How British are YOU? Genetic study reveals Yorkshire is most Anglo-Saxon part of UK, while East Midlands is most Scandinavian

Family history website Ancestry analysed DNA of people using its service and found the average person in the UK is just 37 per cent Anglo-Saxon, with people in Yorkshire owing 41 per cent of their genetic makeup to this ancient group. 


Those from Scotland owed 44 per cent of their heritage to Celtic heritage while those in the East Midlands owe 10 per cent of their genomes to the Scandinavians. Surprisingly, the average person in the UK was found to be a fifth French or German.