The Gallaecian Celts

**Anthropologique** · 12-03-2011, 04:03 AM

People of Galicia and Northern Portugal---

First 6 Galician and last 6 Northern Portuguese.

**Damião de Góis** · 12-03-2011, 04:13 AM

Diana Pereira, the woman in blue holding a child, is from Coimbra. So a bit out of the scope of this thread.

**Anthropologique** · 12-03-2011, 04:22 AM

Originally Posted by AlexDelarge

Diana Pereira, the woman in blue holding a child, is from Coimbra. So a bit out of the scope of this thread.

Didn't know. Just a little too far south.

**Lábaru** · 12-03-2011, 04:37 AM

Only one point, blue eyes not mean a Celtic origin, can be old Indo-European, more recent Germanic, Vandals and the Suevi, or even proto celts-ancient Westerners (blue eyes are not rare among Basques).

The thread refers to the common people of Galicia and northern Portugal or only those ones who have some specific features?

Anyway these are the people of Lugo, a city whose name is of Celtic origin based on the old Celtic god "Lug" ----> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugh

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**~~Riki~~** · 12-03-2011, 04:43 AM

I think there's is no difference between the phenotypes of north Portugal and the rest of Portugal.
Family's move along the country,me and my sister and parents born in Lisbon,the rest of my family is from Viseu,Coimbra,Faro,Tomar and the list continues.
When tracking my surname,It goes a few centuries ago almost to birth of Portugal,and my surname is PORTO

**Anthropologique** · 12-03-2011, 01:47 PM

Originally Posted by Lábaru

Only one point, blue eyes not mean a Celtic origin, can be old Indo-European, more recent Germanic, Vandals and the Suevi, or even proto celts-ancient Westerners (blue eyes are not rare among Basques).

The thread refers to the common people of Galicia and northern Portugal or only those ones who have some specific features?

Anyway these are the people of Lugo, a city whose name is of Celtic origin based on the old Celtic god "Lug" ----> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugh

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The thread is concerned mainly with the ethnicities and customs of the region which, to a reasonable extent, still evince Celticity.

**Anthropologique** · 12-03-2011, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Riki

I think there's is no difference between the phenotypes of north Portugal and the rest of Portugal.
Family's move along the country,me and my sister and parents born in Lisbon,the rest of my family is from Viseu,Coimbra,Faro,Tomar and the list continues.
When tracking my surname,It goes a few centuries ago almost to birth of Portugal,and my surname is PORTO

I would generally agree. There are isolated regions where you do notice some differences. We also need to keep in mind that, after the Reconquista, repopulation was essentially north to south.