Table 1. Admixture proportions in British Isles populations.
Admixed population | na | Proportion Scandinavian ancestry ± standard deviation |
Proportion British ancestry ± standard deviation |
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Llangefni | 80 | 0.10 ± 0.02 | 0.90 ± 0.02 |
Mid-Cheshire | 46 | 0.21 ± 0.03 | 0.79 ± 0.03 |
Isle of Man | 62 | 0.39 ± 0.04 | 0.61 ± 0.04 |
Penrith | 90 | 0.37 ± 0.03 | 0.63 ± 0.03 |
Orkney | 121 | 0.50 ± 0.03 | 0.50 ± 0.03 |
Shetland | 63 | 0.41 ± 0.04 | 0.59 ± 0.04 |
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Wirral ‘modern’ | 100 | 0.38 ± 0.03 | 0.62 ± 0.03 |
Wirral ‘medieval’ | 37 | 0.47 ± 0.05 | 0.53 ± 0.05 |
Wirral ‘medieval’ rarer surnames | 26 | 0.51 ± 0.06 | 0.49 ± 0.06 |
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West Lancsb ‘modern’ | 49 | 0.38 ± 0.04 | 0.62 ± 0.04 |
West Lancsb ‘medieval’ | 40 | 0.51 ± 0.04 | 0.49 ± 0.04 |
West Lancsb ‘medieval’ rarer | 30 | 0.53 ± 0.05 | 0.47 ± 0.05 |
surnames |
sample size
Lancashire.