17/12/2025
Woman Recognised as ?First Black Briton? by BBC was Actually White
A woman who was recognised as the #8220;first black Briton#8221; by the BBC was actually white, a new genetic study has shown. The Telegraph has the story. In 2016, the series Black and British: A Forgotten History suggested that the Roman skeleton of a woman found at Beachy Head was from sub-Saharan Africa. A plaque was erected to commemorate her heritage, which was later removed when a study suggested the woman was more likely to be from Cyprus, with a Mediterranean complexion. Now a new DNA analysis of the skeleton by scientists at the Natural History Museum has shown that the woman...
