London - Welsh and Irish people with Celtic roots are genetic blood-brothers of Spanish Basques, scientists said yesterday. The findings provide the first direct evidence of a close relationship between the Celts and the Basques. ...

Where do Basque people come from originally?

Basques are indigenous to and primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria), a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.

Are the Basques the oldest Europeans?

All this evidence, along with that of the mysteries surrounding their language, suggests that yes, the Basques are some of earliest human inhabitants of Europe. They arrived before the Celts and also before the spread of the Indo-European languages and the migration of the Iron Age.