History
- For the history of immigration to the United Kingdom before 1922, see Historical immigration to Great Britain. For immigration after 1922 see Immigration to the United Kingdom since 1922.
Historically, British people were thought to be descended from the varied ethnic stocks that settled there before the 11th century; the pre-Celts, Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Norse and the Normans. Recent analysis indicates that the majority of the traceable ancestors of the modern British population arrived between 15,000 and 7,500 years ago and that the British broadly share a common ancestry with the Basque people, although there is no consensus amongst geneticists.
Read more about this topic: Ethnic Groups In The United Kingdom
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