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Just heard about this celtic cup thingy. I wonder if England have distanced themselves because the other home nations are being arsy over a British side for the olympics??
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internati...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internati...
im - the most extensive ten year study on British Isles DNA was conducted a short while ago and that was their findings (The Oxford Genetic Atlas Survey).
If you do a Google you'll find that there is a dedicated website to the study. A popular science book by the Professor in charge of the study was released a few months ago. The book is called "Blood of the Isles" by Bryan Sykes.
If you do a Google you'll find that there is a dedicated website to the study. A popular science book by the Professor in charge of the study was released a few months ago. The book is called "Blood of the Isles" by Bryan Sykes.
Eric Mc said:
The thing is, the term "Celtic" is rather vague and means a more specific thing today than it did when the Celts were all over Europe.
They went from what we think of as celtic countries, all the way over to Turkey as far as I remember from school. Also, the actual term Celtic is relatively new.Eric Mc said:
im - the most extensive ten year study on British Isles DNA was conducted a short while ago and that was their findings (The Oxford Genetic Atlas Survey).
Please see this, it's a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society in 2006. "When the Anglo-Saxons reached Britain from what is now Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, between the 5th and 7th centuries, they were outnumbered by indigenous Celts. The Anglo-Saxon invaders numbered between 10,000-200,000, compared with an estimated 2 million natives. Within just 15 generations, however, Anglo-Saxon genes had so multiplied that they accounted for more than half the male DNA in the population of what is now England. In the modern population the DNA is even more heavily Germanic in origin."
It is here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article68...
We are more Germanic than Celtic now - perhaps 1,000 years ago we weren't but we are now.
im said:
Eric Mc said:
im - the most extensive ten year study on British Isles DNA was conducted a short while ago and that was their findings (The Oxford Genetic Atlas Survey).
Please see this, it's a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society in 2006. "When the Anglo-Saxons reached Britain from what is now Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, between the 5th and 7th centuries, they were outnumbered by indigenous Celts. The Anglo-Saxon invaders numbered between 10,000-200,000, compared with an estimated 2 million natives. Within just 15 generations, however, Anglo-Saxon genes had so multiplied that they accounted for more than half the male DNA in the population of what is now England. In the modern population the DNA is even more heavily Germanic in origin."
It is here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article68...
We are more Germanic than Celtic now - perhaps 1,000 years ago we weren't but we are now.
ewenm said:
im said:
Eric Mc said:
im - the most extensive ten year study on British Isles DNA was conducted a short while ago and that was their findings (The Oxford Genetic Atlas Survey).
Please see this, it's a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society in 2006. "When the Anglo-Saxons reached Britain from what is now Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, between the 5th and 7th centuries, they were outnumbered by indigenous Celts. The Anglo-Saxon invaders numbered between 10,000-200,000, compared with an estimated 2 million natives. Within just 15 generations, however, Anglo-Saxon genes had so multiplied that they accounted for more than half the male DNA in the population of what is now England. In the modern population the DNA is even more heavily Germanic in origin."
It is here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article68...
We are more Germanic than Celtic now - perhaps 1,000 years ago we weren't but we are now.
In footballing terms I want to be part of a WINNING team for a change. It's the "Mc" in Mclaren that 
ed us up y'know...
im said:
In footballing terms I want to be part of a WINNING team for a change. It's the "Mc" in Mclaren that ed us up y'know...Oh and McLaren are a successful celtic F1 team.
McClaren is the underachiever's name you were after.
Edited by Get Karter on Tuesday 27th November 16:09
im said:
ewenm said:
im said:
Eric Mc said:
im - the most extensive ten year study on British Isles DNA was conducted a short while ago and that was their findings (The Oxford Genetic Atlas Survey).
Please see this, it's a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society in 2006. "When the Anglo-Saxons reached Britain from what is now Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark, between the 5th and 7th centuries, they were outnumbered by indigenous Celts. The Anglo-Saxon invaders numbered between 10,000-200,000, compared with an estimated 2 million natives. Within just 15 generations, however, Anglo-Saxon genes had so multiplied that they accounted for more than half the male DNA in the population of what is now England. In the modern population the DNA is even more heavily Germanic in origin."
It is here:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article68...
We are more Germanic than Celtic now - perhaps 1,000 years ago we weren't but we are now.
In footballing terms I want to be part of a WINNING team for a change. It's the "Mc" in Mclaren that ed us up y'know...Eric Mc said:
McLaren do some decent prams too.
And the British Empire would have stalled fairly early on in its expansion without the Celtic input - not the Celts in the British Isles always want to boast about that.
Sorry to pick you up on that Eric, but as a new(ish) dad I know that the prams are actually:And the British Empire would have stalled fairly early on in its expansion without the Celtic input - not the Celts in the British Isles always want to boast about that.
MacLaren
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