Is it better to be more British/Irish than Germanic?

[Richmondbread]

My father is at least half German. My 23andme results usually showed it like that. Now it's saying I'm almost half British and Irish and only 20% French/German? And also my Jewish went up. This seems strange. Should I no longer consider myself Germanic despite my rich lineage in the Fatherland?

[zebruh]

My father is at least half German. My 23andme results usually showed it like that. Now it's saying I'm almost half British and Irish and only 20% French/German? And also my Jewish went up. This seems strange. Should I no longer consider myself Germanic despite my rich lineage in the Fatherland?

How much of your family tree do you know?

[Jana]

English are Germanic.

[InfamousAngel99]

It's neither better nor worse. You have Germanic ancestry either way, so you would be justified in calling yourself Germanic, lmao.

[Richmondbread]

How much of your family tree do you know?

I know my mother's family going back to King Edward III. My dad's size is back to 1700s Germany/Lithuania.

[Richmondbread]

English are Germanic.

Not really. That's why it's called Anglo-Saxon. The Saxons represent the Germanic side, while the Anglos represent Great Britain, although both had intermingling of the two. The English are mostly Anglos, with possible Nordic influence and Saxon influence. Germans are mostly Saxon and Celtic.

[Figaro]

What's the Eastern European? I'd imagine you score some given your Lithuanian heritage.

[Richmondbread]

What's the Eastern European? I'd imagine you score some given your Lithuanian heritage.

Yes, its my Baltic ancestry. They lumped that in with EE, even though the Baltic peoples are really more Northern European.

[Jana]

Not really. That's why it's called Anglo-Saxon. The Saxons represent the Germanic side, while the Anglos represent Great Britain, although both had intermingling of the two. The English are mostly Anglos, with possible Nordic influence and Saxon influence. Germans are mostly Saxon and Celtic.

Nope. Germanic is a ethno-linguistic grouping that includes both English and Germans, neither of which are purely Germanic in DNA.
Anglos were Germanic tribe btw.

You probably meant English are mostly native Briton genetically, which is true. Germans aren't mostly Saxon though, their Germanic side is composed of various tribes (depends on the region) and not only Saxons.

[Figaro]

Yes, its my Baltic ancestry. They lumped that in with EE, even though the Baltic peoples are really more Northern European.

Balts still have a decent eastern european "signature" to their genetics. They're closer to Scandinavians than Poles are to the latter, but not by a ton.

[Richmondbread]

Balts still have a decent eastern european "signature" to their genetics. They're closer to Scandinavians than Poles are to the latter, but not by a ton.

I also scored Scandinavian and Finnish in my results.

[gixajo]

I know my mother's family going back to King Edward III. My dad's size is back to 1700s Germany/Lithuania.

That´s fantastic, you have Spanish ancestry too, Edward III was the grandson of Leonor de Castilla. And French too, Edward III was married with Philippe D´Hainaut.

Although I find it hard to believe.

[Richmondbread]

Nope. Germanic is a ethno-linguistic grouping that includes both English and Germans, neither of which are purely Germanic in DNA.
Anglos were Germanic tribe btw.

You probably meant English are mostly native Briton genetically, which is true. Germans aren't mostly Saxon though, their Germanic side is composed of various tribes (depends on the region) and not only Saxons.

Whatever the case, I'm primarily Anglo Saxon both on my lineage papers and my DNA results.

[Jana]

Whatever the case, I'm primarily Anglo Saxon both on my lineage papers and my DNA results.

Even SE English are not pred. Anglo-Saxon from genetic pow if I'm not mistaken, so I doubt that. If you mean you're primarily Anglo-Saxon by being mostly English, than that's correct (I assume your Isles side is English).

[Richmondbread]

Even SE English are not pred. Anglo-Saxon from genetic pow if I'm not mistaken, so I doubt that. If you mean you're primarily Anglo-Saxon by being mostly English, than that's correct (I assume your Isles side is English).

I think it makes some sense. If my dad is Half German/Half Lithuanian which traces of slav and Jewish. My mother was almost pure British and Irish , with some French, Spanish, and Patawomeck Indian heritage.

[JamesBond007]

Even SE English are not pred. Anglo-Saxon from genetic pow if I'm not mistaken, so I doubt that. If you mean you're primarily Anglo-Saxon by being mostly English, than that's correct (I assume your Isles side is English).


SouthEast English are on average 38% Anglo-Saxon while Yorkshire is 41% perhaps more Angle-Norse-Saxon I'm about 35.52% or 36% Anglo-Saxon or somethng. No English person is predominantly Anglo-Saxon that would actually make them Frisian-Danish or something and not English.

[celticdragongod]

Not really. That's why it's called Anglo-Saxon. The Saxons represent the Germanic side, while the Anglos represent Great Britain, although both had intermingling of the two. The English are mostly Anglos, with possible Nordic influence and Saxon influence. Germans are mostly Saxon and Celtic.

The Angles, Saxons and Jutes were all Germanic tribes from which the modern English are descended.

[Celestia]

You’re a Germanic man with a Germanic build that could be spot from miles away. Embrace it

[Richmondbread]

You’re a Germanic man with a Germanic build that could be spot from miles away. Embrace it

Maybe you can embrace it some time as well! (kidding)

[Celestia]

Maybe you can embrace it some time as well! (kidding)

that was smooth richie, nicely done.

[Óttar]

Maybe you can embrace it some time as well! (kidding)


that was smooth richie, nicely done.

See, now all you have to do is go to the #MILLIONMAGAMARCH and start spittin' those lines.

Pull up to a Trump gal all smooth like, and say, "Hey babe, got some Germanic in ya?" [...] "Want some ?" :cool:

[Hialt]

Not really. That's why it's called Anglo-Saxon. The Saxons represent the Germanic side, while the Anglos represent Great Britain, although both had intermingling of the two. The English are mostly Anglos, with possible Nordic influence and Saxon influence. Germans are mostly Saxon and Celtic.

Where did you come up with this kind of data? (You’re reminding me of Phil Hendrie’s character, “RC Collins.”)
The only thing remotely factual about your assessment is that Saxons are a representation of, as you put it, “the Germanic side.” Evidently, Saxons were actually from within the borders of what we know today as Germany: Saxony.
As for “Anglians representing Great Britain...”. I mean, I’m not interested in writing anything more, you’ve got it so factually inaccurate.

[Davystayn]

Not really. That's why it's called Anglo-Saxon. The Saxons represent the Germanic side, while the Anglos represent Great Britain, although both had intermingling of the two. The English are mostly Anglos, with possible Nordic influence and Saxon influence. Germans are mostly Saxon and Celtic.

Wtf? The Angles were from Denmark!

[Bmack]

Yes it is, it means, farther from the mongols, most western shifted, so it is a good thing.

[Chris596]

Yes it is, it means, farther from the mongols, most western shifted, so it is a good thing.

lmao

[PaleoEuropean]

Not really. That's why it's called Anglo-Saxon. The Saxons represent the Germanic side, while the Anglos represent Great Britain, although both had intermingling of the two. The English are mostly Anglos, with possible Nordic influence and Saxon influence. Germans are mostly Saxon and Celtic.

Angles were a Germanic tribe that invaded alongside the Saxons and Jutes. They eventually just merged together into what the people called Saxons, at the time of unification there was no real difference between the three tribes and the Celts in their realms.

[Mortimer]

Celto Germanic Meta Ethnicity for you I see many who call themselves Celto Germanic

[Östsvensk]

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https://ohiomemory.ohiohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/antigerman1.jpg
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[Lemminkäinen]

https://image.pbs.org/poster_images/assets/amex29gw-vid-targeting-poster.png
https://ohiomemory.ohiohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/antigerman1.jpg
https://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/sdpb/files/styles/small/public/201609/germans_from_russia_enemy_language.jpg

Is the American language today Spanish or English? Just for curiosity.

[Östsvensk]

Is the American language today Spanish or English? Just for curiosity.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrIFIbD0_OA