Comments by "Arnold Hubbert" (@arnoldhubbert6779) on "Moves Begin to Cancel the Anglo-Saxons..." video.

@careytitan9097 That's true. Nationally and geographically, anyway.
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Actually, many of the American founding fathers considered the Revolutionary War and the founding of America as a successful "Anglo-Saxon" rebellion against the Norman invaders. Whether it's true or not, they considered it so.
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@NatWhilc1963 How do you know that your DNA profile is pretty much pure Anglo-Saxon? I'm not denying it (in fact, I'm very pro-Anglo-Saxon identity for those who are). Just curious.
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@NatWhilc1963 Thanks for your reply. So, just to be clear, Ancestry's category of "England/Northwest Europe" is considered to be "Anglo-Saxon," rather than being a mix of all the groups that make up the ancestry of modern England? Good to know. I think you could be right because Ancestry also separates off Scottish, Wales, and Irish dna (I know that in the past, Ancestry just lumped all those into a single category but a couple years ago were able to separate them from each other). I'm particularly curious because of my own Ancestry results. I'm an American, so more of a mix of European ancestry (though probably not as mixed as most). My results also match my family's genealogical records as well. I'm about half Scandinavian and then about 40% "England/Northwest Europe" (the balance is a mix of mostly German and Scottish). However, the results also included my Danish ancestry as a sub category of England/Northwest Europe (hard to separate the Danish from Anglo-Saxon). So, although I don't consider my self "Anglo-Saxon" (in fact, since my family is actually from a Scandinavian settlement in the US, our Scandinavian heritage was always emphasized), however, its nice to know that my "British" ancestry might actually mostly be Anglo-Saxon (therefore, related to my Scandinavian, especially Danish, ancestry). Btw, I'm very much in favor of all of you who are of Anglo-Saxon ancestry and heritage to maintain your identity. One of the best things you can do is to have Anglo-Saxon children and then pass along your culture and heritage and identity to them. Keep doing all you can.
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@careytitan9097 Here's another lesser known detail about the Celts. They were actually made up of two different races of people, a more Nordic type and a darker type (dark hair, shorter, etc.). The leadership was different than the rest of the people (I don't know if it's known the percentages of each group, however). This is why some people are confused as to what they even looked like.
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@careytitan9097 Actually, Europeans can be quite different from each other, and with vastly different origins. And, though there's been a lot of European mixing over the centuries, making some specific identities no longer dominant for some (and therefore, impossible to be too specific), for others, even without a DNA test, also factoring in an understanding of history (as imperfect as it is), a pretty good guess can be made for a lot of people's genetic and historical identity. Perhaps not to the Iron Age but certainly, to first millennium AD (for some).
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@careytitan9097 True that it would be virtually impossible to tell a Dane from an original Anglo Saxon, but it would be very easy to tell the difference between an anglo saxon and many of those Gaelic speakers who were already present when they invaded. You can also often tell the difference in their descendants, even if mixed to one degree or the other.
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@careytitan9097 "There is an anti-British agenda to completely delete our history from the history books, by making people confused as to who they really are!" I agree with you there. Except it seems like their main target is the Anglo Saxon identity, though the rest of Britain is to be included as well. The Anglo Saxons are an easier target for them due to their reputation as "colonizers." I actually consider colonizer to be a complement.
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@fisherman5517 I'm in favor of you doing so, and wishing you success, but I'm curious what your plan is to do so? I'm not being critical at all. Just a curious American.
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@careytitan9097 I can easily see a difference in many. There are Nordic types, there are darker non-Nordic types (don't know what they're called, "Gaelic"? I wouldn't call them Celtic, though some erroneously do) and there are mixes between the two (sometimes, even displaying all three examples within the same family, though much rarer). Though the mixes aren't able to be pin pointed to any single ancestry, the more divergent and race specific identities are more easily identifiable, even they're mixed too, in smaller degrees. Even if all are now mixed to one degree or another, you can still tell which clearly display more Nordic ancestry versus those who display more "Gaelic" (or whatever it's called) ancestry. But, are each type strictly located within definable national boundaries? Certainly not exactly, though statistically there may be more of one type in certain areas than others.
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@careytitan9097 That's true. Nationally and geographically, anyway.
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Not denying it, but are there dna tests that identify Anglo Saxon dna? I'm aware of tests that identify English or northwest European dna but wasn't aware of the Ango-Saxon option.
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Having read a lot of the comments, there's a lot of support for a continuing Anglo-Saxon identity, mostly with a lot of "proud to be..." etc. That's great, and words can be powerful, BUT, WHAT ARE YOU ALL GOING TO ACTUALLY DO ABOUT IT? In addition to all the attempts to destroy your identity from without, most of your destruction is coming from within. Those with Anglo-Saxon ancestry and heritage are just not having enough children. If you all want to protect and preserve you identity, HAVE CHILDREN, and stop leaving the responsibility of having children to other people, who will replace you.
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It wasn't a Victorian invention. Aelfred's declaration should be enough to dispel that insinuation. However, there was more. Use of the Anglo Saxon identity started at least as early as the 700's. Why is it that people's understanding of history goes from one extreme to another? It would be extreme to claim that the Anglo Saxons have always identified as such since the beginning and it would be an exaggeration to say that it was a Victorian invention. I think people just like being right about something by proving to everyone else just how wrong they are. And, the more wrong they are, by your going to an extreme, then better you feel about yourself. Or, as a result of a personal agenda.
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