Who Are the Welsh?

Wales occupies a beautiful place within Britain, but it also has a long and storied history. This documentary explores the origins of Wales and the Welsh people (Cymru), from the late Bronze Age to the end of the medieval period, covering some of the most important events that shaped the nation of Wales.
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[@oldhippiejon]

Born in England from Welsh stock the country called me far before I understood the politics, one visit to family was all it took, like meeting your true love it grew in my heart, this land were I now live is in my soul and will always be. My grandchildren are all Welsh who speak the old language, soon maybe my remains will be buried under Welsh soil and I will be part of the country again, I will rest easy of that I am sure.

[@user-qg5wg9ut2o]

I Love your beautiful statement. God bless you and your Family ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@sueh9138]

How wonderful!

[@BillyJ-vi8df]

That was how I felt on my first visit to wales,from America.

[@SatansNutsack]

​@@BillyJ-vi8dfof course you did 😂 Americans lol

[@noelfleming3567]

Well said I'm d same in my little corner good health to you❤

[@northernlion8738]

As an Englishman currently studying in Wales, I have mad respect for the Welsh. The fact the language has stood against the test of time to the modern day is remarkable.

[@user-yp2di3df6l]

respect englishman from a south whillian

[@stigkrakpants3052]

do you respect the somalis?@@user-yp2di3df6l

[@ljones396]

Thank you, diolch. It's refreshing to read something positive about Cymraeg for once. 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@mikemines2931]

What's Welsh for television?

[@ljones396]

@@mikemines2931 teledu

[@thegreenmage6956]

Good to see you covering this. We do like to get a mention, us Welsh.

[@hughevans4652]

Welsh is much older than Roman era. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2OngZ-cpdBlptU

[@keiraaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

me, a Welsh person who knows a lot about Welsh history about to watch another video on Welsh history due to the fact it's Welsh:

[@501sqn3]

@@keiraaaaaaaaaaaaaa yep, you sound like a typical welsh individual

[@bethbartlett5692]

@@keiraaaaaaaaaaaaaa Too cute! Irish American here, not Celtic, rather Gaelic, (County Kerry Lineage), we are of Basque origin. Welsh too, I think. (Some Irish have Germanic Influence through the invasions)

[@Ericsaidful]

I will require you to bow down now. I am, in some way related, to a Prince form the North of Wales. I do not have the name as the family tree is with my grandmother. I hope to return to reclaim what is mine in the near future.

[@matt8291A1]

I'm Welsh and I wanted to commend you on your pronunciation, especially the "ll" sound which is difficult for non Welsh folks. Great video!

[@penderyn8794]

I'm a Welsh speaker...... I would recommend he hired a Welsh speaking to helping pronounce some things .... Especially the positional differences in ' Y ' pronunciation Dylan = Duh-lan not dillon Older Welsh words like Prydyn/ Prydain etc .... slightly off

[@penderyn8794]

Cymro or Cymraes? We Celts don't like this "Welsh" name lol

[@abrahamdozer6273]

I'm learning some Welsh right now .. particularly to sing in the language and I was also aware of the care you were taking to pronounce those guttural sounds.

[@mysticalmaid]

Yes excellent attempt. Too often hear English people butchering even simple Welsh place names, this person clearly tried to get pronpunciation right.

[@dlewis2446]

@@penderyn8794 are the Welsh celts?

[@jaywatanabe4706]

As a Welsh descendent in Canada I’ve always wanted to know more about our roots as it was made clear by my Grandpa that we were “Welsh” folk. I have a great admiration for our forefathers tenacity, endurance and preservation of our culture against great odds - As was noted they withstood the Germanic tribes while Rome itself fell to them. And the bards, singers and great epics! Culture is a beautiful thing that is indeed worth preserving and protecting. Thanks for helping keep it alive for us far-flung Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 One day I look forward to seeing it with my own eyes

[@rhiAction.]

Croeso Jay

[@TwpsynMawr]

Cymru am Byth! You would love it here mate.. most beautiful country on earth. God's country! 💙

[@jaywatanabe4706]

@@rhiAction.diolch i chi berthnasau!

[@jaywatanabe4706]

@@TwpsynMawr cymru am byth! It does look like God's country from what I've seen in pictures and videos of those beautiful mountains and valleys and rugged coastlines. I have no doubt they don't do the real thing any justice!

[@Cariad247]

You can move away but you will always be part of us ....

[@brawndothethirstmutilator9848]

I’m convinced that the main reason more English speaking KZbinrs don’t cover Welsh history is that they’re terrified of the pronunciation 😂.

[@harrywalsh2104]

Yep

[@ianmackenzie6245]

All those extra vowels

[@raymondravinsky9583]

😂❗

[@John-qy9nw]

They also number a tiny 3m people and very few emigrated to the new world or Australasia.

[@Requiemslove]

Well, that and the unfortunate truth of their ancestors being essentially just mercenaries who took advantage of a power vacuum and the fragility of a still very new British state of Wales. [AKA they are the bad guys] But, mostly the pronunciation thing. [I'm terrified of it too... and I'm Welsh]

[@meilir.ap.emrys420]

Centuries ago my ancestors were forced to renounce their traditional Welsh names and adopt the name ‘Roberts’ as a more formal, more proper English surname. That all ended on October 12th, 2003. The day I was born, Christened as Meilir Ap Emrys, son of Emrys Roberts. There is nothing in this world I will ever be more thankful for than my name, no matter how hard people may find it to pronounce, because it represents the tenacity and endurance of my people, and how we have overcome everything thrown at us. Thank you for sharing the history of my cyndeidiau so eloquently and with so many people. Our history is one that has inspired countless world-famous works of fiction, and the truth is worth telling and sharing. Diolch yn fawr, fawr iawn, gyfaill. Cymru am byth.

[@suzanneself7037]

My ancestors are welsh, from Llandudno area and my last name is Roberts. Does this mean originally we weren't Roberts also. I've never heard if the Welsh having to change names before until I saw this comment. Any information you have I'll be thankful for! X

[@meilir.ap.emrys420]

@@suzanneself7037 so every Welsh person would’ve had either ‘Ap’ (if they were male) or ‘Ach’ (if they were female) preceding their father’s name as what would today be called a surname. Very similar to Mac/Mc in Scottish and O’ in Irish. The reason that the change for us was so widespread was because at one point in time Wales was considered to be a part of England. We had to adopt surnames to fit in with English culture, but weren’t allowed English surnames as we were deemed to be second class citizens so they made up some new ones for us (how considerate of them). So although both our families are from north Wales (I live on Anglesey, as have both sides of my family for thousands of years) and have the same last name, I would highly doubt that we would be related simply due to the fact that every Welsh person got given the choice of a handful of surnames (Jones, Hughes, Evans, Williams, Roberts and a few others I’m forgetting). I hope that’s been informative!

[@suzanneself7037]

Wow, I had no idea! Makes sense why it's so hard doing your family tree as everyone has these names! So we can't find our original names I'm guessing then? I'd love to read more about the original culture as I'm English I don't know much. Thank you for your reply❤

[@jeromemartinez5603]

We can keep alive our ancestors stories, our family name has changes only 3 times in 723 years and goes back 700 years prior in Spain, I see it awesome that you have retained your heritage, traces back to Franks in Spain, wear your name proud.

[@WellFedProductions]

@@meilir.ap.emrys420 Very Interesting. My 4th great grandad was John Evans born in 1807 near Llanerchymedd, Anglesey, Wales. He had several children there and then uprooted the whole family and immigrated to New York in the US in 1839. They settled in Remsen, Oneida which apparently had/has a substantial Welsh population and descendants. I was born in Central America and had no idea about any of this until recently when I did a DNA test and discovered 17% Welsh ancestry. Thank you so much for the insight into the Evans name.

[@ajarnwordsmith628]

I spent more than 20 years living and working in the Orient. During my time there, I was engaged in conversation with an elderly gentleman from the USA. The pronunciation of just one word informed me, in the blink of an eye, that this American gentleman had an association with Wales, the Land of my Fathers. How so, I hear you ask? He was recounting a recent visit to a local dentist and pronounced the singular of the plural noun teeth as "tuth", not the more familiar sounding "two-th" (tooth). I paused the conversation and asked him if he had a connection with South Wales. He was struck dumb for a few seconds and then blurted out, "Yes, I was born in Bridgend (near Cardiff), but my parents emigrated to the US when I was a baby and have never been back. How do you know?" The answer, of course, is that he was brought up in the US by Welsh parents from Glamorgan, who never lost their accent and its quirky pronunciation of certain words.

[@MechanicalMooCow]

Nobody asked that

[@Cactus_hug]

@@MechanicalMooCowI enjoyed the story because it sounds like my own grandfather. Please don’t be so rude.

[@eussii9195]

@@Cactus_hug me too, such a sweet comment

[@shirleyjenkins11]

My maternal family always spoke about being Welsh..cousin and I doing family history could never find a welsh birth any where. Then my cousins dna came back 23% welsh which added to our confusion. Both maternal and paternal grandparents were born in UK..one Suffolk the other Hereford. Me being an avid reader of medieval historic fiction found one series of books regularly including Hereford as in Wales on the Marches.. I decided to look up Hereford history and found it had been welsh and welsh was spoken there well into the 1800s. I looked up the origins of the surname Baynham and found it was Welsh but the maiden name of the ggranny was Evans..a clear give way. So you never can tell where one's ancestry can trip you up.

[@Halbared]

Nice! Brummies also do that ‘tuth’ thing.

[@brucemacallan6831]

Everyone needs to read up on Wilson & Blackett's research. Wales is an incredible place, and has the most amazing history. The true history of the Welsh is a problem for the British Establishment.

[@mysticalmaid]

They fear us still so our history in school stays away from English v Wales conflicts. First I heard of it was in books as a young adult.

[@WalesTheTrueBritons]

In reality the English establishment. Wales and the Welsh need to reclaim their Britishness.

[@OneEpicEric]

@@WalesTheTrueBritons In reality the Hanoverian establishment.

[@crtc_av]

Tribes of Israel bullshit

[@raven-wf9so]

I can assure you as a English man living in England it’s really not 😂😂

[@Rotebuehl1]

In German the word "welsch" means "non-germanic" In Switzerland the German speaking call the french, Italian, and rheto-roman speaking parts of the country "die welsche Schweiz"

[@mjograus8800]

Interesting! The name Welsh came from the invading Anglo Saxons' name for foreigners. The Germanic connection seems obvious.

[@jrjhughes1233]

Whilst I’m English my grandfather was from Abersoch so I spent much of my childhood growing up in Wales, and it is so underrated. Proud of my Welsh heritage and absolutely love the country.

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

As a Yorkshireman I love god's own county but I must admit Wales is just as beautiful. Iv been to Pembrokeshire and many places in north wales including Anglesey. I was in Llandudno not long back and really enjoyed it. The northern Welsh folk were nice aswell

[@kelseycoyote6576]

Fantastic oration and content! As a person of Welsh descent I am impressed by how you have arranged the massive amount of content. The Welsh never gave in, never gave up, and were able to preserve language and cultures where others were completely overwhelmed and lost. Thank you

[@simonidastankovic2627]

I entirely agree with one honus remarc: author has absolutely perfect pronunciation of the Welsh Celtic tongue; one can tell immediately0 that he is deeply involved in linguistics, philology, ethimology.....let alone history and mythology.

[@petrapetrakoliou8979]

In truth this Wales, Sire, is a gem, The fairest in your crown: The stream and field rich harvest yield, And fair and dale and down. And all the wretched people there Are calm as man could crave; Their hovels stand throughout the land As silent as the grave. Edward the king, the English king Spurs on his tawny steed; Across the skies red flames arise As if Wales burned indeed. In martyrship, with song on lip, Five hundred Welsh bards died; Not one was mov'd to say he lov'd The tyrant in his pride. (Extracts from The Welsh Bards, from the Hungarian poet János Arany, 1857, Translated by Watson Kirkconnel)

[@exploreseafaring]

I appreciate this massively. I've never heard this before and probably never would have otherwise. Diolch yn fawr.

[@petrapetrakoliou8979]

@@exploreseafaring Hungarians can only sympathise with the Welsh who hold on to their ancient language against all odds. The poet wrote this as a metaphor for the atrocities the Austrians and their emperor (our king) were doing to Hungary after the failed 1848-1849 revolution. Many Hungarians must have fled to Great Britain at that time and there was a fascination with Celts in the 19th century. Arany (his name means "gold") is one of our inimitable poets.

[@garethmorgan3665]

@@petrapetrakoliou8979 Loved this. So beautiful Thank you :-)

[@vicsaul5459]

Brilliant comment 👏👌

[@devinlawton2390]

Just have to say, as a Cymro living in Wales, I congratulate the heck out of your pronunciation. It was very accurate with very few exceptions and you handled the extra vowels and unfamiliar consonants well. An unfortunate majority of modern Britons lack the exposure or interest to try, and at worst, make fun of the language.

[@carolwoodhouse8493]

I'm visiting North Wales soon for the first time so enjoying this look at its impressive history. I'm no linguist but hope to make a good effort at please and thank you by the time I go.🙂

[@mikimeadows]

His Welsh sounds like he has a bad lisp

[@exploreseafaring]

Fantastic to hear such a well put together history. I've lived in North Wales my whole life, speak the language and my family tree is rooted deep here. I still struggle to put dates to names and people in places. I pass castles and ancient tumulus just to go to the supermaket and it breaks my heart to be powerless as I watch and feel Wales turn into something it shouldn't be.

[@somniumisdreaming]

@@Rabbelrauser How so?

[@lucasgarrett2107]

@@somniumisdreaming I believe everything is just being capitalized on so heavily. Politics plays a big role as well. I’d say the people are changing. Wants and concerns are beginning to rule over necessity and logic.

[@LumiSisuSusi]

@@Rabbelrauser the difference here in Wales is that we have had to fight to this very moment in time to keep our language and culture alive. The Westminster government in England has done their best to destroy our culture and language. We still face issues, even recently our language, one of the oldest on the island was listed as a foreign language and English as the native language which is wrong. We have had our education controlled to hide our history. When I was growing up our parents were told NOT to educate us in Welsh as it will retard us - I'm not kidding. That was the stigma we grew up with. So despite having my roots in Wales for hundreds of years on both sides, we were bullied out of speaking it. I did my best to learn it I school but one else's every 2 weeks does not allow for any skills. As OP said we barely know our history, in my school we learned about the English, the Romans and the Normans etc. But NOT our own people and land as Westminster government controlled that. Things have recently changed in the last year or so and now all children will be educated on our history. Hopefully, we will regain our language and culture, just like the Finn's did from the russians and Swedish, and everyone will speak Welsh and English fluently. There's a reason why Wales has the most castles per km of any country - we fought hard to defend our ways of life and still are. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@stigkrakpants3052]

@@LumiSisuSusi youll be speaking pashtun or somali soon haha

[@stigkrakpants3052]

@@LumiSisuSusi those castles were built by the conquering english, superior cultur ealways wins, the english vikings crushed the celts, the muslims will crush the europeans

[@halmillett5448]

My Grandmother spoke Welsh, taught to her by her grandfather who told her to remember she was Cymry.

[@timbayliss4153]

It is actually pronounced Cumry, but you always write it as Cymru.

[@-._A2._-]

​@@timbayliss4153they are using Cymry which is the people of Wales in Welsh, Cymru is the country.

[@timbayliss4153]

@@-._A2._- Diolch fawr am dy hoffech. I am used to seeing Cymraeg or the word Nheulu for people, you see.

[@lunabranwen]

Amen ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@masterchefbaker723]

As a Welsh Draig can I also just point out we by far have the best flag too date.

[@FortressofLugh]

Absolutely agree

[@M1ggins]

Mozambique have an AK47 on there's, pretty badass.

[@masterchefbaker723]

AK cannot fly, dragon wins

[@Halbared]

As a rule, I like symmetry for flags, but dragons are terrific.

[@PBRJOHN684]

Yes we bloody well done 👍

[@magicsdolbear19]

I'm all Welsh and i love when people know that wales even exists I grew up un Tenby and South mid Wales has got to be some of the nicest places to live in the world. Everyone is so nice sandy beaches castles shops easy to get around and Hardy no crime at all

[@lightfootpathfinder8218]

I'm a proud Yorkshireman and I love god's own county but I must admit Wales is equally beautiful. Iv been to Tenby and many places in north wales including Anglesey. I was in Llandudno last year and found the local Welsh to be very nice people. I want to go to the Brecon beacons in the future as I have never been there

[@johnmorgan8868]

@@lightfootpathfinder8218 don't forget to take your waterproofs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@chriscarey1478]

Many believe Arthur is fictional because of accounts of him fighting both Romans and Saxons- some 400 years apart. Wilson and Blackett have shown with good evidence, that there were two Arthur's, one directly descended from the other, and that they were both very real.

[@deanmorgan7011]

Spot on they were 250 years apart and that often causes confusion, but yes your 100% right my friend.

[@Halbared]

I learned about the two Arthurs watching Britain's Hidden History. I have read books by Lomas and Knight inn then 90's that talked about one Arthur, the one from north britain.

[@cadarn1274]

Brilliant vid! We Cymry definitely deserve more love in the history space. On the subject of Arthur being Abrosius' nephew, this is surprisingly plausible. In Medieval Wales, a king's nephew the was the most common/ideal relation to be the "Penteulu" (commander of the Royal Household troops and chief military advisor). This could explain Ambrosius' victories being attributed to Arthur also. That said, I understand it is complicated and Arthur may just be a god figure rather than a real human. Edit: The earliest Arthur source, Nennius, says that though he was not a king, he was Dux Bellorum (war leader) of the Kings of Britain.

[@ellen4956]

In Michael Wood's "In Search of Arthur" he speaks with a man who found very old burial stones on his land and one of them was for someone named Arthur. There was a story that he and his brother were sons of a local king, and Arthur was killed in battle but he fought bravely. The stones were from the right time period, but there were probably other people with that name. Michael Wood said it could have been part of many pieces woven into the legend.

[@leekenyon8705]

The English are the pagan Saxon that king Arthur fought against the welsh already being force to convert to Christianity before the fall of the roman empire resulting in the welsh losing even more of their culture. Pagan Romans exterminated the druids and committed great genocides upon the welsh people and roman Christians exterminated their culture, Angle-Saxons stole most of their nation.

[@Fredmayve]

@@ellen4956 it more of less is the legend. Funny thing is that when I grew up Arthur was not a common name, although one of my uncles was one and we were not told or taught that Arthur was Welsh. "Knights" to us were the Norman invaders.

[@Fredmayve]

@@leekenyon8705 True. But we beat the Romans in one great battle in South Wales and we kept our language alive and spread it to Brittany in what is now France. We have a devolved Welsh parliament and increasingly aspire to Independence.

[@Fredmayve]

Preedieval do you think? Iron Age ?

[@madit6434]

As a welsh woman, living in Wales, studying to teach in Wales, the more i am learning about our history the more i want to add History on top of my Physics education choice

[@bored1930]

Cymru am byth ❤.. As a native Welsh speaker and resident of this amazing country, this literally brought tears to my eyes. Slowly the Welsh language is being removed from our schools. Only Welsh schools now truly teach our native tongue, and those schools are few and far between. With massive rises in housing costs in England, due to over saturated immigration, people are moving over the boarder to Wales. This is a huge strain on such a tiny country, further diluting and eradicating our language and culture. I am afraid that my generation and possibly the next will see our language die with us. This utterly breaks my heart, anyone who is Welsh will absolutely understand what I mean. Thank you for this wonderful video. ❤

[@rasputin3263]

I'm proud of my Welsh ancestry. I have the dragon tattooed on my arm and I got to visit Wales when I was a kid. It's beautiful and green.

[@rhianyddsian9518]

Yeah most welsh people have the dragon tattooed on them all my brothers do also

[@ccsmooth55]

My last name (Craddock) is derived from the Welsh name Caradog. Im proud to have Welsh heritage!

[@joemeyers4131]

Interesting possibility is Caradog is in a likeness to a very ancient wording , Middle Eastern Karduch- to words of today even Kurd- .. just a little idea .

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

@ CC Smooth Interesting. Craddock is a burrough in city of Chesapeake VA

[@MalakhimTarot]

I am Maddock from Madoc / Madog 🙌🏼 A couple of years back I randomly become obsessed with Arthurian myth and completed a diploma in it. Then I came across Madoc and was like 😮

[@joemeyers4131]

@@The_Welsh_Jordanian reading your response thanking you .

[@goodsoup301]

It’s so nice to hear proper Welsh pronunciation from outside of wales. I never knew people found ‘ll’ hard to pronounce, it just seems so easy and natural for me. I suppose it’s like rolling your ‘r’s, some people can do it naturally and some people can’t.

[@amberkat8147]

How is it supposed to be pronounced? I don't even know. I assume it's not the y sound of romance languages or it would be easy.

[@codexamalgam5939]

It's not "doing it naturally" it's whether you grew up needing to use that sound. And Amber, a combination of L, G and H is the best way to describe it. It's pronounced in the video a lot at the start of Lleu and Llewellyn in particular.

[@goodsoup301]

@@amberkat8147 uh… the easiest way to describe it is to grit your teeth, and open your mouth so you kind of look like this emoji 😬 and push the tip of your tongue against your teeth. Then, open your teeth slightly as if you were about to just say the letter ‘L’ but don’t let your tongue slip through. Then lastly, push air through the side of your teeth, and you’ve got it! The easiest way to practice would be to do those steps and at the end add an ‘oo’ sound, just doing it as you would as if you said ‘you’ but replacing the ‘y’ with that ‘LL’ sound. Oh, and keep the back of your tongue off the roof of your mouth, the sound won’t work if it’s there.

[@custink22]

Am currently learning the Welsh language. Grew up reading Welsh mythology, history, etc, despite my family being German/Irish because i was a huge fan of Arthurian legends and expanded from there... also learning those languages... but spent a day in Wales during a TDY to Endland, and found it enchanting. Theres something... magical... about Wales, which inspired me to want to learn the language and want to name my first son after Myrddin Wyllt. That being said, Welsh is a rather difficult language for someone unfamiliar with it, especially someone who has grown up speaking American English. But its a beautiful language that i enjoy learning and hope to one day speak well enough to be understood by a native speaker.

[@JackRabbit002]

It's nice to see the Nation of Wales get some attention of late! It's weird I was born in Brum (Birmingham, England) but my family on both sides go Welsh going back like! I think the story of my heritage is just following the river Severn Lol

[@ericcloud1023]

I'd been checking your channel every other day just hoping for a new video, you have really piqued my interest in my Irish ancestry. As a Californian as distant as currently possible from the emerald isle, something about the clawing back bit by bit of Pre-roman/pre-christian Gaelic/Welsh/etc really speaks to me. I've always been absolutely enthralled by history. As a kid instead of Saturday morning cartoons I'd watch history channel documentaries (when they still had credibility) and I've never dropped it as a passion, but I never studied my own people's heritage. Funny isnt it? Much love from California

[@penderyn8794]

The original Californians were native Americans...... Yet I couldn't find any mention of them when I visited California....they were completely made extinct in 50 years by incredibly greedy Europeans. To this day your state refuses to apologise truly for the horrific atrocities committed..... Including the mass rape , killing and deportation of children. You can still find the scalps of children in California museum storage that were given monetary rewards

[@davidjones535]

In the early 1880s a Welsh miner took his wife and three children and move to the United States they had four more children one of whom was named Samuel born in 1889 who became a pipe fitter in the Steelmill married a young woman born In Germany the same year and who had moved to Ohio in 1898 , they had seven children the youngest son name Charles who in turn married a young woman who is half Irish and half northwestern Scottish, they had four sons whom I am the third born .

[@fuchsiafuture]

Well done for keeping track of your ancestors.

[@uttaradit2]

visit wales

[@robertgrey6101]

@David Jones Heretige / Ancestory. How beautiful !!

[@Dandelion0962]

You got book and verse inscribed on that ?

[@creekyknee]

I have a red car.

[@trayccox8223]

Wow that was an amazing history lesson..as a native born English from Scottish/Irish parents..I'd never heard Welsh history before and always wanted to.. thank you so much what a gorgeous language..and amazing history poetry x

[@juditrotter5176]

My Grandmother was a pioneer in the US State of Montana. She was the oldest of five. Her father was killed by her brother in a hunting accident and the following year 1917 her mother died in the great flu pandemic. When I was growing up (from 1948 on) she would say “Now, don’t put on airs we are just Welsh miners.” When I’ve visited Wales I can’t say that I found a pronunciation gene. One interesting happening for me was my first trip to Wales was with my son Colburn(Colby). We were so interested and happy to see how much his beam appeared as place names. His Dad and I had no idea.

[@jillybe1873]

My mum said exactly this too ❤

[@angelalewis3645]

What a sweet, wonderful lady!

[@kellyhawkes3191]

My daughter's boyfriend is from Cwmbran, his surname is Colburn.

[@DrJamesFeelgood]

@@kellyhawkes3191I don't think Colburn or Coburn are Welsh.

[@IosuamacaMhadaidh]

If only a Hollywood (or Netflix) producer would hire this guy to consult on some cool movie/series based on Celtic lore, legend, and history.

[@DavidValdezBigWaveDave]

Would love to see a series based on the Fianna, planning their night raid with a back drop of a campfire

[@rhiAction.]

One day one day

[@vicsaul5459]

Accounts of the Welsh tribes holding back and ambushing the advancing Roman army, laced with true story of Caratacus,and his betrayal! Done well with a good screenplay would rival and be more historically accurate than Braveheart.

[@IosuamacaMhadaidh]

@@vicsaul5459 absolutely!

[@darrenjones1413]

​@@vicsaul5459 I'm supprised there's no movies for the Welsh I no the Romans said that Welsh women cut off there breasts and they scared the roman army in battle as basically gorilla warfare

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

Despite my welsh ancestry being distant, and the recent discovery that I may be more Breton than Welsh or even Scottish, Welsh language, culture and history will forever hold a special place in my heart. The most beautiful stories and songs that make me feel hiraeth very strong, and to this day I hang a welsh flag in my home, under the constitution; the culmination of the ideas written by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. As he too was of Welsh ancestry, and he was the one who declared that humans rights were life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

[@rhiAction.]

We love our Breton cousins though

[@somniumisdreaming]

Oh that wonderful slave owner Thomas Jefferson, what a load of bs he wrote.

[@michmunuti968]

@@somniumisdreaming the true tragedy is that he could have helped steer the country onto the right path instead of slavery leading ultimately to empire and the American Civil War with the failure of the Constitution, which Mr Trump seems to be a reminder of that fact even now...what if Jefferson had actually acted on his words rather than making them only a partial truth and the country based on that fraudulent beginning...admitting the truth now can finally set us free...?

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

@@somniumisdreaming I know it is futile arguing against that point, but context is needed before judging people of the past. He inherited his slaves, and certainly saw it as a terrible and hypocritical thing that he had them, and yet he would not have had the money to be able to do the political work he did without that which he gained through his plantation. A hypocrite? Maybe, someone engaged in what today would be considered a grave human rights abuse? Certainly. A self conscious person who was ahead of his time for understanding that the position he inherited was terrible? Also certainly.

[@WalesTheTrueBritons]

But Bretons are just the people who were isolated from the Briton (Welsh) their roots are the same.

[@susanbell8270]

I am Welsh born and bred, Welsh to my core, and proud to be. For those of you reading this who are not Welsh it's easy to understand us once you accept that we are a proud nation, loyal to our heritage; many have tried to oppress us and beat us down. It will NEVER happen. As the great Bill Beaumont said when playing rugby against the Welsh 'Wales have never lost a match, we just score points against them'. However I am not a rabid Plaid Cymru supporter. Wales and the Welsh nation is well able to survive without creating aggression and division. It will go on regardless of fanatics who do not serve Wales well.

[@mkgaming5823]

as Englishman from Cumbria well said , you can be proud of your heritage without causing more division

[@Chris-ve8xw]

Well said. I'm Welsh and I love our English, Scottish and Irish brothers and sisters, the last thing we need right now is more aggression and division.

[@joannerichards5481]

Of corse being welsh born and bred I totally agree

[@Halbared]

@@Chris-ve8xw Very true. I have some misgivings about where Britain is going.

[@trailingarm63]

I'm from North Wales and I compare aspects of our history and geography to that of Afghanistan. A colourful tribal culture prone to internal squabbling, only ever united by a common enemy. Resistance to powerful invaders made possible by reckless bravery, a capacity for exceptional endurance and suffering, and a harsh, mountainous terrain affording opportunities for refuge and ambush. However, our love for the arts and the (relative) freedom enjoyed by women are probably points of departure. Good film, and a very fair assessment imo.

[@Dav1Gv]

What a great video. I was born in Yorkshire but my great grandfather came from Merthyr Tydfil, I spent most of WW2 as a child in Aberdare and I've lived in the Vale of Glamorgan for fiflty years but your Welsh pronounciaton knocks spots off mine. You might be interested to know that there is a legend that the Normans, like the Saxons in England, were invited in to fight for one of the Welsh princes and then did a 'hostile' takeover. When he died the soul of the man who made the deal, Einion ap Colwyn, was sent into the body of a fox for his great sin which meant that the fox could speak (Welsh I assume). Hundreds of years later someone who had come into the Vale to buy cattle was 'benighted' in Porthkerry Woods (near where I live). Sitting in the rain by a smoky fire he heard a fox talking in a nearby bush. He spoke to the fox which told him the story saying he was the lineal descendent of the original fox so he too could talk. (Source is Marie Trevelyan's book of Welsh legends)

[@501sqn3]

.....you've been in Wales far,far too long, time to pack up and go home lad.

[@Lmacttv]

Aberdare too

[@Dav1Gv]

I remember my mum going off to the Rheigos plant to make sten gun bullets and seeing the Yanks training on Ogmore Beach when we went on holiday there - presumably 1944@@Lmacttv

[@Chris-ve8xw]

Thank you for this documentary, a good watch. Love from Wales.

[@hughdncy]

Team Cymru👇❤and the way he pronounced Llanfair PG is AMAZING!

[@phoenix-ultimatedumbass1276]

mae'n bleser cael fideo fel hyn ei creu ar fy ngwlad! a mae'n rhaid i fi rhoi llongyfarchiadau i ti ar sut wnaethoch ynganu rhai o'r geiriau fwy anodd. Diolch yn fawr i ti! Cymru am byth {it's a plesure to have a video like this created on my country! and i have to congratulate you on how you pronounced some of the more difficult words. Very big thanks to you! Wales forever}

[@philipgrice1026]

Iechyd da!

[@godschild3640]

@@philipgrice1026 isn’t it sad that they killed off the white people?😭

[@godschild3640]

@@philipgrice1026. So basically, they migrated into the land and then killed the people.😡

[@godschild3640]

@@philipgrice1026. IT WAS INVADED And the original people was butchered.?. before any wore a nation has to be invaded.. they don’t like to use that word invaded but hiding something is a lie😡

[@andrewmatthews-mitchell2680]

Mae'n gwych i gweld ond i'w e, pan ma' fe'n dwed "they're still here" dwi wedi fêl YMA O HYD BOI BACH! 😂

[@AmandaTroutman]

Bless Cymru. I'd love to see it one day

[@sidgriffith1592]

I visited North Wales January 2020 before all the lockdowns. The Welsh are very nice people. I've done a deep dive into my Y-DNA. My ancestors originated from this beautiful land. Anglesey is very nice. I spend a few days exploring the island. I wish more Welsh men would do their Y-DNA. I have several other Griffith men that we have a common ancestor in Wales in the early 1600s. Maybe one day we will figure out who he was.

[@Vesnicie]

Someone named Griffith in Wales? No way!

[@iriscollins7583]

My maiden name is Griffiths, my great great grandfather, grandfather was born in Anglesey, possibly a great, grandfather on my mother's side. ( Still searching ). Had my DNA tested, am 96% Welsh, ( North, West. South). 2% Cornish, Devon, 2%, Scots.West.) Cymru am Byth.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@ellen4956]

@@iriscollins7583 My Hughes branch is probably from there but I haven't figured out exactly where. They came to America (early 1700s) and in Pennsylvania founded a town called Gwynedd. It's still there.

[@joshbates9015]

No way! I was traveling North Wales in January of 2020 as well! Came to Liverpool from Canada for my father's wedding and decided to spend a week doing a circuit from Llandudno to Betws-y-Coed to Porthmadog to Caernarfon. First time I heard about covid spreading in Wuhan was actually when I was sitting at the bar at the Black Boy Inn in Caernarfon. I still remember thinking at the time that it was a whole lot of fuss about nothing and would blow over within a month lol.

[@Randrew]

@@ellen4956 My father's side immigrated from Wales just after the US Civil War and settled in Pennsylvania for a while. Apparently my ancestor did some mining there, as he'd done back in Wales. Later they joined with a Welsh immigration society which bought railroad land in Kansas to form a town they named Bala - it's long a ghost town now. The two sons of my American patriarch participated in the big land run into Oklahoma - the one covered in the Tom Cruise movie "Far and Away" in 1992 - and homesteaded there. I don't know from where in Wales my great-great-grandparents came, but they left at a time when the mining business was suffering.

[@user-qg5wg9ut2o]

Thank you for your Exquisitely detailed documentary. I Love every moment of your beautifully worded presentation. It was wonderful hearing these ancient words pronounced perfectly ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@random2829]

Well done! 😀❤ Welsh on the paternal side and - mostly - French Celt on the maternal side. I did enjoy my trip to Wales a few years ago - well worth the visit!

[@jessicamattingly6879]

I’m so happy to see another of your videos ❤

[@magicpyroninja]

Learning about your ancestors is always fun

[@kathyevans3251]

Absolutely great video.I love to learn more about history. This one was fascinating .Thank you for sharing it.

[@77wolfblade]

As an Irish family with the family name of Walsh (Breathneach.), it seems we have Connections with the people of Wales.

[@jamied4106]

Ireland was a common place for Welsh leaders/rulers/exiles to flee to after a defeat or political turmoil in Wales. Maybe that's how your surname came about..... Who knows

[@jamied4106]

I also get a sense of rivalry from tales like the Mabinogi between the Brythonic peoples and the Irish. Seemed to be a respectful cautiousness between both people. Long before the English arrived that is. Now I like to think of Wales and Ireland as distant cousins with shared discontent for the English haha

[@somniumisdreaming]

What of the Cumbrians? You find it funny that fellow countrymen were taught to hate each other? I don't..

[@jamied4106]

@@somniumisdreaming Cumbria, Cornwall and Liverpool get free passes. Although unfortunately I doubt many people from those places would consider themselves countrymen of Wales though

[@somniumisdreaming]

@@jamied4106 True, but I think many Cumbrians would be honoured to be remembered as countrymen of Wales.

[@welshman8954]

God I miss my homeland I moved to New Zealand three years ago but there are no oeople on earth like the Welsh I miss you Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Cumry am byth🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Bdfhvj]

Wow that last couple of sentences have me unexpectedly tearing up. Thank you for all this history!

[@TheJamesRedwood]

Good work sir. Your narrative skill, both written and oral, is excellent.

[@stuart5107]

Remarkably put together the history of Wales . Thank you for retelling their story.

[@markevans5912]

Thank you (Diolch), it's great to see non- british people acknowledging my beautiful country and your pronunciations were bloody marvellous! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@spidey6349]

amazing pronunciation and good video thanks for covering the history

[@andrewjones4568]

Fantastic video. Thanks for making. Cymru Am Byth!

[@debbiesdbest]

Thank you DARPA for my new favorite channel 😊

[@matthewsuchomski2593]

great video! thank you for your work FoL.

[@serviustullus7204]

Good work, good effort, nice job at history telling.

[@gar6446]

This is remarkably good. Excellent visuals. Not just maps and video game clips. The narrator is clear, precise, and sympathetic to pronunciation and language. The history is very grounded and a fair and logical interpretation of what might have happened.

[@bonnieandclyde222]

My Grandma came with her brother by horse and cart ,from Carnarvon in the 30s to Leicester, to look for work as their family's wealth diminished due to the Great depression. Her life became hard as she married my Grandad and was left looking after 4 son's as he fought in WW2. She knew no people much here. I always felt I was like her , and she had 6th sense , sadly she passed when I was 13. I feel very Welsh and not like an English, though my other Grandad was Scottish.

[@jillybe1873]

I suspect you are actually me! My grandma came from Abernant to Manchester in the 30s. She died when I was 13. I loved her. I always felt welsh, married a half-welshman and my children feel welsh and support the rugby. I did an ancestry thing and found that somehow I'm over 60% welsh.

[@meilir.ap.emrys420]

It’s Caernarfon not Carnarvon. Not much difference in pronunciation but if you want to embrace being Welsh more then use the proper Cymraeg spelling. Phob dymuniad da.

[@davzinzan]

Thank you for this!

[@vallovesnature8449]

Most excellent video! Thank you for sharing this with us 😊

[@hankwilliams5622]

Why? They weak a weak assed race. We bruthas knock y'all on yo' asses in every boxin' ring in the world.

[@fadista7063]

Thst was fantastic pronunciation of Welsh--thank you for this well-produced video

[@theviper1999uk]

Great video! As an English man, I love the Welsh landscape and language.

[@Lmacttv]

Your not allowed too boooo 😂

[@GreoGreo]

No

[@giuseppersa2391]

Warm greetings Kevin and thank you for another wonderful video... 😊😎🌹

[@penderyn8794]

Fun fact: The Welsh one of the few people to fight off the Vikings fully without any permanent settlement..... Except for transitory trading posts .....such as SE Anglesey (ynys Mon)

[@fionnmcnessa]

The Irish annihilated the Vikings in Dublin at the Battle of clontarf 1014 under King Brian Boru . I go to Wales every year have the utmost respect for these beautiful people

[@DestroyIslam]

Welsh and vikings were allies against saxons

[@DestroyIslam]

​@@fionnmcnessawelsh (britonnic celts) and vikings were allies against saxons

[@Veronika7777]

Liked and subbed, thank you. As my last name suggests, my ancestors (a few anyway) were dubbed "foreigners" or literally "from Wales", though that surname was given to any who followed Strongbow and his army west to Ireland, regardless of where they actually originated. Fascinating subject. Thank you for the hard work to produce this excellent content.

[@Taffias]

What a fantastic video dude, thoroughly enjoyed it. Good effort on the pronunciation of our words, some were a little off but overall, gotta commend the effort. Great video.

[@pathfinderfergusfilms6630]

Excellent thank you for this fine effort and work.

[@Al-AI]

Loved this. Have you read Alan Wilson and Baram Blacket - Arthur King of Glamorgan. It's very interesting.

[@AlMondO93]

Cymraeg, not Welsh. We are not strangers in our own land. Cymru am byth!

[@wyverntheterrible]

You will be if you keep voting Plaid Cymri and importing Third Worlders like its going out of fashion

[@jasonwhite7677]

Not the best translation 😂

[@dibdap2373]

@@jasonwhite7677 lmao.

[@Rae-J90]

Great video and fantastic pronunciation of some tricky Welsh words and names! Lovely to see this recognition of little old Wales from across the pond. All the best from a modern day Cymru 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Kristoffceyssens]

This was so interesting. Thank you.

[@contentcitycosmos5554]

As me and my father and my grandfather ancestry were born in Wales and as a WelshMan, I thank you very much for this education video! Cymru Am Byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@welshed]

Excellent video and your pronunciation though not perfect, was pretty good. The attempt is always appreciated at any rate. Good job, subscribed :)

[@paulmilligan2657]

brilliant channel, brilliant video 🔥

[@michaelgilpen6589]

Just wanted let you know the effort in pronunciation is massively appreciated, thanks brother

[@3vo338]

11:39 I went to Caerleon (pronounced Ki-er-leon) for comp, as we call high school in Cymru. And the one block we had was called the Isca block or block I. This was due to the Roman fortress, baths and the amphitheater that remain to this day within the village. Isca was the name of the camp which held the fortress' guards, and the village was renamed to it's resident fort, Isca... Btw, I used to have my lunch on both the amphitheater AND the baths, it was tranquil and serene almost always.

[@LumiSisuSusi]

I love Caerleon! As a south Walian I have many fond memories of the place from my childhood. What a great place to go to school! unfortunately, I have not been since 2016 when I went there for my birthday as I adore the place. I now live in Finland so I miss Cymru so badly. The hiraeth is strong 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@3vo338]

@@LumiSisuSusi May the Hireath be strong with you, Cyru Am Byth a Yma O Hyd!!

[@DJ-Brownie-UK]

Im 5 minutes up the road went to St.Julians (pronounced SayntJew-leons) for comp. Btw, I used to mooch off school to snog and finger the girls over the Dingle, smoking all.sorts ,sniffing tippex , gas, fishing stickelbacks over beechwood or making rope swings and bon fires over pernells farm .

[@3vo338]

@@DJ-Brownie-UK My cousin went there, said it was mental himself, mind u Caerleon was no less mental. I remember my mam giving me n all my m8's sherbet... And we when n snorted the fuckin' stuff!! One lad had to go to the hospital bc he burst a blood vessel in his eye 😭😭

[@DJ-Brownie-UK]

@@3vo338 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣haahhaahhahha , made my day that hahahaha those where the best times I can recall me and my mate smoking "mixed herbs" in that thin paper from those cheap bibles you get in the 1st year of comp 😁hehheh

[@TeresaAE]

Such an informative and excellent video! I also subscribed to your channel! I have some Welsh DNA 🧬 and my husband has perhaps as much as 50% Welsh! I’ve never heard of anyone giving this much time and serious attention to the People of Wales! Thank you ❤

[@resemblesanacorn6561]

Thank you for this. Excellent.

[@RichieFearz]

Thankyou so much for this!

[@agen5573]

I hope that this channel grows big and you get the subscribers and views you deserve! These are some really good videos!

[@walkietalkietraveller2932]

i second that, Agen 5 :)

[@Diogenes_43]

Great deep dive on the Welsh. Well done.

[@gemma327]

Really enjoyed this- thank you from Caerphilly

[@davemcintoshyt277]

TY for this video. Very informative. I am Welsh. Living on Anglesey. Loved seeing all the video clips of the different locations.

[@grahamfleming8139]

We in the Scottish Borders are well aware of our Welsh bloodlines and proud of it,names like peebles, Lee pen ,white coomb,Ettrick pen, Ancrum, lauder still survive today . Both lands are proud of 🏉 rugby and if Scotland is no playing we back the boyos.

[@garrywynne1218]

Yes. It was the Hen Ogledd (Old North) were names still reflect this (pen - top or head) Glas (Green /Blue) Aber (estuary) Lanark ( Llanerch - glade) . The area spoke Cumbric which was a derivative of Old Welsh or Cymraeg. All very interesting as a history and shows we have more in common than we are led to believe.

[@grahamfleming8139]

@@garrywynne1218 in England it extends to Carlisle from the Welsh and gaelic too for seat,the pen ines and penrith, to everyday penquins

[@garrywynne1218]

@@grahamfleming8139 I never thought of Penguins to be honest ? Thanks

[@philhawley1219]

Brecon and Brechin?

[@grahamfleming8139]

@@philhawley1219 in gaelic breac is a trout or spotted, connected?brock is a badger

[@rosanna5515]

Very educational and engaging. I look forward ti more of your work. Thank you very much. Seremity.

[@llewelynthomas7086]

Great video 👏🏼

[@kennyglesga]

Great to see the Welsh resurgence in music, football, and the arts generally. Ever since hearing Dylan Thomas poems, I've been interested in the Welsh culture, with it's amazing castles and wooded valleys and ancient language.

[@juliagarza9942]

I have enjoyed this Video so very much I have discovered that I am a Welsh descendent in USA and it just so happens your video popped up and I laughed, must be my PSYIC ABILITIES kicking in. I look forward to many more of your Videos.

[@jojo1011able]

Really appreciate the effort put in to pronounce the welsh words.

[@petergriffiths369]

Absolutley brilliant. An English accent speaking good Welsh. I had a London accent speaking Welsh. The small town of Porthcawl, where I was born, had Viking settlements (Sker house), Medeival settlements (Kenfig) Norman churches and more. I shared this to my page, tagged my familey and the histoirans and fellow Archaeolgists 🙂Subscribed !

[@nickstephenson7340]

I recently found I am 100% Welsh on my mothers side. Her mother and fathers side both came to Canada from Wales and then went down into Idaho where my grandparents met in college at Ricks College. I love this video, thank you. I am trying to learn more of my ancestry to pass onto my children.

[@barryevans7]

I can't remember what channel I seen it on but Pennsylvania was almost named new Wales and same parts still has Welsh street names.

[@fern4real733]

Ever since I got with my girlfriend, who's from Wales, I've been diving deep into the history of Wales. And she's been doing the same with me, I'm originally from Mexico, so she's been deep diving into my homeland and its rich history. Such an incredible combo, Mexican/Welsh 🇲🇽💘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@seraaron]

I wasn't expecting to hear xenogears music in this video. but pleasantly surprised! I also must say, i wasn't expecting your pronunciation of Welsh words to be that good either. and was also pleasantly surprised!

[@yqafree]

There is no better channel when it comes to in-depth research and the display of language angles.

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Excellent video.

[@Emil-Antonowsky]

Well, that was really, very good, thank you. I was impressed by your Welsh.

[@jeffroberts1649]

I have been researching my heritage over the past few months, my paternal grandfather came to Canada from Flintshire, this video was vert well done!

[@cynthiaclark9566]

Jeff Roberts, My Paternal Grandparents came to Canada from Swansea, Victor and Ida May Begy. There Son, Burton Clark Begy was my Dad. I am Sotts/Irish on my Mom's side😁

[@GaryOzbourne-mp7yv]

Flintshire is not far from were I come from Denbighshire. Flint is a Nice place..

[@jeffroberts1649]

@@GaryOzbourne-mp7yv Flintshire /Wales/Cymru is first on my bucket list!

[@comesahorseman]

👍👍 Well done, thank you!

[@bernadettecrawford3656]

Thanks for sharing

[@madsleonardholvik3040]

Great video! Thanks! I'll be going to Wales in April from Norway to see the Norwegian sailors church in Cardiff where my great grandfather went from Norway to work as a diacon at the beginning of the 19-hundreds. I'll be looking out for King Arthur as well!