Continental Celts are the Celtic-speaking people of mainland Europe and Insular Celts are the Celtic-speaking peoples of the British and Irish islands and their descendants. The Celts of Brittany derive their language from migrating insular Celts, mainly from Wales and Cornwall, and so are grouped accordingly. Being Celtic basically means being from a population with predominately male Yamnaya ancestry. I am no fan of linguistic and cultural theories. I like genetics. DNA doesn’t lie. Male Yamnaya tribes were the Proto-Celts invading Europe for centuries and finally finding its highest y-DNA remnants among today’s Scots and Irish. The Basques are an exception. They don’t speak their language. They kept the Proto-Celtic language going. When the Basques were invaded by the Proto Celts, most of their males were wiped out. Adult … Continue reading What does it mean to be Celtic?