It would be of very little significance to the people who had the descendants, because they probably didn’t think of themselves as Anglo-Saxons at all — they were only called that by later generations, some of whom were no doubt descended from them. read more
He also points out the traditional descent of Odin as preserved by Snorre in the Edda and his history which represents the Saxon and Scandinavian chieftains as having migrated from a city, east of the Tanais, called Asgard, located in a country called Asaland, meaning the city and the land of the Asae or Asians (Snorre Ynlinga Saga, c. 2. and 5). read more