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Re: French genetics

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Thursday, October 29, 1998, 10:13
At 14:07 28/10/98 -0800, you wrote:
>I've a rather important question for anyone who knows something about >French history: of what racial stock are the French? Are they descended >from the Germanic tribe called the Franks? If so, what happened to all >the Romans living there? > >In the same vein, where did the Normans come from? > > >Thanks in advance for any information you can give me! > >---------- >Josh Brandt-Young <neonwave7@...> >http://geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6073/ >"After the tempest, I behold, once more, the weasel." >(Mispronunciation of Ancient Greek) > >___________________________________________________________________ >You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. >Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html >or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] > >
As far as I know, the French are over all a mix between the Franks and the Romans and Celts that lived in the Gaule. I think the Normans were another germanic tribe like the Franks, but I can't be wrong. Christophe Grandsire |Sela Jemufan Atlinan C.G. "R=E9sister ou servir" homepage: http://www.bde.espci.fr/homepage/Christophe.Grandsire/index.html