> 1600–2000 yrs is a long time! NB, worth pointing out here that modern DNA evidence is no real help here, horribly difficult to use >
> Anglo-Saxon immigration of the 5th–6thC, the Viking invasions, Normans, etcetc! In other words, can't assume linear relationship between >
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> modern DNA proportions and population makeup of 1600 years ago: too many intervening factors plus number of ancestors etc! :)
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Also, there was an "event" called the Barbarian Conspiracy in 367AD. Any black/dark skinned people would've been most obvious targets.
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