Gene scientists claim to have found proof that the Welsh are the "true" Britons.
The research supports the idea that Celtic Britain underwent a form of ethnic cleansing by Anglo-Saxons invaders following the Roman withdrawal in the fifth century.
The research supports the idea that Celtic Britain underwent a form of ethnic cleansing by Anglo-Saxons invaders following the Roman withdrawal in the fifth century.
Celts are not indigenous to the British isles. They were another Indo-European group that came from Germany. When Julius Caesar invaded Britain, he met Celtic tribes in SE Britain who still remembered coming from Northern Europe. He also met a more ancient race in the interior who believed that they had always lived in Britain. These first Britons were probably related to the Basques a non Indo-European group.
Ethnic cleansing ping.
Dangit... those Germans!
This news story is dated from 8 years ago!
Oaky Doaky!
The Welsh would happily agree with this !
Catherine Zeta Jones -Welsh.
Genetically different? You bet!
This is what everyone thought from the time of the Venerable Bede (d. 735 AD) until after WWII. Another revisionist theory shot down. Even movies have basically gotten it right.
In the final analysis, it is clear that people, not nature, create our identities. Ethnicity and supposed "racial" groups are largely cultural and historical constructs. They are primarily social rather than biological phenomena. This does not mean that they do not exist. To the contrary, "races" are very real in the world today. In order to understand them, however, we must look into culture and social interaction rather than biology.
A Welshman already knew that and didn't some fancy professor to tell them.
Woot! I’m as “British” as they come: English, Welsh, Scots, and Irish.
ping for later
English and Welsh are races apart — something the Welsh people are well aware of.
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