Are the Basque people strongly and genetically related to the Scottish people?

I suppose Northern Spain/Portugal are quite Celtic, and according to the Irish invasion myths the Celts that went to Ireland & later Scotland came from the Iberian peninsula (they were called the Milesian Kings), so every chance you could be.

Luke, you mention not all English, but not all: Irish, Welsh, Scottish either. SOME of these people are genetically related to SOME Basques (and actually the entire Spanish population too), but none of these ethnic groups are genetically homogeneous -- the only reason they're grouped together is because the majority in each population has the specific genetic mark that links them together (but not all, as again, these groups aren't genetically homogeneous). Spaniards as an entire population have a majority with this genetic marker, so you can't just segregate the from the Basques.

You also have to note that this genetic marker isn't uncommon even as far as Turkey and Lebanon. So someone who is Lebanese may be genetically more related to someone who is Scottish (and has the marker). The marker is common among: Spaniards, people from the British Isles, Southern Germans, Poles, Czechs, Portuguese people, Austrians, the French, and some other Europeans.

I'm Scottish (blood and culture) and i've never heard much about any links with the Basque people so i'm afraid probably not.

There might be something i'm missing out on though. Celtic tribes started around italy, france, germany and spain so perhaps something went on there?

Best way to check if you have that lovely Celtic blood flowing is to get a dna test :)

The Basque everyone seems to be a diverse inhabitants in Europe. They talk a language and have a custom that's no longer Indo-Aryan and not something to do with Latin. fairly, that's between the few "organic" cultures interior the international. that's no longer inspired via others. All Europeans are descended from one yet another and Spain fairly has had maximum of communities of people come int that it fairly is a melting pot. @ Yeah, there are different cultures besides, like the Finns, and international besides.

its been proven with the y-DNA tests that people of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and most English (not all) are related to the Basque people in Spain.

edit: they all share a common ancestor from the iberian peninsula. to work this out the scientists took samples from the Basque people.

the reason i say not all english is because people in the eastern parts of England shared more in common with the germanic people making them anglo-saxons.

For that tiny population l wouldn't care... and Basque people are so biased and they are tiny hypocrites living in Spain, they bite the hands of the one who feeds them...