19 Jun 2022 9:29 pm
Cannonpointer » 19 Jun 2022, 8:58 pm » wrote: ↑ Actually, the French are as much or more of a melting pot than we are. As Dr. Google will tell you, if you only ask, "The French are a complex mixture of ancient Celtic, Iberian, Italic, Germanic, and Greek peoples."
And that is not the half of it. Franks, Burgunds, Visigoths, Danish Vikings - all of these and more inform French DNA.
https://www.eupedia.com/images/content/france_races.jpg
Well if you have a chronic news habit like me you are aware of contemporary France they guard their culture like a castle. They have a council to remove foreign influence on their language. They also limit foreign players on their soccer teams and racially attack those who are. This is commonplace and I believe started when Gaul became the Kingdom of France. Of course the notions of ancient ancestors probably exist. The Japanese are even worse. Don't try speaking French around your average French person. They hate that.
Nothing is easier than defending the status quo.