Geneticists find Celtic links to Spain and Portugal

The Irish and Scots may be as closely related to the people of Spain and Portugal as the Celts of central Europe, it emerged today.

Geneticists find Celtic links to Spain and Portugal

The Irish and Scots may be as closely related to the people of Spain and Portugal as the Celts of central Europe, it emerged today.

Historians have long believed the British Isles were swamped by a massive invasion of Iron Age Celts from central Europe around 500BC.

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