Little England? Well Not Really.

HAYSIE

DNA revealed this ‘Typical’ British village isn’t so British after all

With its honey-coloured stone cottages, the village of Bledington is quintessentially English.
But a landmark study by AncestryDNA uncovered the unexpected: The average village resident is less than half Great British.




A not so British village
Official population data identifies the ethnicity of the village as 94% White British.
Instead, their AncestryDNA test results revealed that the average resident was just 42% Great British (Anglo Saxon).



Before taking the test, over half of the villagers (56%) tested didn’t expect to find results outside of the UK.
But their AncestryDNA test results revealed ethnicity from 18 separate global regions.
One of the most surprised villagers was 48-year-old marketing manager Kristen Turner. She learned her DNA was 7% South Asian.








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dragon1964

I thought we would have to wait until after Brexit for independence.

But according to this, Wales and Scotland are not part of Great Britain.

HAYSIE

dragon1964 said:

I thought we would have to wait until after Brexit for independence.

But according to this, Wales and Scotland are not part of Great Britain.

?

dragon1964

The chart says Great Britain 42.54%
And Ireland/Scotland/Wales 17.03%
Therefore separating Scotland and Wales from Great Britain.

Tikay10

dragon1964 said:

The chart says Great Britain 42.54%
And Ireland/Scotland/Wales 17.03%
Therefore separating Scotland and Wales from Great Britain.

If only. Must cost us a fortune to look after them.

HAYSIE

dragon1964 said:

The chart says Great Britain 42.54%
And Ireland/Scotland/Wales 17.03%
Therefore separating Scotland and Wales from Great Britain.

I need new glasses.

I don't understand it then, unless the Great British are really English.

dragon1964

I suspect that like a lot of cr*p around, when they say UK/Great Britain, they mean little England.

Red_King

"A not so British village
Official population data identifies the ethnicity of the village as 94% White British.
Instead, their AncestryDNA test results revealed that the average resident was just 42% Great British (Anglo Saxon)."

British, the Angles and Saxons were invaders from Scandinavia and Germany, so this little town is even less british than originally stated