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I expect few of you will know the irony of this, but the English actually have more Celtic YDNA than either the Scots, Irish or Welsh. Go check it out on Eupedia's website at the R1b page - look for the R1b-U152 section. The original Celts were the Urnfield folk of central Europe. They never invaded the British Isles, but a few came and introduced us to the Iron Age and gave us the Celtic language. Most of the people of the British Isles are from the early Bronze Age and are represented by YDNA signature R1b-L21. The English and the Lowland Scots certainly do have a substantial Germanic DNA represented by R1b-U106. The Highland Scots and Irish have the highest levels of R1b-L21 along with some Norse YDNA from the Viking age, while the Welsh have the highest levels of Neolithic DNA. The Welsh can sometimes appear as more phenotypically darker than their English, Scottish or Irish counterparts due to having this high level of Neolithic DNA.
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