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theosphicaltheo t1_j1u1tdk wrote

I can’t see how Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish etc of the British Isles aren’t indigenous - plus localised people other regions of the UK eg Yorkshire - if they aren’t indigenous where are they from?

Etc etc etc with each countries ethnic-cultural sub groups.

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AnaphoricReference t1_j20zhtz wrote

Clearly Indo-Europeans don't count as indigenous, even if they have been around for at least 5000 years.

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manic7impressive_ t1_j1unpnv wrote

Ireland is still part of the EU, but the UK left the EU almost three years ago. So the Scots, Welsh, some Irish (Northern Ireland), Cornish, and even the English today, who are still genetic Brits at least predating Roman arrival, much more than they are Germanic, do not count as a default

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anewbys83 t1_j1vo34o wrote

What does a country being in the EU have to do with indigineity? Just because they left doesn't mean they're not a European nation, part of European culture, etc. Just the unique British Isles subsets. Celtic peoples certainly didn't care if their compatriots lived in mainland Europe or not. It does imapcr EU stats, but that's not the only way to define Europe and European.

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LateInTheAfternoon t1_j1vpuxq wrote

>What does a country being in the EU have to do with indigineity?

Nothing, but the question is about indigenous groups within the EU so anything about indigenous groups outside the EU is off topic.

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manic7impressive_ t1_j1xdyd9 wrote

The fact that the question is specific to EU nations. It’s part of the question, in direct reference, my dude

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anewbys83 t1_j22tpct wrote

Yep, my bad. My brain left out the union part.

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DeaththeEternal t1_j25ssr7 wrote

They're descendants of cultures that migrated in a long time ago, though this applies to plenty of cultures throughout history that never get all the caveats applied to them.

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