> When talking about the english many of us forget that they are realy a celtic > people who just call them selves anglo-saxons.... but are far more celtic than > they admit. i think this intends to say that there are no consistent genetic differences between the inhabitants of England and those of Wales, Cornwall, Ireland and Scotland (or if you prefer between those speaking english in england and those speaking languages of the Celtic family) if i am right in my interpretation and that is all that was meant then yes, ofcourse that's true - my interest in this list stems from my interest in the Brythonic languages and that stems from my researches into population processes during the (so called) Dark Ages, by profession i'm a biologist - so there is no way that i could disagree. however, i'm worried that the statement could also be so easily interpreted as being tinged with racism - the idea that your genetics determines your emotions, attitudes or culture. Similar statements with rather more evident racist meaning have occured on other 'celtic' orientated newsgroups and (unfortunately) i've experienced them first-hand from "welsh nationalists". That road is too dangerous to follow and we should make sure that we say nothing that points that way - or even appears to. Andrew Davis a.j.davis@leeds.ac.uk