In the summer of 2002 University College London took DNA samples from hundreds of Englishmen in Central England. The towns in which these English subjects live are North Walsham and Fakenham in Norfolk, Bourne in Lincolnshire, Southwell in Nottinghamshire, and Ashbourne in Derby. They are represented by red squares on the map shown above. DNA samples taken from 94 males in Friesland (northern Netherlands) were virtually indistinguishable from the English DNA. Dr. Mark Thomas tells us that "The best explanation for our findings is that the Anglo-Saxon cultural transition in Central England coincided with a mass immigration from the continent." The researchers concluded that there was a large-scale Anglo-Saxon invasion, which wiped out between 50% and 100% of the Britons in England, but did not reach Wales.
The map above illustrates how Frisian artifacts, represented by red circles, are not the result of trade. This Frisian pottery was used by Frisian settlers, not traders or merchants. This archaeological and genetic evidence refutes the belief that only cultures migrate, not people.
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