Question about Geography of England Scotland Wales and Ireland?

Question

someone told me something interesting today.is it true that when england was first invaded native english people left and went to scotland and wales and ireland. instead. remeber england was invaded by vikings and romans and normans and others who settled here.so my question is are the people from england only people who invaded us back then and were there still some native english people here. also are the people from scotland wales and ireland native english people that left england when invaded and was anyone in scotland wales and ireland before the native english moved there.
i am very interested to know this thanks

Answer 1

The "natives" to whom they are referring are the Celts, but even they arrived on the islands at some point in fairly recent history. The Celts moved to the marginal areas of what is now Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Romans didn't displace them that much, but Angles and Saxons drove them out pretty much--that is why Celtic languages survive in those areas. Danes came next (also to Ireland), and then Normans. There were some earlier people but as with many areas, they died out, possibly from illnesses.

Answer 2

- "when england was first invaded native english people left", "also are the people from scotland wales and ireland native english people"

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No. There was no such place called England then, and as such no native people were ever referred to as being English at that time. You are using current terms at a time when these things simply did not exist.

The people you likely need to know about are the Brythons (Celtic people) - what you are instead calling "native English people". What you should mean is "people native to where modern-day England currently is".

There was also Picts already living in parts of what is now modern-day Scotland. Some other things to no doubt.

Then by around the year 400, there was Germanic invaders coming into the Brythons land. There was then places appearing such as Mercia - a kingdom from the Anglo-Saxons - in what is the heart of modern day England.

Answer 3

The British Isles have been invaded so many times; originals were picts, scots, celts, then angles, saxons, normans, vikings, danes, not to forget the romans and gauls, huns and franks: as the originals were driven back to Wales, Scotland & to join up with the Irish the gaelic language has survived. The invaders didn't always go home, maybe they didn't want to but they surely assisted in increasing the population in more ways than one and the language evolved.

Answer 4

Oh my god, if we all started trying to find out what our pedigrees really are, we'd be fecked!

You need to look to the DNA to see what you are. The name means nothing, it's just something that men take with them, and names can easily be changed. DNA, however, does not change, and does not lie.