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Indeed, red hair are mutations that took place in isolated populations of R1b mostly.
Of course, the real capital of historical Celts was Galia, comprising Galia Cisalpine and Helvetia.
But again...Asterix and Obelix did a lot of harm....also the pipes, "celtic music" and romanticism...People don't know that pipes are from Provence..
Hibernia became Gaul, but as the rest, their assumption of that culture was rather recent, they had a superb older culture known as the megalithic culture..also present in continental Europe.
Hibernia never became Gaul. Hibernia became Eire not France. Gaul became Gallia Romana (in French " la Gaule Romaine") which in turn became France. R1b doesn't come from Iberia.
This is a great map. As you can see the Celts were a tall, dark haired people who lived along the Atlantic fringe, with the short, darker Meds to the south and the Alpine race occupied the mountainous regions.
This is a great map. As you can see the Celts were a tall, dark haired people who lived along the Atlantic fringe, with the short, darker Meds to the south and the Alpine race occupied the mountainous regions.
No such thing! There is no scientific proof for the so-called Alpinid Race, it 's all BS. Celts were not dark, they were described as very light-complexioned people, their coloring was likened to milk. This means that they were fair.
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This gave me a good idea what these people (Bretons) look like.
Without knowing right off top of my mind, where "Brittany" was, I made a guess that they must be some kind of the "Northerners" ( i.e. the region must be situated in the North ( of whatever) and some kept that very medieval look that I saw only..well... on medieval pictures)))
Overall I came to conclusion that if I see a bunch of people of European descent and I can't see anything in common in their looks from one person to another they must be French)))
But that must be mostly Parisians I think and I guess now that in reality every region has its distinct look.
I'd like to see more if possible.
This is a great map. As you can see the Celts were a tall, dark haired people who lived along the Atlantic fringe, with the short, darker Meds to the south and the Alpine race occupied the mountainous regions.
Sorry there is no medical/scientific proof of that! It is all, just some 18/19th century racial garbage. The only credible evidence in Europe, even along the Atlantic is that light pigmentation becomes more common as one goes northwards from the Iberian Peninsula. The same happens in France!
This is a scientific map based on genes which makes lighter-haired or eyed.
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Without knowing right off top of my mind, where "Brittany" was, I made a guess that they must be some kind of the "Northerners" ( i.e. the region must be situated in the North ( of whatever)
Britanny is in the northern half of France, but not in the far north of it. It is actually further south than Paris.
At European scale, Britanny is at the same latitude as Austria, which hardly "northern"...
I never notice Breton people to have a somehow different types of looks than the average french population. "Bretons" have never been an homogenous people, neither phisically nor linguistically. The large majority are brown haired, with minorities of light haired and dark brown people.
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and some kept that very medieval look that I saw only..well... on medieval pictures))) 
