Do you think the Saxons in England are still very similar to the Saxons in Germany?

Question

How so or not?

Answer 1

I think neither the "Saxons" in England today, nor the "Saxons" in Germany today could read Beowulf in it's original West Saxon dialect of Old English. This is one similarity. To the winner who gave me the thumbs down - have you read it?

Answer 2

No.

The Saxons were just one of many waves of immigrants to the British Isles. Indeed, the Angles and Jutes came over at the same time from nearby parts of Northern Europe and arguably the "Anglo-Saxon" society which then prevailed in England was already a mishmash of these cultures, which has been impacted in the 1000+ years since by exposure to many different cultures.

Diversity is, has been and will continue to be one of our greatest national strengths, so whilst we share common aspects with many countries, we are our own people.

Interestingly, the closest linguistic links to English are found in Frisian, a North Dutch dialect. Perhaps we should ask whether this makes us the same or similar to them...

Answer 3

Nearly 1000 years of inter-breeding with the other peoples of Britain tells you that physically recognisable 'Saxon' traits are now hard to spot.
Lots of seemingly 'pure' English people would like you to believe that they are descended directly from the Saxons, but simple maths makes it hugely unlikely.
Tracing back 30 generations (which might take you back far enough) we have millions of direct ancestors - all mixing with people from different places. Physical similarities between groups of the same origin are soon so vague as to be unrecognisable.
In terms of temperament, 'British Character' and that of other Northern-European people is broadly similar, but this is a culturally manufactured and self-fulfilling function of our shared place in the World.

Answer 4

Biologically almost the same, culturally no.

Answer 5

They are virtually unrelated now.