Question Do you consider England as more Germanic or more Celtic?

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All things considered, do you see England as more Germanic or as more Celtic?

Vote in the poll.

PS:

The reason I'm starting this thread is because I didn't include England in my previous poll:

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Thread 'Which European countries & regions do you consider as "Celtic"?'

Sep 17, 2025

Which European countries & regions do you consider as "Celtic"?:

- Wales
- Ireland (island)
- Scotland
- Brittany
- Cornwall
- France
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Spain
- Portugal
- North Italy
- Austria
- South Germany
- Czechia
- others (write which ones)

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So I want to know how many people actually see England as more Celtic than Germanic.

 

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When it comes to autosomal DNA:

If we add together Briton Iron Age + Gaulish Iron Age ancestry, then many regions of England are more Celtic, it seems.

Also, isn't England's Germanic identity quite weak today considering that most English identify as "British" over "English"?:

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Society Thread 'National identity in the British Isles'

Mar 1, 2026

Map - https://i.postimg.cc/D7CrkN60/National-identity-UK.png

Does anyone know why did English people stop identifying as English?
In the 2011 census entire England except London identified as English.
But in the 2021 census entire England identified mostly as "only British":

National identity - UK - Office for National Statistics

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their national identity. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

www.ons.gov.uk

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Personally, I usually think of the East of England (especially East Anglia, East Midlands and Yorkshire) as more Germanic, and the West (especially Cumbria, the Welsh border, Cornwall and Devon) as more Celtic. The rest in between would be more or less equally mixed.