Blue and green are the most common eye colors among Welsh people. The proportion of the population of Wales that has these light eye colors is actually slightly lower than in the other nations of the British Isles, but it is mostly in line with eye colors of Northern and Central Europe.
Welsh people typically have thick, wiry, very dark hair, as well as green or brown/ hazel eyes. The Welsh mountains and Offa's Dyke acted as a barrier against the Saxons in the Anglo-Saxon Wars, but the English are not as fair or blue-eyed as the Welsh.
Most Welsh have a pale skin, brown hair and light eyes particularly blue (45%), quite few have Celtic complexion (freckles).
The commonest hair colour in Wales is mediumish brown, as it is in the rest of the British Isles. The Welsh, Irish, and Scots are all a little more likely to have dark brown hair than than the English, who are a little more likely to have 'dirty blonde' hair than the rest of them.
There was no single 'Celtic' genetic group. In fact the Celtic parts of the UK (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and Cornwall) are among the most different from each other genetically.
Physical characteristics of Welsh people include black or ginger hair, blue or green eyes, and a slightly below average height. Stereotypical character traits that are associated with Welsh people include that they are good singers, obsessed with rugby, proud and nationalistic, friendly and jokey, and country bumpkins.
So, who are the Welsh? The early settlers of Wales are believed to be descendants of the Beaker culture, mixed with immigrants coming from what is now Ireland (Celts) and the Basque country in Northern Spain.
The Welsh descended from the Celtic tribes of Europe. It has been posited that the Beaker Folk came to Wales from central Europe in around 2000BC. They brought with them rudimentary knives and axes made from metals.
The most common surname in Wales and one of the most prolific in the world. In 1913, the phrase 'keeping up with the Joneses' was coined, and today means to try and outdo your neighbour.
However, 3.8% of Americans appear to bear a Welsh surname. There have been several U.S. Presidents with Welsh ancestry, including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, James A. Garfield, Calvin Coolidge, Richard Nixon and Barack Obama.
Today, the ten most common Welsh surnames, in order, are: Jones, Williams, Davies, Thomas, Evans, Roberts, Hughes, Lewis, Morgan, and Griffiths. Fifty-five percent of the Welsh population has one of these 10 surnames.
Cawl. Dating back to the 14th century, cawl, also known as 'lobscows' in areas of North Wales, is a hearty stew of lamb and seasonal vegetables that is considered to be the national dish of Wales. Usually accompanied by slabs of fresh bread, it's the perfect meal to warm up during a frosty Welsh winter.
No, curly hair is found in every European country and very common in Dutch, Irish, English, Welsh, Scottish, etc decent. These people don't have African admixtures. Curly hair is also not based on one specific gene. In Caucasians, it results from a different gene.
Wales has a varied geography with strong contrasts. In the south, flat coastal plains gives way to valleys, then to ranges of hills and mountains in mid and north Wales. There are three national parks and five areas of outstanding natural beauty, which cover a quarter of the land mass of Wales.
Welsh censuses from 1841 to 1911 and the 1939 register are searchable for free on FamilySearch.org. People with appropriate subscriptions to Ancestry.com and findmypast.com can also search Welsh censuses and the 1939 register on those websites.
Ddraig goch (the red dragon)
The centrepiece of the Welsh national flag, the ddraig goch personifies the fearlessness of the Welsh nation.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Originally the town had a shorter, easier to pronounce name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyll. In the 1880s, in a joking attempt to attract tourists, a tailor added the rest of the syllables, bringing the total length to 58 letters, including four letter L's in a row.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, or Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll (Welsh: [ɬan. ˌvair.
While English is a West Germanic language (like Dutch, Frisian and, of course, German), Welsh is a Celtic language.
Welsh developed from the Celtic language known as Brythonic or Brittonic. The two most closely related languages are Cornish and Breton.
Today, Wales is seen as a Celtic nation. The Welsh Celtic identity is widely accepted and contributes to a wider modern national identity. During the 1st centuries BC and AD, however, it was specific tribes and leaders which were named.
Most adherents to organised religion in Wales follow one of the Christian denominations such as the Presbyterian Church of Wales, Baptist and Methodist churches, the Church in Wales, Catholicism or Eastern Orthodoxy.
Whilst there are many dishes that can be considered Welsh due to their ingredients, there are some which are quintessentially Welsh. Dishes such as cawl, Welsh rarebit, laverbread, Welsh cakes, bara brith (literally "speckled bread") or the Glamorgan sausage have all been regarded as symbols of Welsh food.