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When did the British peoples acestral roots begin?
Between the 8th and 11th centuries, three major cultural divisions had emerged in Great Britain: the English, the Scots and the Welsh.
Where did the British people originate?
Between the 8th and 11th centuries, three major cultural divisions had emerged in Great Britain: the English, the Scots and the Welsh.
Did the British people have any royalty?
The English had been unified under a single nation state in 937 by King Athelstan of Wessex after the Battle of Brunanburh.

Question: How far back does the british ancestral roots go?
Self-contained rewrite: How far back does the British people ancestral roots go?