Do some Cornish people have a closer affinity with Wales than England?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

There is no such thing as a Celtic gene. The Celts were just a group of people across most of Europe that shared similar languages and culture. The name Celt came from Greek writers who described this particular group. The word Gal and derivatives are words which describe areas where this group settled such Galicia (Now part of Spain), Galatia (now part of Turkey) and of course Gaul. They also give the root to the word Gaelic/ Gallic etc.


Of interest, Paris is named after a Celtic tribe, as is Belgium. The names of Celtic tribes are also obvious in the names Kent, Scotland and Cornwall.

And the names of Wales, Wallonia (now part of Romania), Wallachia and Cornwall are all cognate Roman terms, meaning Celts/outsiders/strangers.