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•New study by De Angelis et al sampled 78 skeletons from a Norman cemetery near Godalming used between 9th-13th century. •They compared them to hundreds of other samples, drawing on previous work such as Gretzinger et al 2022 •The samples from Priory Orchard in Godalming (POG) are actually LESS French than modern English are. •The Norman conquest did not result in an increase in French ancestry but it does seem to have facilitated later contact with medieval France when the present French ancestry likely arrived. •These Norman era skeletons from Surrey were very Nordic, with mainly Swedish and Danish affinities, not French. •There are no studies of Norman DNA in France so the authors are flying blind in that regard, with no clear source population to compare them to. •This is just one cemetery so not conclusive for all England in regards to Norman influence but is certainly the best window into Norman genetics we have so far. •QpAdm stats with dodgy models showed less convincing results as an alternative to f3 and pca models.

•New study by De Angelis et al sampled 78 skeletons from a Norman cemetery near Godalming used between 9th-13th century. •They compared them to hundreds of other samples, drawing on previous work such as Gretzinger et al 2022 •The samples from Priory Orchard in Godalming (POG) are actually LESS French than modern English are. •The Norman conquest did not result in an increase in French ancestry but it does seem to have facilitated later contact with medieval France when the present French ancestry likely arrived. •These Norman era skeletons from Surrey were very Nordic, with mainly Swedish and Danish affinities, not French. •There are no studies of Norman DNA in France so the authors are flying blind in that regard, with no clear source population to compare them to. •This is just one cemetery so not conclusive for all England in regards to Norman influence but is certainly the best window into Norman genetics we have so far. •QpAdm stats with dodgy models showed less convincing results as an alternative to f3 and pca models.