I don't think it matters so much. If you've been somewhere a few generations, you tend to be from that place. I always say I'm English because my family date back 2000 years and there's evidence of a settlement with my name going back 5000 years, but I don't know how much Angle I've got in me, and how much Atrebas, Norse, Celtic, Catuvellauni, Belgic, Gallic, Norman, Roman, Trinovantic, Saxon, Brythonic, Pictish, or anything else.
If you are a person from England, you are most likely to be predominantly an admixture of several Celtic tribes, some of which you have mentioned.(Atrebates, Catuvellani, Trinovantic, Pictish). For a list look here:
Then, you might also have some Latin admixture. The Latins themselves are an admixture of Latin / Etruscan with Phoenician, Hellenic, Egyptian and Arabic influences. (and others).
Then also admixed with various Germanic tribes. (Angles, Saxons, Jutes & Norse tribes.)
You do not need to be tested to find out your family history. They have places you can pay to track down your descendants and your family tree. I am not sure where to find them or how much you have to pay though.
You would need to be genetically tested to find out. Please keep in mind that because a person was a Roman citizen, it does not necessarily mean that they were from the Latin / Etruscan tribes.
As previously stated, you are most likely to be predominantly an admixture of various Celtic tribes.
So, I would recommend describing yourself in this way,
Caucasoid, Celtic (be more specific should you be certain, if you like), and then list any admixtures that you are certain of.
Who knows, however, your lineage might be predominantly from a different tribe (one or more of the Germanic tribes, for instance).
If you are from New England are you English?
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I don't think it matters so much. If you've been somewhere a few generations, you tend to be from that place. I always say I'm English because my family date back 2000 years and there's evidence of a settlement with my name going back 5000 years, but I don't know how much Angle I've got in me, and how much Atrebas, Norse, Celtic, Catuvellauni, Belgic, Gallic, Norman, Roman, Trinovantic, Saxon, Brythonic, Pictish, or anything else.
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If you are a person from England, you are most likely to be predominantly an admixture of several Celtic tribes, some of which you have mentioned.(Atrebates, Catuvellani, Trinovantic, Pictish). For a list look here:
<a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Celtic_tribes" rel="nofollow">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Celtic_t...</a>
Then, you might also have some Latin admixture. The Latins themselves are an admixture of Latin / Etruscan with Phoenician, Hellenic, Egyptian and Arabic influences. (and others).
Then also admixed with various Germanic tribes. (Angles, Saxons, Jutes & Norse tribes.)
<a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_Germanic_peoples" rel="nofollow">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_...</a>
Then also re-admixed with another Celtic tribe, the Gauls (modern France).
Hope this helps.
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Excellently helpful. I hadn't considered I may be one of the Latins.
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You do not need to be tested to find out your family history. They have places you can pay to track down your descendants and your family tree. I am not sure where to find them or how much you have to pay though.
You would need to be genetically tested to find out. Please keep in mind that because a person was a Roman citizen, it does not necessarily mean that they were from the Latin / Etruscan tribes.
As previously stated, you are most likely to be predominantly an admixture of various Celtic tribes.
So, I would recommend describing yourself in this way,
Caucasoid, Celtic (be more specific should you be certain, if you like), and then list any admixtures that you are certain of.
Who knows, however, your lineage might be predominantly from a different tribe (one or more of the Germanic tribes, for instance).