It is plausible that there were such families in the Roman Empire. They were extremely improbable, & certainly not typical.
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There was a multi generational family of African fishmongers in York (I think)
@caitlinrgreen has the reference.
Happy to cite evidence, though not sure about fishmongers! This paper on 2 cemeteries from Roman York is v useful:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744286383771127808 …
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I read your blog posts on N. Africans in England when you first penned them & appreciated the remarkable interconnectedness of the Empire..
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so I am most intrigued that apparently you have a source that avoids the willful "North African" / ssA confusion, w/o using ancient DNA.
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If I may, I think any perceived confusion is largely unintentional. The papers I cited are discussing ppl of 'Sub-Saharan' ancestry, but >
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> they are also referencing the most likely route of arrival (via North Africa) & using fordisc &c categories which term the 'Sub-Saharan' >
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> reference populations 'African' (with a separate 'Egyptian' reference population). It's clear reading the papers, but perhaps not the >
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> abstracts? In any case, clear do have evidence for ppl of 'Sub-Saharan' ancestry now from London, York, Leicester etc. Hope that helps :)
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> The study concluded that is likely that 11–12% of study sample were of 'African' ('Sub-Saharan') descent, w/ more being potentially so. >
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> Eg. at high status 'The Railway' cem, fordisc analysis indicted c.32% had 'African' ('Sub-Saharan') affinities & 15% in 'Egyptian' range >
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> Similar research recently published from Roman London too: https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/781944932550512642 … Interestingly, ancestry determinations from London >
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First, I commend you: You have evidence & you brought it in full. Still, this doesn't quite live up to my expectations of an aDNA paper..
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it simply states the ancestry of the individual, w/o the bare support of a mitochondrial marker.
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But this really quite astounding to me. What's the proposed theory on the (significant) admixing of sub-Saharan Africans w/o good transport?
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Not your expertise, I guess. But this peturbs my tidy box of "what I think I know" .https://twitter.com/Billare/status/894778068195315712 …
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Thanks. Someone, somewhere wrote about SSA's and a lot of fish.
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I'll have a ponder :)
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As York, University apart and not so much at that, is not particularly diverse now, Roman York could have been MORE diverse!
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