[Jim Noble]

Also, I read recently that the incident of red-headedness in Libya is the same as it is in Ireland. (strange)

I think the native (pre-Arabic) language of North Africa is related to Gaelic and Breton.

Some proto-Celts probably wound up in N. Africa.

[blam]

"Some proto-Celts probably wound up in N. Africa."

I've read that at one time all of North Africa and the Middle-East was dominated by blonde and red-headed people. I don't know.

They may have been related to the Gaunches on the Canary Islands too.

[Cronos]

I think the native (pre-Arabic) language of North Africa is related to Gaelic and Breton. Some proto-Celts probably wound up in N. Africa.

Not only proto Celts, but actual Celts would have invaded North Africa when THEY were being pushed from the Celtic homelands in what is now Germany and Eastern Europe, by the Germanics