Ian C "the "Germanic" tribes were, in fact, celtic tribes".Gernanic and celtic are linguistic terms, and though they are both indo-europian languages they are different and have been seperate branches since well before the Romans came along.As far as I'm concerned you can only be a "Celt" if you speek a celtic language, this rules out most of the people who call them selves Scots.The idea that their is some celtic "race" is nonsense.