does he need to be of german descent or irish
or he could also be of scottish descent? and what do you think of them.thanks :)
2006-09-15 15:24:13 · 11 answers · asked by helena2581 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Anglo saxons are a mix between the Germanic tribes - Angles and Saxons - that invaded England in the 5th and 6th century. Pretty much anyone of English decent (including a large portion of people in this country) are also of Anglo saxon descent. Because they were Germanic tribes, you could say that they are of German descent, but I think it's more associated with people from England because that's where they settled. Yes, it would probably include many Scottish people, too. What do I think of them? They are my people. I think they're great.
2006-09-15 15:38:25 · answer #1 · answered by Shanshan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None of the above. Anglo-Saxons are English. Germans are Germanic and the Irish and the Scots are of Celtic descent.
2006-09-15 15:32:29 · answer #2 · answered by Ranto 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anglo Saxon usually refers to a white man. But you are correct
in your understanding of the true heritage of those people. I
get confused sometimes because I know Anlgos and Saxons
battled for the British Isles. I think Anglos were Irish/Scottish/
English, and Saxons were French/German. Or they lived in
those approximate areas.
2006-09-15 15:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Along the border, where I live, Anglo is an expression which refers to any person who appears to be white, as opposed to Hispanic or Mexican.
I do agree with the very learned comments on the Anglos and Saxons, this Anglo here is just a colloquial expression for white.
2006-09-15 15:42:52 · answer #4 · answered by retiredslashescaped1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats the old germanic tribes that conqored England before the french and the norse did .. and the celtic tribes came through first and folks that are english and have blonde hair arent always norse or german but scots and welsh and irish and so on are proud to be not english at all and so the myth is the english tribes like the angles and the saxons they are german
2006-09-15 15:28:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting. I don't think of my self as this, but I could...
I know there are Vikings involved and warfare, and time for mixing various peoples around the English channel. Finally peopling the whole island. (Mom's side of family.)
Actually I'm third generation American, so I don't really know. Half came from Germany, half from England (Ellis Island and all) Everyone settled in Ohio. Then I came 1959 (no wise cracks about my age - please.) - but I think it's pretty nice, except when doing my ancestral charts for my son! lol. He's happy because this gives him two more teams to root for England and Germany - during Cup play. And Viking blood, always good for a small boy to have. (Plus he's half Costa Rican and USA - so his bloods moving! lol)
2006-09-15 15:46:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's another way to describe a white male.
2006-09-15 15:26:46 · answer #7 · answered by Blondie* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An 'Anglo Saxon' is a white christian.
2006-09-15 15:32:41 · answer #8 · answered by kar_summers 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
White ,northern European decent.
2006-09-15 15:29:05 · answer #9 · answered by Wise Old Witch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a plain white dude.
2006-09-15 15:41:33 · answer #10 · answered by posture 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋