> Books still present Franks as french people’s ancestors, but I wonder how teacher make it match with the reality when they teach their students. I think the

> Books still present Franks as french people’s ancestors, but I wonder how teacher make it match with the reality when they teach their students. I think the goal of using 'our ancestors the Gauls' was to create a shared history, to promote a national identity, without any regard to the actual ancestry of the actual population. Also you have to put back the origin of this idea in his context: it's coming from the XIXth century, when moving away from the monarchy. The Gauls served as a common ancestry, without any reference to the previous monarchies, which explain why it was pushed by Napoleon III (who started up excavation looking for the site of Alesia) and the IIIrd Republic.