How Saxon are people in England now? How much have they mixed with the Britons and Normans and Gailic?

Answer 1

When the Roman legions were withdrawn,the tribal expansions which were threatening Rome ,picked up pace

The only firm date we have is 449 when Hengist and Horsa crossed the Rhine-this was the Anglo-Saxon invasion,Germannic tribes
We also had the Vikings coming from Scandinavia and Celts from Northern Spain and Brittany(note that last one)

I am not sure who you mean by Gallic-Gauls or Gaels-Celtic

There was great pressure as the tribes coming out of eastern and central Europe pushed westward

This went on for 600+ years till the date we all know 1066!

But in, actuality, the Normans were Northmen or Norsemen so
back to the Vikings(Thor's girls will be pleased)

A thousand years have passed so the stew is well done,more a puree really-you can't see the component parts

It shows what a lot of nonsense this right wing talk of purity is !!!

Answer 2

The Saxons were but one of a number of Germanic invaders in the centuries following the Romans leaving. There were the Angles and the Jutes as well. Then once they had settled The Vikings from Norway and Denmark invaded and settled in the Danelaw. The answer which refers to a 'Wessex King' ignores the fact that he, King Alfred, was an Anglo Saxon and was fighting, not Britons, but the Danes. The Britons were pushed west by the invaders from Northern Europe and form the population of Wales and in part Cornwall. The Normans tended not to mix with the population they found at the conquest and formed a ruling class, although they called themselves English in later centuries. Remember ll this happened 100s of years ago and every one is fairly well muddled up now!

Answer 3

The Saxons arrived in small numbers while the Romans ruled. After the Romans left, a Wessex king invited the Saxons to help him in a war against some other Britons, they took over instead. Then came the Normans.

Answer 4

Very difficult to quantify. I believe current demographic thinking would suggest that the pre-Roman indigenous Celtic population is still dominant in the population mix. If I had to list the order of dominance in the racial/tribal mix of the UK population it would be as follows:
Celtic
Angle
Saxon/Jute
Norse (viking)
Commonwealth (Afro-Caribbean & Indian sub-Continent)
Eastern European (Slavonic)
Jewish
Norman
Roman

I'm sure lots of people might disagree with this summary, but I think it's based upon reasonable assumptions.
In answer to your question, I don't believe Saxons were ever dominant individually, but as a group along with the Angles,(through whom England got it's name), and the Norse peoples they are probably still the dominant group.

Answer 5

A number of peoples have come to Britain and mixed with the existing population. I suggest that a better way to look at this questioni is the influence of the original Celtic peoples (multiple imigration waves beginning over 5,000 years ago) on all subsequent people. I believe there was a DNA study done which suggested that the predominate people of origin was Celtic.

Answer 6

Now there are genetic tests that can trace the origins of a certain population.When we see the results,there could be some surprises.

Answer 7

probably not that many with Saxon blood left we're probably more viking than nobleman