Does our DNA come from our Ancestors (General)

by jhopkins , Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 23:33 (4850 days ago) @ Roger Griffiths

Brian Sykes' dna research suggested strong connections between British and Irish tribes and the peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, rather than with the tribes in places like La Tene and Hallstad etc further east in Europe (the so-called 'homeland' of the culture referred to as Celtic). If I recall correctly, his dna research made a particular connection with the Basque people.

Sykes suggests that the 'Celtic' tribes of Britain and Ireland had migrated up the coast of the Iberian Peninsula and crossed over from there (and there is a well known strong connection culturally and linguistically between the Bretons and the Welsh). In light of Sykes's research, it appears as though the Romans may have been correct in assuming a connection between the Basques and the Silures.