Our Celtic Roots Lie In Spain And Portugal

IC Wales - Western Mail ^ | 5-5-2008 | Darren Devine

[Eternal_Bear]

Celts, Germans, Latins and Slavs all speak Indo-European who are believed to have come from the East. Ancient peoples who first settled Europe probably spoke something akin to Basque. Europeans are a hybrid race. Why they chose Indo-European languages over their ancient tongues remains a mystery.

[jameslalor]

Cool article. Interesting to see what modern investigative techniques can do to dusty old theories put forth by bored Englishmen (or Welshmen as the case may be). :)

As an aside, after weathering the last ice age on the Iberian peninsula it would appear that the Celts took Europe by storm. Archaeological and literary evidence shows that the Celts made it all the way to modern-day Turkey and beyond. One of the Greek historians specifically mentioned tribes of Keltoi living in Anatolia.

[blam]

"Archaeological and literary evidence shows that the Celts made it all the way to modern-day Turkey and beyond. One of the Greek historians specifically mentioned tribes of Keltoi living in Anatolia."

I'll play along:

Archaeologists Find Celts in Unlikely Spot: Central Turkey

[blam]

Tocharians

"The Tocharians were the easternmost speakers of an Indo-European language in antiquity, inhabiting the Tarim basin in what is now Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwestern People's Republic of China. "

The Curse Of The Red-Headed Mummy

[PennsylvaniaMom]

blam, thank you for the ping and the very intriguing post.

My late father called us 'Black Irish' and our surname (begins w/ a 'J') was unique in that 'J' surnames came from the Spanish influence. I could never find anything to trully refute or substantiate his 'J' theory...but anecdotally we really don't (as a family unit) look 'Irish.'

:)PaMom

[blam]

What is the ‘J’ name? I may be able to tell you something about it.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Salamander]

Although my *immediate* ancestry is heavily weighted towards Irish/Scots & Danish, there are a lot of Welsh in my genetic wood pile.

I do not have the coloration of my parents or even my grandparents.

The family branch which I most resemble are my Welsh cousins and aunts/uncles.

Though my parents are tall, fair-skinned, blonde people with blue eyes, I am shorter, auburn and green-eyed.

I don’t “look like” my parents very much at all, except for a passing resemblance to my dad who resembles to a much less extent, the Welsh side.

The hair and eyes aren’t the most different features...my skin color is.
It’s not “olive” and it’s not “sallow”.
It’s a strange, light golden tone that never goes completely “white”, even in winter.

I do not sunburn or “tan”.
I only turn the color of light toast, almost exactly, no matter how much sun I get.

My folks often made cracks about me being “left by the Gypsies”.

[Bellflower]

My folks often made cracks about me being “left by the Gypsies”.

After going to your about page I can see why ;)

[Salamander]

I was later kidnapped by bikers....;-D