{"id":7288,"date":"2020-04-04T13:37:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T13:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=7288"},"modified":"2020-04-06T00:59:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T00:59:42","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-be-celtic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-celtic\/","title":{"rendered":"What does it mean to be Celtic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"What does it mean to be Celtic?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/she-must-be-celtic.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/she-must-be-celtic.jpg?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/she-must-be-celtic.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/she-must-be-celtic.jpg?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/she-must-be-celtic.jpg?w=1333&amp;ssl=1 1333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/she-must-be-celtic.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em> Continental&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>Celts<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;are the&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>Celtic<\/em><\/strong><em>-speaking people of mainland Europe and Insular&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>Celts<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;are the&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>Celtic<\/em><\/strong><em>-speaking peoples of the British and Irish islands and their descendants. The&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>Celts<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;of Brittany derive their language from migrating insular&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>Celts<\/em><\/strong><em>, mainly from Wales and Cornwall, and so are grouped accordingly.<br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/yamnaya-migrations.jpg?resize=593%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/yamnaya-migrations.jpg?resize=593%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 593w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/yamnaya-migrations.jpg?resize=174%2C300&amp;ssl=1 174w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/yamnaya-migrations.jpg?resize=768%2C1326&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/yamnaya-migrations.jpg?w=869&amp;ssl=1 869w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Being Celtic basically means being from a population with predominately male Yamnaya ancestry.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am no fan of linguistic and cultural theories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like genetics. DNA doesn&#8217;t lie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rh Negative Origins: The Yamnaya People\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNgWTi4tO9g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Male Yamnaya tribes were the Proto-Celts invading Europe for centuries and finally finding its highest y-DNA remnants among today&#8217;s Scots and Irish. The Basques are an exception. They don&#8217;t speak their language. They kept the Proto-Celtic language going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Basques were invaded by the Proto Celts, most of their males were wiped out. Adult males. But boys taken into slavery didn\u2019t tend to survive either. The women were left alive and wound up having the conquerors\u2019 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it seems the conquerors didn\u2019t spend a lot of time raising their children. The women continued raising them the Basque way meaning that they passed the language one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>However<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most Basques don\u2019t know their origins. It stopped when oral translation ended with the death of adult males. Fathers tended to be the ones passing on history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Yr4fcuIta8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/the-original-basques-were-not-celtic\/\">The original Basques were not Celtic<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The original Basques were not Celtic&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/the-original-basques-were-not-celtic\/embed\/#?secret=zssB9lGuN6#?secret=Yr4fcuIta8\" data-secret=\"Yr4fcuIta8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From the beginning of our research related to people who test Rh(D) negative, Celtic ancestry has been of great interest to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-rhesus-negative-research-rhnegative-bloodtype\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5xESZoeKGg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/rh-negative-blood-celtic\/\">Is Rh Negative Blood Celtic?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Is Rh Negative Blood Celtic?&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/rh-negative-blood-celtic\/embed\/#?secret=M1rC8k014W#?secret=5xESZoeKGg\" data-secret=\"5xESZoeKGg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"What does it mean to be Celtic?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"What does it mean to be Celtic?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>Continental&nbsp;Celts&nbsp;are the&nbsp;Celtic-speaking people of mainland Europe and Insular&nbsp;Celts&nbsp;are the&nbsp;Celtic-speaking peoples of the British and Irish islands and their descendants. The&nbsp;Celts&nbsp;of Brittany derive their language from migrating insular&nbsp;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&#8217;t lie. Male Yamnaya tribes were the Proto-Celts invading Europe for centuries and finally finding its highest y-DNA remnants among today&#8217;s Scots and Irish. The Basques are an exception. They don&#8217;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. 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