[blam]

"Many say that Picts are just a Celtic tribe with a strong element of earlier nations. But anthropological information we have opposes to that, and so does the linguistic material (see below). We know from Ancient Greek and Latin works that Celts who invaded Italy in the 5th century and Greece in the 3rd, were tall, blue-eyed and fair-haired men. Greeks even thought they were Hyperboreans, northern people, characters of several Greek myths. As for those Picts Romans met in Britain they were short and dark-headed.

There also appears to be a connection to the Inuits. There is an Asian component.

[PaulKersey]

As for those Picts Romans met in Britain they were short and dark-headed.

Wonder how the Romans knew they were Picts? Like, did they carry a sign? Seriously, those people don't sound like Celts to me, not based on all other descriptions of them. The Dark part might work, but if the Romans called them Short they must have been REALLY short.