New discovery shows that the Irish may not be descendants of the Celts

It seems that almost all of my Caucasian friends, and even my husband and daughters, have a bit of Irish in them.  They are proud of their Celt ancestry and enjoy identifying with anything Celtic.  But a recent discovery of an ancient burial site and the subsequent DNA evidence proves that Irish origins did NOT include the Celts.  The 3 skeletons found at the burial site predate the Celts and their purported arrival in Ireland by over 1,000 years.  This may be a game changer when considering the origins of language and culture.  But if you’re Irish by ethnicity, you probably have DNA from other genes because your European ancestors traveled back and forth across the continent, so everyone is probably a mix.

For more information about this finding, check out the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/17/a-mans-discovery-of-bones-under-his-pub-could-forever-change-what-we-know-about-the-irish/?tid=sm_fb