Are we Vikings or Celts or What?

TeddyTedson · 07-12-2010 03:40AM #1

What are we? Where did we come from?

Links234 · 07-12-2010 03:41AM

where are we going? what will we do when we get there?

Saila · 07-12-2010 03:41AM

under the cabbage leaves

4zn76tysfajdxp · 07-12-2010 03:41AM

Ireland.

DonJose · 07-12-2010 03:48AM

We ain't Vikings, we ain't Celts, we're fukked, we're fukked I tell ye!!!

Cheap Thrills! · 07-12-2010 03:48AM

The hot ones are vikings, the other ones, not so much. :cool:

TeddyTedson · 07-12-2010 03:51AM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

The hot ones are vikings, the other ones, not so much. :cool:

I thought it was the opposite. Aren't the Vikings the original gingers?
How do I find out which one I am?

Mr Benevolent · 07-12-2010 03:54AM

The Celts never existed in Ireland, they were made up to make an English king seem less German.

TeddyTedson · 07-12-2010 03:58AM

Confab wrote: »

The Celts never existed in Ireland, they were made up to make an English king seem less German.

So we're Vikings then..../thread.

Cheap Thrills! · 07-12-2010 04:00AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I thought it was the opposite. Aren't the Vikings the original gingers?
How do I find out which one I am?

Well. internet I suppose.

The theory sort of goes that in the main we are aboriginal Europeans, sort of found around the outskirts of then Europe. So it seems we have more in common with Basques. some of us. I get the impression basques are somewhat dark and possibly long of face. Though that could be Celts, they're like the French, and Welsh and Scottish.

Then you have the real sex! Danes, Sweedish, Norweigan and the like!

~sigh~

What was I on about there?

Killer Pigeon · 07-12-2010 04:01AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

What are we? Where did we come from?

Neither. We are feckless potato men.

TeddyTedson · 07-12-2010 04:05AM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

Well. internet I suppose.

The theory sort of goes that in the main we are aboriginal Europeans, sort of found around the outskirts of then Europe. So it seems we have more in common with Basques. some of us. I get the impression basques are somewhat dark and possibly long of face. Though that could be Celts, they're like the French, and Welsh and Scottish.

Then you have the real sex! Danes, Sweedish, Norweigan and the like!

~sigh~

What was I on about there?

Aren't the French supposed to be the best looking country and we're kinda....near the other end. How is this if we both come from the same people?

Dave! · 07-12-2010 04:20AM

We're Scottish

scientific1982 · 07-12-2010 04:22AM

Neither, we're pale Basques from Turkey.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article7009643.ece

Einhard · 07-12-2010 04:36AM

Ya know those annoying Spanish students who flood into Ireland every summer, clog up the footpaths by walking 14 abreast, rob from the shops, and piss ye off when you're younger by using their Latin charm to rob all the local girls? We're them. Only uglier.

http://moderntribalist.blogspot.com/2005/12/modern-irish-are-descended-from-first.html

Einhard · 07-12-2010 04:37AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Aren't the French supposed to be the best looking country and we're kinda....near the other end. How is this if we both come from the same people?

Generations of ridin yer second cousin does that to ye!

Mahatma coat · 07-12-2010 04:49AM

Well I'm a Norman

Thats like a viking but with a tendency to build magnificent Castles and Cathedrals

Einhard · 07-12-2010 04:54AM

Mahatma coat wrote: »

Well I'm a Norman

Thats like a viking but with a tendency to build magnificent Castles and Cathedrals

Normans aren't like Vikings, they are Vikings. Well, direct descendents of original Norse settlers anyway. So if you're Norman, you're Viking! Ye bloodythirsty marauder!

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 07-12-2010 05:04AM

Theres actually a genetic difference between west coast and east coast people, as the people in the east have more Viking and Norman blood.

cuppa · 07-12-2010 05:04AM

must be norman then .we like building stuff and leave it scattered around falling apart

TeddyTedson · 07-12-2010 05:06AM

Einhard wrote: »

Generations of ridin yer second cousin does that to ye!

Is this true?:eek: Are we the offspring of inbreds?
If this is true I feel so embarrassed? Why!

Riamfada · 07-12-2010 05:08AM

There is a feckin archaeology forum!

TeddyTedson · 07-12-2010 05:09AM

Grimes wrote: »

There is a feckin archaeology forum!

A what? This is AH!!! Love it here.

Riamfada · 07-12-2010 05:10AM

Well in that case ... most of us

are BRITISH

Riamfada · 07-12-2010 05:12AM

Einhard wrote: »

Normans aren't like Vikings, they are Vikings. Well, direct descendents of original Norse settlers anyway. So if you're Norman, you're Viking! Ye bloodythirsty marauder!

Normans come from Normandy, Vikings come from Norway. I know there are a lot of "N"s there but there is somewhat of a geographical distinction.

Einhard · 07-12-2010 05:13AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Is this true?:eek: Are we the offspring of inbreds?
If this is true I feel so embarrassed? Why!

No need to be embarassed. Sure it saves on the Christmas presents when your mother and your aunt and possibly your uncle are the same person!:D

Seriously though, there are a few places in Ireland where there has been a high degree of inbreeding over the years. When you live in a small town or village it's bound to happen. Some places have higher rates than others. I know Ireland has quite high rates of many genetic conditions, so perhaps there's a link there somewhere.

Esel · 07-12-2010 05:15AM

I'm Fir Bolg. Don't know about the rest of you miscegenates.

TeddyTedson · 07-12-2010 05:22AM

How would I know if I was a bit inbred? Would I get diseases? Isn't there people in Ireland who found out after they had kids together that they're related and they're having more? What are the consequences of this? Is it better to to have kids with different races then? I'm not fully Irish so does that mean I'm not inbred?

Einhard · 07-12-2010 05:26AM

Grimes wrote: »

Normans come from Normandy, Vikings come from Norway. I know there are a lot of "N"s there but there is somewhat of a geographical distinction.

Vikings didn't just come from Norway. They came from Scandinavia. And the Norman duchy was established by descendents of Viking raiders who settled along the channel coast. In 912, a Viking by the name of Rollo accepted Christianity, swore an oath of vassalage to the French king, and became lord of Rouen. His great grandson received the title of dux in 1006, and it was his great grandson, William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. So, as the etymology of the name implies, the Normans were Northmen, ie Vikings.

Hope ye like that humble pie!

Esel · 07-12-2010 05:28AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

How would I know if I was a bit inbred? Would I get diseases? Isn't there people in Ireland who found out after they had kids together that they're related and they're having more? What are the consequences of this? Is it better to to have kids with different races then? I'm not fully Irish so does that mean I'm not inbred?

Asking a load of questions is one of the signs, unless you are five years old. Are we there yet? (repeat ad nauseam).

Einhard · 07-12-2010 05:29AM

TeddyTedson wrote: »

How would I know if I was a bit inbred? Would I get diseases? Isn't there people in Ireland who found out after they had kids together that they're related and they're having more? What are the consequences of this? Is it better to to have kids with different races then? I'm not fully Irish so does that mean I'm not inbred?

Well paranoia is one sure sign of in breeding Teddy...

Are we Vikings or Celts or What?

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