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)
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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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> 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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> have been confirmed by ancient DNA analysis, seehttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/britannia/article/written-in-bone-new-discoveries-about-the-lives-and-burials-of-four-roman-londoners/F464D9E93FCE96341DDD7774C4C8CA10 …
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Good lord, read the paper! The "African" carried an mtdna haplogroup characteristic of Northwest Europeans.pic.twitter.com/jHImeo4GPj
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Interesting discrepancy. Posted from memory & not my research, but will look into further when back at desk :)
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