sea from modern-day Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands. They were initially invited as mercenaries to defend against invasions by the Picts and Scots (those annoying Scots, I wouldn’t know anything about that), but they soon established their own kingdoms, including Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia. Prior to the Anglo-Saxons, ancient England was largely a mixture of Celtic Britons and the Romans, yet we know that the Romans had little genetic impact on the land. The Y-DNA haplogroup R1b-L21 was dominant in Britain amongst the Celtic Britons however, and is still associated with the Atlantic Celts today.
Sources:
Gretzinger, J., Sayer, D., Justeau, P. et al. The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool. Nature 610, 112–119 (2022). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05247-2
Ancient genomes reveal that the English are one third Anglo-Saxon
Schiffels, S., Haak, W., Paajanen, P. et al. Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon genomes from East England reveal British migration history. Nat Commun 7, 10408 (2016). doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10408
Celtic History Decoded: English DNA: What is the Genetic History of England? - YouTube
English DNA 'one-third' Anglo-Saxon - BBC News
Haplogroup H (mtDNA) - Eupedia
New Genetic Insights into the Anglo-Saxon Transition in Britain | UCL Division of Biosciences - UCL – University College London
Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA) - Eupedia
England | Etymology of the name England by etymonline
Anglo-Saxon-British human ancestry starts in East Anglia | Earlham Institute
Early English Anglo-Saxons descended from mass European migration | Natural History Museum
Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA) - Eupedia
Who do you think you really are? A genetic map of the British Isles | University of Oxford
Genetic history of the British Isles - Eupedia
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Anglo-Saxon DNA: The Early English Gene Pool Revealed…
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:41 Anglo-Saxon Migrations & Celtic Britons DNA
1:34 Impact of Anglo-Saxon DNA on England
4:39 Manta Sleep
5:39 Impact of Anglo-Saxon DNA Continued & French Ancestry
7:39 Mass-migration or Elite Migration?
8:20 Anglo-Saxon DNA Haplogroups
9:28 Germanic vs Celtic Haplogroups
How profoundly did the Anglo-Saxons change the genetics of the land we call England today and is this change still felt in the modern English gene pool? Now the word England literally comes from an Old English word (Englaland) that means the “land of the Angles”, with the Angles one of the main Germanic tribes (along with the Saxons and Jutes) who migrated to Britain during the Early Middle Ages. Today, people with English ancestry are found across the globe, and our world has been shaped by the English in various ways. For one, English is the international language of our modern world, and English is a Germanic language precisely because of the Anglo-Saxons.
So in this video I want to explore the genetic impact of the Anglo-Saxons on England. Now quickly for reference, the Anglo-Saxon migrations occurred between around the 5th and 7th centuries AD, following the collapse of Roman rule in Britain in 410AD. Germanic tribes, primarily the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians, crossed the North Sea from modern-day Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands. They were initially invited as mercenaries to defend against invasions by the Picts and Scots (those annoying Scots, I wouldn’t know anything about that), but they soon established their own kingdoms, including Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia. Prior to the Anglo-Saxons, ancient England was largely a mixture of Celtic Britons and the Romans, yet we know that the Romans had little genetic impact on the land. The Y-DNA haplogroup R1b-L21 was dominant in Britain amongst the Celtic Britons however, and is still associated with the Atlantic Celts today.
Sources:
Gretzinger, J., Sayer, D., Justeau, P. et al. The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool. Nature 610, 112–119 (2022). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05247-2
Ancient genomes reveal that the English are one third Anglo-Saxon
Schiffels, S., Haak, W., Paajanen, P. et al. Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon genomes from East England reveal British migration history. Nat Commun 7, 10408 (2016). doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10408
Celtic History Decoded: English DNA: What is the Genetic History of England? - YouTube
English DNA 'one-third' Anglo-Saxon - BBC News
Haplogroup H (mtDNA) - Eupedia
New Genetic Insights into the Anglo-Saxon Transition in Britain | UCL Division of Biosciences - UCL – University College London
Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA) - Eupedia
England | Etymology of the name England by etymonline
Anglo-Saxon-British human ancestry starts in East Anglia | Earlham Institute
Early English Anglo-Saxons descended from mass European migration | Natural History Museum
Haplogroup R1b (Y-DNA) - Eupedia
Who do you think you really are? A genetic map of the British Isles | University of Oxford
Genetic history of the British Isles - Eupedia
Creative Commons Imagery:
Ziko-C File:2004 sutton hoo 01.JPG - Wikipedia Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license. Deed - Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic - Creative Commons
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Anglo-Saxon DNA – British Genetics – England – English Ancestry – English DNA – English Origins – Genetic History England – English Genetics – Anglo-Saxons – English People
#england #dna #ancestry
