"The Celts WERE the primary inhabitants of Europe, to this day."
That makes it sound like all of us, except for the Latins, are some sort of Celtic descendants. My blood for instance, is Dutch, German, Irish, + Scot, Welsh, a little English. I'm married to a Jewish lady of Russian and Hungarian descent. I suppose that's all Celtic blood of one type or another.
It makes it sound like any northern European type is Celtic.
But do you really think that such a small group as the Lost Tribes could have generated what became the rather large population of basically all the peoples of Northern Europe?
"The Celts WERE the primary inhabitants of Europe, to this day."
That makes it sound like all of us, except for the Latins, are some sort of Celtic descendants.
The vast majority of Northern and Western Europe are descended from the Celts. The English/Irish/Welch/Scottish/Cornwall view of the Celts is MUCH too narrow. It ignores the vast population of Celts on the continent, but it is good for Anglo-tourism. {ggg}. Celtic study on the continent (mostly NOT in the English language) concentrates on early Celtic history, pretty much ignoring England. Ah, well...
>My blood for instance, is Dutch, German, Irish, + Scot, Welsh, a little English.
Those countries all have Celtic origins, including Germany, which is named after the "Germani" Celtic tribe. However the Germani were driven out to the North and West by Slavic tribes so Germany today is not considered primarily Celtic.
>It makes it sound like any northern European type is Celtic.
No, but certainly the overwhelming majority in northern and western Europe. That is now changing of course with the heavy influx of "immigrants" from the east and south.
>But do you really think that such a small group as the Lost Tribes could have generated what became the rather large population of basically all the peoples of Northern Europe?
The myth there is "...such a small group". Take a look at the population numbers cited in my FR Profile site.
Click Here. We are talking about a
Northern Kingdom/Lost Tribes of Israel population of roughly
10% of the GLOBAL population. That is not a "small group" likely to become "Lost" or assimilated. With Celtic offspring today approaching
1 BILLION people, that 10% number is still in line with 3,000 years ago.
Some people find it distressing that the
Southern Kingdom/Jewish population today is only
11(?) million or so while their Northern Kingdom cousins growth followed the general growth of the rest of the global population. It comes as a shock to realize is it not the Northern Kingdom which almost disappeared, but the Southern Kingdom. Gods punishment works in mysterious ways.