ONE PERCENT OF BRITONS HAVE AFRICAN GENOMA
That typical British gentleman striding confidently along Oxford Street in his pin-striped suit, sporting a bowler hat and holding a well-folded umbrella, may well be a virtual image, having, genetically, more in common with Nelson Mandela and Muammar Khadafi than with Margaret Thatcher or Her Majesty the Queen.
Professor Bryan Sykes, of Oxford University, has produced results from research which prove that one percent of white Britons descend directly from African predecessors. DNA tests on 10,000 people prove that there is a direct link, proving that Britain is, biologically, a multi-racial society.
?This makes any biological basis for racism meaningless¦, said Prof. Sykes, who explains the phenomenon on the large number of African soldiers and slaves brought to Britain by the Romans. Another factor would be the relations between British soldiers and native women during the 150-year span of the British Empire.
If in future an English girl with a white husband unexpectedly gives birth to a black baby, she can blame it on Julius Caesar!
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