Although the French language is a direct descent of Latin, French people have some of the most diversified genetic make-up Europe, with genes inherited from the Celts (or Gauls), the Basques, the Romans, the Franks (originally from central Germany) and the Normands (originally from Denmark). This explains the wide physical diversity in French facial traits, as well as hair and eye color.

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