Comments by "John Brereton" (@johnbrereton5229) on "Is the British Royal Family Really German?" video.

@gansz_lol The Germanic peoples originated in Scandinavia and spread out into northern Europe and mixed with the people already there, to form the countries we know today. The Germans call themselves Deutch after the people that lived there before the Germanic mixed with them, just as their very similar neighbours the Dutch. The Frank's are also a Germanic people who spread into Gaul and mixed with them to create the French. Just as the germanic peoples spread into Briton and mixed with the celts to become the English.
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Sorry Theo, but Victoria was born in 1819, Germany didn't exist untill 1871 , so how could Victoria be German??????
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@gansz_lol Germany as a country did not exist until 1871, before that it was seperate principalities or states like Hanover where prince Albert came from. The Hanovarians were in the line of succession to the British throne. Although, 'germans' themselves refer to themselves as Deutsch, it's only English speakers who call them German.
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Alfred the Great goes all the way back to 849 AD not 1066. 1066 is when William the Conqueror became King.
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@gansz_lol Victoria was the last of the House of Hanover and Albert was her 1st cousin. All royalty is related, that's how the Hanovarians occupied the British throne, through the Stuart's. Victoria herself was called the grandmother of Europe because her children married into all the royal households of Europe. Elizabeth 11 and Prince Philip were also related. Before 1871 there was no single German identity, just a number of seperate states ruled by Princes who often fought each other. Britain itself is made up of 4 seperate countries that came together as one, and before that each country was made up of seperate royal states as in Germany. Though they unified much earlier, England became a country in the 10th century.
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@gansz_lol Victoria was the last member of the British royal house of Hanover and the german Duchy was dissolved in 1918 after WW1 and Germany became a republic. Yes, I did know Victoria's uncle was the King of Belgium. As I already stated they were members of all the Royal houses of Europe, Victoria was know as the grandmother of Europe, did you even read my comment? Yes, Victoria had northern germanic heritage just as she also had Anglo Saxon and Norman heritage. She was after all a descendant of King Alfred the Great and King William the Conqueror, but then of course they were all descendants of germanic people who originated in modern day Denmark. My English heritage embraces them all, I never denied it.
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Messenger Charles It was actually a Kingdom, not a principality, therefore just like the modern day United Kingdom, it was a country.
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@lsmith9249 I agree with your first part, However, modern dna has proved that the majority of British people can trace their ancestry right back to the first inhabitants of these islands.
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@keinedaten1640 I got this 'idea' from history, it's well documented. Most ancient peoples are named after the language they spoke, the Celts for instance were not one people, they just spoke a version of the Celtic language. They were even living in modern day Deutschland, but were replaced by the Diutisciu people who spread south from their home in Scandinavia. So the modern term Deutschland just means Land of the Deutsch, just as the Dutch people are descended from the same people.
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The Germanic peoples all originated in Scandinavia, but Germanic isn't the same as German. Only English speakers call the Deutsch German.
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@lsmith9249 It's just a racist fallacy to claim the British are a nation of immigrants, at least those of us that can trace our ancestry further than the 1950s. This is confirmed by the latest DNA research, that show that most British people can trace their ancestry right back to the original inhabitants. Also Britain was invaded far less than our European neighbours, yet no one constantly claims they are all immigrants.
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@niteblaster1 They spoke many different languages including Germanic English.
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