What are the DNA and other origins of the English people?

What are the DNA and other origins of the English people?

I heard that the English are Germanic, so is that German? I also heard that the English have Danish in them. What is Germanic? Where did the English come from?What are the DNA and other origins of the English people?
there is NO such thing as a "pure" ethnicity in Europe. English are a combination of Vikings, Anglo-saxons, Flemish, Romans, etc...What are the DNA and other origins of the English people?
Most English people have some descent from the earliest settlers of the British Isles, the hunter gatherers and neolithic farmers, with some much later anglo-saxon and some viking ancestry as well. Often it depends on the regions they live--the east has more saxon/viking, the west is more aboriginal. Germanic doesn't necessarily mean modern German; in fact, the closest match of 'germanic' dna of the English generally matches people living in modern Holland rather than Germany.

A more correct term for the English is probably Anglo-celtic; they are as closely related to their celtic neighbours as to peoples over the North Sea.

*Ashley, in many cases you can seperate the two. There are Germanic and British strains of Y-dna R1b for instance and much more R1a in Germany.Plus Germans have more type A blood while the EnglIsh have more O.What are the DNA and other origins of the English people?
The English have descended from the first humans to settle in the British Isles after the last Ice Age, then Celtic and Germanic settlers who came after.



Not all of the Germanic settlers came after the Roman invasion, some came before.



Danes are Germanic. Germanic is an ethno-linguistic term for a branch of Indo-Europeans. (it is best to look that up for yourself as the explanation is a bit long, but Indo-European basically means European that originated in India, it has been noticed that there are similarity between some Indian langauges such as Sanskrit and European languages)



The English did not come from one single place, but are named after the tribe of the Angles (脝nglisc) who came from Angeln in modern day Schleswig Holstein, northern Germany.
The DNA is almost exactly the same. I'm doubtful you can tell a German from an Englishman simply from DNA. An African and an Asian might be more plausible, but keep in mind we share 99% of our DNA with monkeys.



Basically, there is no defining feature between a German and an Englishman.