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To: Rytwyng
Depends on which Brits you mean. The Scots and Welsh (and Irish) are nearer akin to Basques than anyone else.

This includes my own roots in Galicia. Galicia is at the farthest northwest corner of Spain and was a Celtic region during Roman times. Thus it's Roman name "Gallaecia" meaning "Land of the Celts".

The genetic links between Galicians, Basques, Scots and Welsh suggest they were all part of the same initial edge of a demographic expansion towards Europe.

mtDNA analysis of the Galician population: a genetic edge of European variation---Eur J Hum Genet 1998 Jul-Aug;6(4):365-75

23 posted on 12/21/2002 11:32:02 PM PST by Polybius
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To: Polybius
The English And Welsh Are Races Apart
34 posted on 12/22/2002 12:14:31 PM PST by blam
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