From: ian@mcclure.net   
      
   Iain MacGiolla-odhar wrote:   
   > Alfred C. Shine wrote:   
   >> Can someone define for me, please, a Celt?  I've heard and read so   
   >> many differing and conflicting definitions.   
   >   
   > A Celt is anyone who takes Celtic culture as their own. Typically, it is   
   > someone who:   
   >   
   > 1. Uses or is learning a Celtic language.   
   > 2. Takes part in Celtic cultural events such as (as a small sample)   
   > choirs, festivals, music, dancing, sporting events.   
   > 3. Feels part of the Celtic world.   
   >   
   > It is not based on genetic descent, especially since the genome of Celts   
   > is already a mixture of people with a Basque base plus   
   > Anatolian/Adriatic Indo-European, Berber, Egyptian and Semitic influences.   
   4. Has family connections to other Celtic people.   
      
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