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Q: Are the Scots descended from the Celts?
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Are the Scots descendants of the basque?

No, Scots are descendants from Norse and Celts.


What ethnic group has the palest skin?

The Scots who are descended from the Celts and Vikings are the palest skinned people in the world. Unlike England and Ireland, they have less southern influence leading to more predomiantly pale skin.


Who lived in Scotland in the dark ages?

Picts and Scots Celts.


What cultural groups are descended from the Celts?

Irish, Scottish, Welsh


Who are the wales?

They are a nation of people situated in the west of Britain and are descended from Celts


When did the Celtic people come to England?

The Celts were the native Gaelic Peoples of the British Isles and included the Irish, Scots, Welsh, and Britions.


Who are the Britons descended from?

Direct descent is difficult to determine. There are large influences from the Celts, Saxons, Normans and Romans.


People who live in Ireland are descended from?

People in Ireland are descended from a whole range of peoples, not one single group. People talk about all Irish people being descended from the Celts. The Celts are but one of many origins that Irish people have. The Celts were not the first people to come to Ireland, as many people believe. It is believed some people from Spain arrived first. Ireland has had people come from many other places too, like the Vikings. There are people living in Ireland now from countries from all over the world. So there is no single answer to your question.


What is Icelands ethnicity?

Icelanders are descended from Norsemen of Scandinavia and Celts from Ireland and Scotland. 60-80% Nordic and the rest Celtic.


When an where did the British came from?

As of 2011, from just about every country of the world. Historically they are descended from Celts, Picts, Irish, Romans, Vikings, Angles, Saxons and Normans.


Did the Celts Scots French Romans or Scandinavians first call the Emerald Isle Irlanda?

the roman name for Ireland was hibernia. the first Celts called it scotia. in welsh the name is iwerrdyion (apologies for spelling) which is probably where the normans heard it and used it in their native french as Irlande.


Where does the name Scotland come from?

Land of the Scots. "Scoti" was the name given to the Celts that lived in the area by the Romans who settled in the rest of the British Isles. It was literally the "Land of the Scoti".