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From: Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Tribes and Ethnicities
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 13:30:40 -0000 (UTC)
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>> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:59:16 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>> Statistically it is 99.99% certain that any  British-descended  person
>>> is descended from royalty of one sort or another.

On 1/15/25 5:47 PM, rbowman wrote:
>> I'm descended from a long line of pirates, horse thieves, and general
>> ne'er-do-wells.  There's reasons we-uns ain't in Europe no more.

On 2025-01-16, 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
>    I'm sure my line derived from Nordic marauders and
>    civil engineers.
>
>    All hail Woden One-Eye !
>
>    Anyway, 'England' is at least half Nord genes by now.
>    The nearest thing to "Original England" is Wales, and
>    to a lesser extent Cornwall.
>
>    But even they weren't "original". England may win the
>    prize for "most invaded" landmass ever. Lots and lots
>    of little groups stretching back into the Ice Age, then
>    the Beaker People, then ... it's COMPLICATED.
>
>    There are other places that were "crossroads" that are
>    equally complicated - genetically/culturally. England
>    was kind of the dead-end dest, where every wandering
>    tribe kinda wound up.
>
>    Hmmmm ... some say 'gods' only live so long as they
>    are remembered - did I just extend the lifetime of
>    Woden ?  :-)

Givin the historical success of the English on the world stage,
I think you just made an excellent case for the long-term economic
benefits of ethnic/cultural diversity.