Can you be 100% British?

A DNA expert has revealed that while you may think you're 100 per cent British your DNA could tell a very different story. Just one or two people are 100 per cent British reckons DNA expert, Brad Argent, who recently came to the fore after video The DNA Journey went viral.
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Can your ethnicity be 100%?

Yes, it is possible to have 100% ethnicity matching one region on DNA results. This is most commonly seen in individuals who have a deep ancestry in one region of the world.
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Who are the true Brits?

WELSH ARE THE TRUE BRITONS

The Welsh are the true pure Britons, according to the research that has produced the first genetic map of the UK. Scientists were able to trace their DNA back to the first tribes that settled in the British Isles following the last ice age around 10,000 years ago.
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Can you have British DNA?

Use the British DNA test to trace the journey of your ancient ancestors from their origins to shores of Britain. The test is an accurate and scientific way of finding out your true British ancestry by looking at your genetic ancestral inheritance.
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How much British DNA does the average Brit have?

They found that the average UK resident is 36.94% British (Anglo Saxon), 21.59% Irish (Celtic) and 19.91% Western European (the region covered today by France and Germany).
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Do British have Viking blood?

From this, it was calculated that the modern English population has approximately 6% Danish Viking ancestry, with Scottish and Irish populations having up to 16%. Additionally, populations from all areas of Britain and Ireland were found to have 3-4% Norwegian Viking ancestry.
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How Viking are the English?

DNA scientists confident in interpretation of Viking DNA

The Nature study concluded 20 per cent of the British DNA comes from the Anglo-Saxons who had come from Germany and invaded England in the 5th and 6th centuries. The study concluded that they largely mixed with the existing population.
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What ethnicity is Great Britain?

the total population of England and Wales was 56.1 million. 48.2 million people (86.0%) were from White ethnic groups, with 45.1 million of those identifying with the White British group (80.5% of the population) and 2.5 million with the Other White ethnic group (4.4%)
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Is everyone in England related?

More recently, Rutherford has demonstrated that virtually everyone in Europe is indeed descended from royalty – specifically from Charlemagne, who ruled western Europe from 768 to 814.
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Are British people nice?

Foreigners from many parts of the world are baffled as to why the British come across as so guarded. Well, the truth is, this does not accurately reflect the British or their culture. In fact, the British are very friendly, open and amicable people.
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Is British and Irish DNA the same?

Sixty distinct 'genetic clusters' were identified in both Ireland and Britain by scientists at Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Their findings show that the Irish have considerable Norman and Viking ancestry in their blood – just like the British.
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Are Irish people British?

The Irish, who live in the Republic of Ireland, have their own descent that has nothing to do with the British. People who live in the Republic of Ireland are Irish people. However, those who live in Northern Ireland (the UK part of the island) might say they are the Irish, but ALSO British.
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How many generations is 1% ethnicity?

With each generation, your DNA divides. So, for a 1% DNA result, you would be looking at around seven generations.
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Do you get 50% ethnicity from each parent?

You receive 50% of your genes from each of your parents, but the percentages of DNA you received from ancestors at the grandparent level and further back are not necessarily neatly divided in two with each generation.
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What is my ethnicity if I am white?

White – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. Black or African American – A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
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What of the UK is White?

As part of the White ethnic group, an estimated 78.4% of the population in England and Wales identified their ethnic group as White British in 2019, a decrease of just over 2 percentage points since the 2011 Census; Other White increased by nearly 1.5 percentage points to an estimated 5.8%.
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What is the whitest county in England?

The highest county is Lincolnshire (93%) followed by Nottinghamshire, Norfolk and Worcestershire, all above 92%. Within the London region, Havering has the highest White British percentage with 83.3%, followed by Bromley with 77.4%, Bexley with 77.3% and Richmond upon Thames with 71.4%.
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What percentage of UK is black?

Black British citizens, with African and/or African-Caribbean ancestry, are the largest ethnic minority population, at three percent of the total population.
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Why do British people say bloody?

Don't worry, it's not a violent word… it has nothing to do with “blood”.”Bloody” is a common word to give more emphasis to the sentence, mostly used as an exclamation of surprise. Something may be “bloody marvellous” or “bloody awful“. Having said that, British people do sometimes use it when expressing anger…
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What accent is closest to British?

R.P. The accent of the Home Counties area (the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex) is closest to what people call Queen's English, also known as Received Pronunciation (R.P.) or Standard English.
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Why do British people say innit?

'Innit' - usually pronounced that way, usually with a regional accent of some kind, often with a Cockney accent of some kind, often with a Jamaican accent - it's because it's come really from the fashionable use, in London mainly, by the Asian community and the Jamaican community, popularised by Ali G and others.
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Is English DNA German?

The Romans, Vikings and Normans may have ruled or invaded the British for hundreds of years, but they left barely a trace on our DNA, the first detailed study of the genetics of British people has revealed.
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Does Viking DNA still exist?

The genetic legacy of the Viking Age lives on today with 6% of people of the UK population predicted to have Viking DNA in their genes compared to 10% in Sweden. “The results change the perception of who a Viking actually was.
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Do the English have Celtic blood?

A DNA study of Britons has shown that genetically there is not a unique Celtic group of people in the UK. According to the data, those of Celtic ancestry in Scotland and Cornwall are more similar to the English than they are to other Celtic groups.
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