Genetic Survey Reveals Hidden Celts Of England

The Sunday Times (UK) ^ | 12-02-2001 | John Elliott/Tom Robbins

[blam]

"Madoc"

Yup. See my post #22.

[Cleburne]

I was reading a short while ago that as the Federal government forced the Cherokees out of the Eastern Mountains quite a number of white families suddenly aquired red skinned relatives-obviously, not all the ebil' white pilagers were quite so ebil'. And many a white man, including some in my ancestry, had nothing against inter racial marriage and found themselves Indian brides amoung the native peoples, the traits of which still show in some of my relatives in Winston County, MS. I read that this practise was common amoung the Celtic folks of the Southern frontier, though despised by Northerners, in their enlightened state.

[Cleburne]

Aren't there supposed to be some stone forts atop Lookout Mountain in Alabama attributed to Madoc? I can't recall the exact location right now. I know the Odl Stone Fort in TN was once believed to have been a Welsh settlement, but is now known to have been an Indian ceremonial complex. But it seems like I remember hearing of some other "forts" in the region.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

In another article, I've read that the Basque of Spain/France are most closely related to the Scots and Irish. The Basque language (and to a large degree their DNA) is unlike all other Indo-European languages. (They appear to be a group that was isolated in ancient times)

I haven't heard that, but it is interesting. There may be a link: in the Scottish Declaration of Independence, which hails from the era just after William Wallace, it is mentioned that the Scots had previously been to the land where the 'Pillars of Hercules' is, which is known as the gateway to the mediterranean, and usually associated with Spain. More study needs to be done regarding these matters.

I know from my own last name entered the lexicon of the Scots-Irish from the Normans, who came from France, and Scandinavia before that. Too bad this article didn't mention them, they have a heavy influence on England as well.

[elbucko]

I am not surprised that a Freeper who would post Braveheart on a thread would also have the US Constitution on his profile page. Good show A-Punk!

My G'father was from Sterling Scotland, and as I also play the pipes, I know the story well. I Sat throught Braveheart 3 times the first time I saw it. I prefer to consider the movie to be an alegory to Goldwater and Reagan.

Alba Go Bragh!

[austinTparty]

The Basque language is not related to ANY other world language. It is truly a linguistic oddity. You can find some info on this on the web, like here for example. Now, Finnish, on the other hand, is most closely related to Hungarian... which provides an interesting window onto migration patterns there.

[Slyfox]

So, we actually ARE all Irish on St. Paddy's Day.

[elbucko]

With Irish on me fathers side to annoy the Scot's on me mothers side, I can honestly affirm that you can be as "Irish as you want to be" on St.Pat's.

Erin Go Bragh!

[blam]

I think the jury is still out on the Tennessee site. Don't know about the other sites.

[blam]

(Thanks austinTparty)

A History of the Basque Language

By Manfred Owstrowski, a German linguist and professor

I. Language families and genetic language relationships in Europe
Most of the languages spoken in Europe belong to one single language family: Indo-European. Basque is the sole surviving non-Indo-European language in Western Europe, it is classified as a language isolate. Besides Indo-European, there are to be found languages of four other families in Europe; the Uralic family and the Altaic stock are represented, and we have to add two language families in the Caucasian area, namely South Caucasian and North Caucasian.

The Indo-European language family can be divided into 11 branches, consisting of living and/or extinct languages of Europe and parts of Asia: Indo-Iranian, with Sanskrit and modern representatives like Hindi and Punjabi on the Indic side and Persian, Kurdish, Pashto and many other languages on the Iranian side; Armenian; Classical and Modern Greek; Albanian, which presumably is a descendant of the ancient Illyrian language; Italic, originally consisting of Osco-Umbrian and Latino-Faliscan, today represented by the modern descendants of Latin, the Romance languages (Rumanian, Italian, French, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese and others); Celtic, with Irish (= Gaelic), Welsh and Breton still spoken; Germanic, with the extinct Gothic language, North Germanic (Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic) and West Germanic (German, Dutch, Frisian, English); Baltic, here we have to mention Lithuanian and Latvian; Slavic, with Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Serbo- Croatian, Bulgarian and some others; Tocharian, which is divided into two languages (called „Tocharian A“ and „Tocharian B“) once spoken in an area of western China; finally, Anatolian, a group of long extinct languages (e.g., Hittite and Luwian) of what is now Turkey. All these branches of Indo-European are believed to go back to a single proto-language, called Proto-Indo-European. The area where Proto-Indo-European was originally spoken (the Proto-Indo-European „homeland“) is still a matter of dispute, but various hints point to Eastern Europe, north and north-east of the Black Sea, and it seems to be rather clear that Indo-European languages are relatively late intruders in Western Europe. Concerning the time when Proto-Indo-European must have been in use, one may think of the end of the stone age in Europe.

....snip....(I've read reports from linguists that the 'mother tongue' originates in Anatolia.)

[Myrddin]

The Breton language spoken in Brittany appears to be an odd mix of French and Welsh. I speak both French and Welsh to a limited degree. I can muddle my way through Breton as a written language. Cornish bears a small similarity to Welsh as well. The last native Cornish speaker died about 20 years ago.

[blam]

Bump for the night crew.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Yeah blam, but this does not answer the question. What do those Celt men wear under those kilts?

[white rose]

This whole thread, as well as the original article, proved to be quite interesting, thank you for starting it all. It's quite fascinating how the "old legends" and "fairy tales" may prove to have more to them than the more orthodox historians like to think.

[LostTribe]

Virtually all the population of NW Europe is of Celtic origin. Too many academics have defined Celtic too narrowly. (Click on my Profile.)

[blam]

I don't see any mention of anything under the kilt.

[kstewskis]

Yeah blam, but this does not answer the question. What do those Celt men wear under those kilts?

Aye, but there is nothing worn under those kilts. All parts are in working order ;-)

[Elihu Burritt]

This would be adequately explained if the invaders killed the men and ravished the women...

If you go into a town and kill all the men, then you have to do all the work to keep the town going, and frankly, that's the very thing you got in your boat to avoid doing in the first place.

[Cleburne]

Nothing, of course. That's the point of the kilt!

You know, the ancient Celts would rush upon their enemy without a stich of clothing, aside from perhaps a golden torque around their neck, screaming and whooping up a storm. Scared the mess out of the Romans. And the Irish had a thing they called warp spasm, in which the warrior became un-naturaly enraged as he plunged into the throes of battle-his eyes would burn, he would seemingly loose all sense of reason and ration, and strike out into the midst of his enemy's lines whooping and hollering, his sword flinging about, simply terrifying his foe. N B Forrest, who, incidentally or not, was of Gaelic axtraction, acted muc hin the same way in battle: he would rush into enemy lines (a major general now) with not a gray clad soul near him, and begin whacking Federal troopers off their horses with his saber in the left hand, and blasting away with a revolver in his right, with an energy and force that would quite often turn the Union troops and send them fleeing. In one battle, he killed at least four or five soldiers with his sword and likely wounded many others-all while surrounded by enemy calvary men. Perhaps that ancient warrior Celt in his blood coursing through. It kept the sceer up!

[rightofrush]

WCPs rule! What would also be of interset would be to check if a Basque genitic signature could be found in the British Isle as well continetal europe.