Quote Originally Posted by Shylence View Post
Im going on the most common theory that Britain was more "celtic" during the pre roman era than during the "germanic" migrations of the late roman empire.

Now if you mean now... then yes maybe they are since that the Angles and Saxons are supposed to have migrated into britain forming the kingdoms that would make up auld Angle-land and the lowlands of scotland were never really gaelic and more Northumbrian in dark age Britain.

Reading Oppenheimer on the genetic make up of Britain and Ireland shows that maybe the population hasnt changed much at all since the ice age ended.

Maybe you should go into more detail Lobf?
I was in fact referring to present-day descendants of Saxons and Angles. Did the Normans leave a serious genetic footprint on the island?