Often during my many, many years of Jones surname tree climbing, which brought me to the northwestern area of Wales, which brought me to my distant Celtic ancestors, which brought me to wonder how these last folks managed to keep that Y-DNA flowing. After more than 100 years of fighting the Roman invaders, they (the Celts) seem to settle in the same area [World's End] and, kept the DNA moving down all the tree branches. Early in the tree branches it became known that the bronze boar occupied an important symbol on coins, helmets, shields, and even cooking pots. [p. 64, Heroes of The Dawn see post April 23] In addition, Laing in his text Celtic Britain, p.24 states "The original boar had been some kind of totem, designed to protect its owner." [see post April 19] Finally, and most significant, is the reference to a 2nd-century BC bronze cult wagon from Celtic Spain showing a rider and his hound chasseing a boar on horseback. [p. 68, Heroes of The Dawn]. Now imagine my surprise, when just this week, the following image came into focus.
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Could this connection [boar to boar] be answer to one of my Jones surname Y-DNA quandaries?
The 20th Legion (Valeria Victrix) was one of the four brought to the Island. It had service in Spain, and was one of the last Legions to leave Deva (Chester) at the withdrawal of Roman forces. Could some of the 20th be of Iberian Celtic descent, and share some of the same Y-DNA? They would certainly share the same totem. My Deceangli ancestors who occupied more than 400 years with these folks providing salt, iron, and a lot of beef! Maybe, they shared more than tribute.
See post May 10th for the reference to Invasion The Roman Conquest of Britain by Peddie, p.58, p.180.
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