After researching all four branches of my family tree I was struck by the high number of Frankish and Norman surnames on all sides. In my case family surnames such as Amond, Jordan, Mayor, Morris and Vincent all have a Norman etymology, yet today we only ever think of these as English and Irish names.
So, I'm wondering just how many of we 'English' have a Norman ancestry and whether we ought to be labelled Anglo-Norman just as much as being called Anglo-Saxon? Of all the family surnames that I researched only one was 'Saxon' the name 'Donston' the rest were either of Norman or Kernowyon-Keltic surnames such as 'Penrose' and 'Hendra'. Why are English people always labelled Anglo-Saxon when we have so much Norman and Keltic ancestry too.
Incidently my facial profile is fine red hair, grey light eyebrows, small blue eyes with thick gray inner strands, very short sharply upturned nose, very small wavey mouth and retreating chin. Skin colour very pale, unable to tan in the summer. Can anyone suggest which definitive racial/sub racial category I fall into.
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