Who is British?

jackatesme · 28th July 2016, 19:51

A study of D.N.A. suggests that most british people are Anglo Saxon. While agreeing with that statement i must say that their statement "to be british is to be Anglo Saxon" is surely not true. The Anglo Saxons invaded Britain about 450AD we Celts had been living here peacefully for a thousand years before your lot come. So surely to be CELTIC is to be BRITISH.

Keeping my head down in the trench.

topman · 28th July 2016, 20:00

Who was here before the celts? Are their descendants british?

jackatesme · 28th July 2016, 20:04

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Originally Posted by topman

Who was here before the celts? Are their descendants british?

My lap top wont go back any further.

planenut · 28th July 2016, 20:05

I'll stick with being English.

klarzy · 28th July 2016, 20:43

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Originally Posted by planenut

I'll stick with being English.

me too......

Rev Jules · 28th July 2016, 21:36

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Originally Posted by klarzy

me too......

And me!

Rev

wraymond · 28th July 2016, 21:38

OP, thank you for not calling us brits. We are Britons (in the main). In Europe no one is a germ, a frog, a sprout, or any other malodourous individual.

As I have one paternal grandmother (married to an Englishman) who had two Scottish parents and grandparents, two English parents with one English paternal grandparent and one Welsh, I consider myself mongrel Celt.
Oh, and I lived in Cornwall for eight years, but don't count that.

barney bear · 28th July 2016, 20:08

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Originally Posted by jackatesme

A study of D.N.A. suggests that most british people are Anglo Saxon. While agreeing with that statement i must say that their statement "to be british is to be Anglo Saxon" is surely not true. The Anglo Saxons invaded Britain about 450AD we Celts had been living here peacefully for a thousand years before your lot come. So surely to be CELTIC is to be BRITISH.

Keeping my head down in the trench.

That would make you CELTIC as anybody here before 1707AD was just a bit of this bit of that, Britain wasn't formed until May 1 1707

I'm descended from Vikings btw

VVC-Geeza · 28th July 2016, 20:12

Andy Murray for the time being

Just kidding.

FLYER · 28th July 2016, 20:24

I'm a Pict .

End of story

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wraymond This is my second home 75 Auto 2.5 SE Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Westcliff on Sea Posts: 5,207 Thanks: 423 Thanked 1,680 Times in 1,014 Posts	OP, thank you for not calling us brits. We are Britons (in the main). In Europe no one is a germ, a frog, a sprout, or any other malodourous individual. As I have one paternal grandmother (married to an Englishman) who had two Scottish parents and grandparents, two English parents with one English paternal grandparent and one Welsh, I consider myself mongrel Celt. Oh, and I lived in Cornwall for eight years, but don't count that. __________________ member no. 235 Last edited by wraymond; 28th July 2016 at 21:40..

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