DNA evidence suggests the remains found in 2004 are Ashkenazi Jews killed in 1190.
The remains were found in 2004 ahead of construction of the Chapelfield Shopping Centre
Dr Selina Brace from the Natural History Museum said she was "delighted" with the results of the research. According to the researchers they have a strong genetic link with modern Ashkenazi Jews, making them the oldest Jewish genomes to have been sequenced., indicate that four of the probable victims were relatives, including three young sisters, aged five to 10 years old, 10 to 15 years old and a young adult.
According to the study, the findings were consistent with them being victims of a historically-recorded anti-Semitic massacre by local crusaders and their supporters in Norwich on 6 February 1190 AD.
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