The Genetic Genealogy of the peoples of Ireland and Great Britain had been the same from the end of the last Ice Age until the Anglo-Saxon period. Even today, 'The People of the British Isles' DNA study found Anglo-Saxon DNA generally in the southeast half of England with a maximum of 38% in the far southeast nearest the Continent. Recent DNA work has shown that there were three waves of migration into western Europe after the last Ice Age. There were people from the earlier time called the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), but these lived in southern Europe in the Pyrenees area, Italy, and the Balkans.
The waves began as the ice receded throughout Europe and the first wave into the Isles began around 8,000 BC. (There are remains of a hut from about 7000 BC at Mount Sandel, County Derry.) Mount Sandel, a Mesolithic Campsite. These Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) people are called Hunter Gatherers and were not yet settled in a single permanent place. It was Western Hunter Gatherers (WHG) who made their way to Mount Sandel. (There are different labels for various related HG group across Eurasia.)
- Read about the Early Migrations into Ireland
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