Hi, i don't know anything about history but i was told my surname was of "Anglo-Saxon" origin...what does this mean? and what was "Anglo-Saxon"?
2006-10-13 00:37:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
hmm...most of my family members have blonde hair and blue eyes, me included. am also 6'2, pretty tall. i guess we got some viking blood in our family
2006-10-13 01:51:11 · update #1
Angles and Saxons were two Germanic tribes that moved into England after the fall of the Roman Empire. The two essentially merged, giving rise to the term Anglo-Saxon.
2006-10-13 00:42:24 · answer #1 · answered by Jim P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Define Anglo Saxon
2016-10-02 23:38:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Angles and the Saxons were two of the warring tribes in Ancient Briton during the Dark Ages. King Alfred (The Great) united these two clans and became (allegedly) the first King of England. Anglo-Saxon is a reference to being of British descent. They are genuinely recognisable by fair hair, fair skin and pale eye-colours. In modern English, Anglo-Saxon has become synonymous with Caucasian.
2006-10-14 16:44:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually if you are 6' 2", etc. that is Viking IN ADDITION TO your Anglo-Saxon heritage. The main groups that invaded England before the Norman invasion were: Angles, Saxons, Danes, Jutes and Frisians. After the Norman conquest anyone belonging to the former power elite (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, etc.) were then considered to be "Saxon" in distinction to "Norman" and as such
the "Saxons" were relegated to the lower levels of society and the Normans, their Welsh, Scottish and French allies were given more privileges.
Today Anglo-saxon includes people of northern European blood within the white race even though such lumping is incorrect - in fact, within the Native American community "Anglo" is considered anything white of a non-hispanic background, even Italians and Greeks.
By the way, tearsofthemoon00, Saxony IS a region in Germany.
2006-10-13 08:02:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anglos and Saxons were two Germanic tribes in England that eventually became the English people.
2006-10-13 00:44:48 · answer #5 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anglo-Saxon means arbin-flarbin
2006-10-13 00:46:20 · answer #6 · answered by Jimmy H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Anglo-Saxons were a mixture of Angles and Saxons from Germany and Denmark that invaded and settled in England about 500AD. They bred with each other and then later with the Celts who were already in Britain and later still with the Viking invaders.
2006-10-13 00:44:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am an Anglo Saxon from viking decent, i live in England, my ancestors came from Saxony, which is now known as a part of Germany, and the Angles which had its lands in Denmark when we invaded Briton there where a few warring tribes there mainly Celts with a odd few Pics thrown in we inter married and now we are known as English the word used to describe us is sometimes used incorrectly for we are not all Anglo-Saxon, there are many french influences in our genetic makeup, there are also a few Icelandic genes in the English mix especially the farther north you travel. Anglo Saxon is also used to describe the foul or abusive language that we sometimes prefer to use. FL
2006-10-13 01:32:51 · answer #8 · answered by lefang 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anglo-Saxon means one of the race/people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England in the 5th and 6th centuries.
Basically a person of English descent, in its broadest sense.
2006-10-13 00:52:00 · answer #9 · answered by solstice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anglo-saxons are basically the English, more info can be found at wiki
2006-10-13 19:50:38 · answer #10 · answered by Mike J 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋