gentic diffrence

[elpresdentde]

is their ant gentic diffrences between celts the anglosaxen people or between irish celtic peoples and the british population in general

[Lonnie]

I saw A programme on the Celts, facinating, It turns out, that in Scotland, their is only a faint trace of Celtic blood, this was found out by Genetics, In Ireland, it was much stronger, so I guess the answer to your question, is yes.

The programme was some time ago, so i'm afraid I can't give you much more, perhaps someone else can.

[SaxyJag]

Celts were originally from Ireland and Scotland, Angles and Saxons from Scandinavia, so I guess there would probably be genetic differences.

[jno]

the Celts were from Europe too, but much earlier (BC), but I think DNA evidence suggests they're not closely related. There seems to have been a lot of intermarriage when they arrived, though - although the traditional idea is that they were pushed into the corners of the country and into Brttany.

[Belle Fast]

What an interesting question! I have heard alot of stuff including a recent programme saying that the original Celts were from central Europe and were scattered fairly widely. I think Celtic has come to mean something different, as in the endogenous people at the extremities of Britain, France and Ireland (Britany, Cornwall, Ireland, Scotland, Wales). I have certainly heard that in genetic studies there is a very mixed gene pool betweeen Scotland and Ireland due to people going back and forth in boats for centuries. I found this quite interesting in view of protestants and catholics feeling they are different from eachother, but may be less so than they imagine.

You do see folk who look very Irish. And Irish and Scots seem shorter in stature than alot of English folk (but not all). My friend from Dublin, who has quite olive skin was sitting in San Francisco (silently) and a local came up to her and said "you are one of those black Irish, aren't you?' meaning Irish looking but with darker skin, popularly linked to the invasion of the Spanish Armada. She was amazed that she was recognised as being Irish.

[Lonnie]

Remembering back to that programme, it was Celts from Ireland that first brought Christianity to Scotland.

[lafrancaise]

It is said that the Celts came from Central Europe and gradually moved north. Some stayed in Brittany but many crossed the waters to what is now England and Ireland. The picts were already in the northern parts. It was only when the Angles and Saxons arrived that they drove the celts into what is now Scotland, Wales and Devon.

Lonnie, did you know that St Patrick was welsh?

[jno]

Patrick Welsh? I thought he was from Scotland - Dumbarton. Actually born in Kilpatrick and died Downpatrick, which sounds silly.