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Yes that has been my experience. Some people can even get irate if you tell them they are similar to other populations. A lot of people are very hung up on identity politics. You need the ability to be objective on these subjects and have an open mind. I've changed my stance numerous times over the years when different dna studies have come out. If there was some study that came out that was able to measure if populations were Celtic or Germanic I would take that on board too. The facts are that all the populations that claim to be Celtic in different parts of Europe don't have any genetic closeness or connectivity even when taking geographic into consideration i.e. Western Europe. What is apparent is that people that have close geographic vicinity all share close genetic distance other than when their are geographic barriers which are usually mountain ranges. One needs to be pragmatic and leave any old biases aside.
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