John King wrote: > An interesting, if too brief, article. Actually, this does not at all > contradict the more prevalent claim of Spanish ancestry. It is all a > matter of time. Ultimately, Irish origins trace back to the emergence of > Caucasians in the area of the Baku Peninsula in present-day Armenia. > From there, where did they go? What was their migratory route? > Certainly, it went through North Africa; and, thence, to Spain. Except > that, more correctly, we speak of the ancient Ibero-Celts. You must > remember: those who sided with Hasdrubal and Carthage and met a terrible > fate when Rome won. Rome was never kind to those who opposed it. Anyway, > the Ibero-Celts - like most ancient peoples, did not follow today's > clean and firm national boundaries. Many Ibero-Celts also resided in > what is today France. And, in fact, their origins - like all Celts is > traceable to the region now occupied by the Czech Republic. > > The variance in male and female chromosomes paints a clear picture: the > early Eirean settlers were probably exclusively male. That is the norm > for pioneering populations. Later, they mated with the local females. It > is highly probable that they had much more on their side than farming. > Such as better military organization (all males! - likely in a sib or > pre-clan) and weaponry. That would explain their being able to brush > aside the resident male population. Ridiculous! A turk is a bird that lost the ey from its tail.