Anglo-Saxons left language, but maybe not genes to modern Britons

Brits appear to be more closely related to the island’s indigenous people

SAN DIEGO — Britons might not be Anglo-Saxons, a genetic analysis of five ancient skeletons hints.

When archaeological digs revealed ancient graves on the grounds of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Hinxton, England, researchers there took it as a sign that they should analyze the ancient people’s DNA.