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Comments by "Jack Mac" (@TheEggmaniac) on "What’s the Genetic (DNA) History of Cornwall and Devon? The Celtic Origins of Cornwall Revealed…" video.
Genetically the Cornish are much more similar to the rest Of England than they are to other Celtic nations. As you pointed out. How Celtic or even Cornish is Cornwall these days? The 2021 census showed only 14% of the population of Cornwall considered their identity as Cornish, and another 1.6% selected Cornish in combination with one or more UK identities. Cornish people are a minority in Cornwall now. Cornwall has been inundated with people from elsewhere in recent years, mostly from other parts of England.
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@hardywatkins7737 Fair point about not putting Devonian on a census form. My point was that it doesnt seem many people living in Cornwall seem to identify as being Cornish particularly. The same question in Wales or Scotland would get a large majority of people saying they identified Welsh or Scottish and not British or anything else. The 2021 census in Wales shows 57.5 per cent of Wales' population indicated their sole national identity to be Welsh; a further 7.1 per cent indicated it to be both Welsh and British. The results for the 2022 census in Scotland have not been released yet, but Im sure they will be similar or possibly show greater numbers of people identifying as Scottish. Genetic studies like the one author has mentioned have shown that the other Celtic nations are not that closely similar. The presenter says this at 1.03. But each Celtic nation seems to show more distinctions from the general English population, apart from Cornwall which are more similar to the rest of England.
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@hardywatkins7737 The distinctions are the genetic differences that author refers to. I believe he is taking this from the Oxford University study, The People Of The British Isles, which had been ongoing since 2004. But you would have to check that with him. It shows that Cornish people are genetically closer to other English people than they are to other Celtic nations. But also shows them to be genetically distinct to Devonians. You ask an important question, what does make someone a Celt today? I think its mostly a cultural identification. You dont have to be from long line of people from that area. But you need to be brought up in a Celtic nation. Being Celtic is about the music, the history, the art and the language. Though you dont have to speak a Celtic language but having an understanding of it helps. Its about identifying with these cultural differences. To me there is something almost contrived about people speaking Cornish today. The language died out about 100 years and has been brought back. But some words have to be guessed at, as nobody knows how they were actually spoken. If that enhances their life and feeling of identity, then I wish them well. These days anyone can identify as what they want to. It would a good theme for another video from the author of this. What makes someone Celt? The people of the different parts of Britain do still have a common heritage and there are lots of similarities. Were probably still closer to each, than we are to any other nations. We have so much history in common.
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