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I just proffered clarification, that's all. In any case, autosomal DNA (full heritage) tells the real story, not haplogroups.

Indigenous Germanics are mixed significantly with other European peoples but not other races. Turkish influences, for instance, are very residual.

Very outdated and just plain incorrect to some extent.

There is no specific Celtic phenotype. Tell a Breton, Cornishman, or Welshman he is not Celtic because he has darker features. There are many dark Atlantic types in Britain and all along the Atlantic facade. Give it up already. Tell you what, I'll provide you with the phone numbers and / or...

A major component of the Iberian (Spain and Portugal) genetic substratum is Proto-Celtic and Celtic. Rant all you want, the facts are against you, big time. Good luck!

@Julia90 Who is talking about North Africans? Do you know how difficult it was - and still is to some extent - to navigate the currents in the Straights of Gibraltar during Antiquity? There is little evidence of North African influence in SW Iberia in the Bronze Age. Do you not know of the...

Are you thick!? Celticity is primarily cultural and the evidence points to TWO Celtic homelands, Iberia with extension throughout the Atlantic facade, and Central Europe.

You have serious problems, Julia. Your denial of the latest scientific facts is quite laughable. The circus left town, so why aren't you with their caravan? LMAO!!!

Not at all. The closest connections are to Old Irish and Gaulish, although the alphabet was Phoenician influenced. Look up the latest research. There is an updated bibliography under Tartessian Language WIKI.

Wrong. You are relying on theories that no longer can be buttressed satisfactorily. The latest evidence shows there were likely two areas of Celticity: the Atlantic Facade and Central Europe. Tartessian (SW Iberia Script) is the oldest attested Celtic language, older than Lepontic. So how...

Read what Taranis wrote. It is more likely that TWO centers of Celticity existed, Central Europe and Iberia / Atlantic facade. It's well known that there was extensive commercial and social exchange in Atlantic Europe during the Bronze Age and Celtic likely developed in the region as a lingua...

You are becoming borderline ridiculous. It is exceedingly obvious you have a severe problem with Iberian Celticity. LMAO!! Read the research on Tartessian and the latest Celtic studies as regards Iberia. Also, carefully read what Taranis wrote.

How so? Do you know there are several Celtic markers and RL-21 (found primarily in the British Isles) is just the most recent mutation. You seem to want to diminish Celticity in Iberia. Why? Iberia was 75% Celtic at high point. Do some research and take off the blinders.

Independence for Catalonia, although it may well be deserved, opens up a can of worms for other autonomous regions of Spain such as Viscaya and Galicia. The former would certainly push for independence and the latter, who knows.

Primarily Southern and Central Italians, Maltese and Sicilians.

As an aside, Tartessian (SW Iberia) has recently been classified as a Celtic language. See WIKI "Tartessian Language," Yokum (2011) and others. Tartessian is now the most ancient Celtic language, attested as 500-700 years older than Lepontic (a variant of Gaulish).

I pretty much agree. There is some overlap with N. Italians but it's not dramatic.

What sources are you using? Seems like suspect 19th-to-mid-20th-century biological anthropology.

I don't see any real overlap with any European ethnic group. There may be a few individuals who could pass unnoticed in Malta or Cyprus.

Thanks for the links.