Annexing territory seems like a totally different process and I suspect this shows up in the genetic record as well. Any thoughts @hbdchick?
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@declamare my guess would be that many (most?) colonizing events would leave greater traces of men moving than women. y-chroms in latin...2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@declamare yeah. brits in india, for instance - with just a small pop ruling from the top - can't have left much of a genetic mark...2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hbdchick though apparently there was significant English settlement to Eastern Ireland in the earlier Middle Ages. Does this ring true?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@declamare i think there were a lot of anglo women settling in ireland in the 18th and 19th C's, too. i mean as many as the men.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@declamare the "new english" were very much landed gentry, gov't bureaucrats and businessmen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Irish_people … not very unlike india!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@declamare yes. pretty sure that will be the general pattern!
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