Gallic appearance

[Artorius1960]

Genetic research doesn´t support the idea of a "Germanic" race dominating England and pushing aside Britons, England genetic pool is remarkably similar to that of France and quite different from Germany or Norway. There is a certainly a lower presence of R1b haplogroup and a higher of I haplogroup than in Wales or Ireland, but still it is above 50%, so the original population of England since the last ice age is still the main contributor to its genetic pool.

The genetic evidence is fascinating. I recall a TV show where genetic researchers discovered a direct descendent of Cheddar Man living in Cheddar, where his family has lived ab origine as far as anyone knows.

But apart from genetics, there was certainly a cultural and linguistic distinction between the Saxon bits of Britain and the Celtic bits. The genetics indicate that there was considerable intermarriage between the conquerors and the conquered, but the Saxons came to Britain in sufficient numbers to culturally overwhelm the pre-existing population.

It goes to my original point that the Franks had little lasting impact on the Romano-Gallic culture they conquered because they became Gallic themselves rather than making the Gauls become Germanic.