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Thread: Why the English picked to call themselves Anglo Saxons?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grace O'Malley View Post
    English don't call themselves Anglo-Saxon. It is only on genetic and anthropology forums that people use those terms. Regarding Isles populations there is also no Celtic cluster looking at published studies and also you can see it with Gedmatch calculators and G25 the Scots are closer to the Irish and English than they are to the Welsh and the Welsh are closer to the English than they are to Scots or Irish. Some Scots are closer to the Irish than they are to the English i.e. West Scots or Southwest Scots but many Scots would also be closer to the English than they are to the Irish especially border populations. Also genetics mirrors geography most of the time (there are exceptions) but for English they would be closer to Scots and Welsh than to the Irish which is logical when you look at geography. Hebrideans are closer to the Irish as are people from Argyll etc but if you know history you can see why that is the case. As I've said though there is no Celtic cluster which is not surprising as Welsh, Scots, Irish and also English have quite a bit of Bell Beaker ancestry with English having the least.

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    It is mostly continental Europeans like the OP that use the term Anglo-Saxon to refer to the English, or English-speakers as a catchall. Also many Anglo-Americans, who have an allergic reaction to calling themselves English for nationalistic reasons, have a penchant for labelling themselves Anglo-Saxon. Hence the term WASP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grace O'malley
    Irish born Australian. Is that clear enough? There is no ambiguity about my ethnicity.
    I'm a rooster born in a pig stable and I was brainwashed by pigs on the history of pigs so I'm pig not a rooster.

    I hear Joe Biden thinks he is a pig too etc...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JamesBond007 View Post
    I'm a rooster born in a pig stable and I was brainwashed by pigs on the history of pigs so I'm pig not a rooster.

    I hear Joe Biden thinks he is a pig too etc...
    Yes but you seem to compare me who is Irish by any definition to Irish-Americans. Yes I live in Australia but I was born in Ireland with all Irish ancestry. If I was a rude person I would be wondering about your comprehension skills. I've never pretended to be something I'm not so even if you are having a go at me for stating my real nationality and ancestry it doesn't make sense. Should I pretend I'm not Irish? I find your posts bizarre to say the least.

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