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bucolic_frolic

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4. I see what you're saying, yes, you're right, you can match DNA

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 25, 2021, 09:20 PM

Jan 2021

but to say you're 12.5% Swedish 250 years ago based on probabilities from western European populations is a stretch for me. Plus there have been so many invasions and migrations over many centuries. Angles, Saxons, Normans, Vikings, Celts, Scots ... all intermingled.

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