The mystery of the Basques

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  • The ancient Basque culture has survived against the odds. We tour the Basque country to see what's being done to preserve its unique language, history and identity.
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  • @verdew8181
    @verdew8181 11 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    I really admire how since prehistoric times the Basques have always strongly identified themselves as such through the ages and never lost their language and identity even with the strongest political/military and economic pressures and persecutions.

    • @mareksagrak9527
      @mareksagrak9527 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      ​@berryblues please explain what you meant by that gibberish

    • @meredithheath5272
      @meredithheath5272 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Agree - it must be extremely difficult to hold on to their own Indigenous identity. But, they are doing an admirable job.

  • @YTfancol
    @YTfancol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    Beautiful. My mum was of Basque ancestry and she loved the ocean.

  • @lilyrose367
    @lilyrose367 12 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Half the population of the Basques have Rhesus Negative blood , which is very rare in the rest of the world. Im Rhesus Negative too, there are lots of theories about where it came from , but it is just as mysterious as the origins of the Basques.

    • @MyUsernameIsElla
      @MyUsernameIsElla 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Same! The research I’ve been doing on it lead me to Basque and I’m thinking about getting a DNA test done. My great grandfather was from Spain so I’m very curious now.

  • @xWHITExEAGLEx
    @xWHITExEAGLEx 12 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Hey, I enjoyed listening to Basque, and as a Scotsman, respect the age of your heritage, as Scotland is one of the last cultural identies of Celtic. Here, we call the pre-celtic people that lived here, "Picts" who were probobly related to the Basques, and we still have stone circles made by them and place/personal names.

  • @psychopain1
    @psychopain1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I have Basque and Scottish ancestry, it's very cool

  • @cynthiamclaglen5687
    @cynthiamclaglen5687 9 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    This is my favourite video of the Basques who are Ruisco. Their dance, singing, rhythms, love of the sea, tartans, dress are like the Celts/ Gaels.The Ruisco clades are found mainly in the western side of the United Kingdom and the whole of Europe, which shows how ancient they are. There is even a link to language in the structure of the language to Gaelic. Cynthia Allen McLaglen

    • @patrickconnolly3560
      @patrickconnolly3560 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The origin of Britain were the Basque people ,90% of the Irish and 70% of the Scots are Ruscio as well.

    • @cynthiamclaglen5687
      @cynthiamclaglen5687 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes and most of Europe is dominated by the clades of Ruisco. They are the most ancient people and I also come from them originally.

    • @mmpdg
      @mmpdg ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very interesting!

    • @cynthiamclaglen5687
      @cynthiamclaglen5687 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Black Lesbian Poet Well my ancestor wuz black, that I know for certain. I am proud of her and the other people who came out of Africa and went along the Yemen coast to the Indus. She is related to me and many other females who were mutated in India and from there they went around the earth and began to change because they were not getting enough sun, and the right kind of food, so the darker skinned people died off and the pinker people stayed and multiplied. In Australia they stayed darker skinned because we need the protection with this skin from the hot sun. Cynthia Allen McLaglen

    • @elyjane8316
      @elyjane8316 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As I was listening, the sings sounded very Gaelic.

  • @sueko5121
    @sueko5121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I love Basque people. I went to Basque Country for my holiday, they are so warm and gentle.

    • @elisabethdakak878
      @elisabethdakak878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I lived in the basque village of Sare, one of the most beautiful villages of France. I know the french basque country very well. Stunning!

  • @brendaellenbentley
    @brendaellenbentley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    The Paisa culture of Medellin, Colombia, is all from Basque men migrating there over several centuries. The Paisas of Medellin are all doers, coffee farmers, travel company operators, and founders all kinds of other enterprises. The Basques are most interesting!

    • @anaplane7520
      @anaplane7520 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do tell more I appreciate the knowledge

    • @scrio1
      @scrio1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eso sí que no os permitire, eso de paisa es todavía peor.

  • @laurar2418
    @laurar2418 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I'm so glad that this interview exist. In France I rarely find such as interesting documentary about Basque Culture!

    • @akatxupowell4431
      @akatxupowell4431 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Laura R because france is the most nationalist and imperialist country of europe,a bigoted country

    • @emmaphilo4049
      @emmaphilo4049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think they don't want to ignite the indépendantist streak so they rather not insist on regional identity

  • @puma1304
    @puma1304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    happy basque-irish descendant from south america: this marine tradition is nice, it reminds me when the cod fishing basques and Saint Brendan visited the coast of Newfoundland... gora Euskal Herria! Éire beo fada!

  • @williamkelly9859
    @williamkelly9859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What the man says is so fundamentally important.we must all hold our añcestors close. They are who we are.the basque language is precious.

  • @Dancingsingingstars
    @Dancingsingingstars 10 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I'm half Basque half Irish ^^ and thank you! :D

    • @tenzinsangpo2221
      @tenzinsangpo2221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Irish and basques we have the same rooths

    • @user-zp2uo9od6l
      @user-zp2uo9od6l 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tenzinsangpo2221 about 4500 years ago

    • @MiloManning05
      @MiloManning05 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-zp2uo9od6l1,000

  • @sandrakimberlin5027
    @sandrakimberlin5027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hi everyone I wish you peace and love I'm skandinavian ,Icelandic!

  • @websurfer5772
    @websurfer5772 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Basque culture is beautiful! 🎼 🚣‍♂ 🌊

  • @1Fireskull
    @1Fireskull 10 ปีที่แล้ว +281

    National identity and self-determination for the Basque and all nations! I salute the Basque honor!

    • @Kraw1989
      @Kraw1989 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What the fuck are you talking about

    • @maiteargaluza5541
      @maiteargaluza5541 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Kraw1989 Dear Kraw, I`ll explain it to you, firstable, calm down please. What Basque Country claims is just to get back its own right of being basques, with an idiom wich origin is still unknown, stolen by Fascists, in former times, and also tortured in the not so far past. Let me tell you something: Nowadays, prestigious british and american antropologists, are still studying about this people. They wonder How, When, Where, Why ...etc. Lesson number one has ended. Have a nice day

    • @brandonwright1001
      @brandonwright1001 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      1Fireskull run into you in the weirdest places on youtube bro. Lol. Yes, I also agree the basque should be allowed to have their own homeland. I did a DNA test and found out I was part basque, very interesting people.

    • @ximo8533
      @ximo8533 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Brandon Wright Y esa cuatribarrada de detrás?.La bandera catalana-valenciana.

    • @1Fireskull
      @1Fireskull 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Brandon Wright
      Yes. They are our R1b brothers and sisters. If the majority of Basque want nationhood, then I say give it to them. They are a part of Spain from the Spanish Empire imperialism, but historically they had their own culture. Basque independence might be the quickest way of their leaving The European Union empire of Cultural Marxism with its MASSIVE immigration and selling Europe to the world.
      As I remind people: Patriotism is rising in every nation of Europe now.
      Peace and unity for our peoples!

  • @EMVelez
    @EMVelez 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I have Basque ancestry on my mother’s side. The family name is Echevarria. They settled in Puerto Rico.

    • @paulm2467
      @paulm2467 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Echevarria is Etxeberria in Euskera (Basque) and means New House. Most British people have some common genes with the Basques as they were thought to be a major part of the re-occupation of the British Isles after the last ice age.

  • @alexriches6957
    @alexriches6957 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My great grandmother was from Donostia. I would love to go there one day and see it for myself.

  • @akatxupowell4431
    @akatxupowell4431 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Im basque and proud...euskalduna naiz eta arro...je suis basque et fier...soy vasco y orgulloso ✌💪

  • @ThePumpingiron27
    @ThePumpingiron27 6 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    I just found out I am Basque. Well at least part Basque. Now I have a new language to learn! Yay!!!

    • @wc7484
      @wc7484 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same here :3

    • @pennydavis2637
      @pennydavis2637 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same

    • @rerun374
      @rerun374 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      What if the company you gave your DNA to decides to behave like Facebook?

    • @chrisardaiz6010
      @chrisardaiz6010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pennydavis2637 Same here Penny.

    • @dorakemba2899
      @dorakemba2899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      How did you found out tho?
      I think it's beautiful if you would learn Basque. It is an extremly unique and special language! I really hope you already started :)

  • @martiglesias60
    @martiglesias60 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Im proud to be bask and Spanish!

  • @andrewflare1361
    @andrewflare1361 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Greetings and respect to the Basque people, from a country also fighting to maintain their cultural and physical existence in this world despite the odds.
    Hellas and Euskera, might not only have that in common !

    • @anaworld4354
      @anaworld4354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The independentism movement in the Basque Country is minimal. The majority of them feel Spanish.

    • @rubensimon48
      @rubensimon48 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@anaworld4354 not really

    • @anaworld4354
      @anaworld4354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rubensimon48 Yes, it's true. The majority is not a big majority, but still it's a majority.

    • @luisasensio3011
      @luisasensio3011 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@anaworld4354 no te lo crees ni tu.

  • @FALLOUTBIOCREED
    @FALLOUTBIOCREED 11 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    i just learned my dads side ancestry is Basque,hell even my last name gives it away. something that amazed me is how my last name is actually the name of the village in the Basque country,in where the people from that village that left to the new world carried the village name as their surname, so they can recall where their from.Im just amazed in how i always thought i just had Mexican ancestry.my dads side looks so white,gingers and colored eyes.that it help me see why we looked different.

    • @hannahsaldivar4030
      @hannahsaldivar4030 ปีที่แล้ว

      Heyyy primo are you Saldivar?

    • @AndrewEvenstar
      @AndrewEvenstar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      very interesting . my driver who drove me to San Sebastián today did say the Surnames are usually after Mountains , places of nature etc. This entire area is mountainous , beautiful and well kept up.

  • @rainandsnowandsorrow
    @rainandsnowandsorrow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I looked up my maiden name and it turns out it’s Basque. I also took a DNA test and it came back with roots in Spain France and Portugal.

  • @ajwills27
    @ajwills27 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Respect to the Basques from England.

  • @adamtorua8743
    @adamtorua8743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Mexican and I’m 10% Basque 😭 this is awesome

    • @CTS55555
      @CTS55555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Adam I also got 10% basque ethnicity. The last ancestor to be born in Mexico and lived in Mexico her whole life was my great grandmother and we had her do ancestry dna test when it came out years ago. It was right before she passed away. Her actual Mexican ethnicity ( Native American tribes from Mexico) was only 20%. 75 of her ancestry dna was mostly European DNA. When I checked the latest ancestry dna updates for my great grandmother her basque percentage was 20%.

    • @MyUsernameIsElla
      @MyUsernameIsElla 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’ve been doing some research myself and it all started with the fact that during my pregnancy I found out I was an Rh negative blood type. My great grandfather is from Spain and I’m currently living in Texas with family from Mexico (Zacatecas by way of Chihuahua). I hope to get a DNA test soon. Maybe we might be related! 😮😊

  • @54markl
    @54markl 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I am Irish, I am an Ancient Basque. They are my Forefathers, I must respect them. Even my Italian half comes from Basques, the old Appeninians, older than Etruscans.

    • @katieb2098
      @katieb2098 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      how did you discover that?

    • @adityanawani8134
      @adityanawani8134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      54markl
      WE WUZZ BASQUESS N SHEEEETTTTT!😂😂😂

    • @lebigmac1426
      @lebigmac1426 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Basques only were in the northern part of Italy in the alps. The boot of Italy was completely different.

    • @AnelyMG
      @AnelyMG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lebigmac1426 Thanks for this information. I'm o- my dad is o- and his grandfather was from the Italian alps. I'm curious to find out if we have Basque in us or not.

    • @koesben9363
      @koesben9363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lebigmac1426 but basques are from the Pyrenees mountains not the alps 😮

  • @Expatinholland
    @Expatinholland 12 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I am a Basque living abroad already for many years. Miss my country so much! Thanks for the video!

  • @josezapata1000
    @josezapata1000 9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    really interesting to know more about this culture, my ancestors came from the Basque country to Argentina in the early 18th century, it's quite amazing that some of the people that appear in this video resembles quite a lot with my relatives hahaha, I'd love to visit the Basque country someday. Cheers

    • @patrickconnolly3560
      @patrickconnolly3560 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just get the fly tickets and go, don't hesitate , you are going to have a very good welcome USANDIVARAS is a basque surname Basque people is very friendly and you will enjoy that for sure.

    • @yomomyomom3507
      @yomomyomom3507 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      José Felix Zapata Usandivaras Friendly is an overstatement...let's leave it in 'correct'. Weather is amazingly mild (very good for European Standard, not Mediterranean though).
      And the food...........omg.......the food.....!!!!!!!!

    • @jokerroosterx5726
      @jokerroosterx5726 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      javier martinez yes we are very friendly ajajajajajaj....yes im basq

    • @OriginalSoundtrack
      @OriginalSoundtrack 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      javier martinez ¿Y Zapata también podría ser vasco no? De zapato, como el apellido Elorduizapatarietxe (literalmente, CasadelzapaterodeElordui xD).

    • @selladoscontorazon9763
      @selladoscontorazon9763 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Both of your surnames are Basque Zapata and Usandibaras (writen with B not V)

  • @ramirochavera2437
    @ramirochavera2437 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Im a descendant of the Vidaurri Family ( Mier Mexico/ South Texas) passed on the Basque genes

    • @MyUsernameIsElla
      @MyUsernameIsElla 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi! Did you take a DNA test or did an ancestry check to know this? I’ve been doing my own research which mostly came from the fact that my blood type is Rh negative and it has lead me to the people of Basque. My family is from Mexico (Zacatecas by way of Chihuahua) and I currently live in Houston, Texas. Any chance we might be related?

  • @russellm7530
    @russellm7530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My Grandmother was a Basque embassador or something like that here in the U.S. with NABO. She and several of my older relatives spoke Basque.

  • @TheEIREGUNNER
    @TheEIREGUNNER 10 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    irish people's closest genetic ancestors are from the basque region.

    • @motorvating
      @motorvating 10 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Look at the Rh- factor, it means the whole of the UK's is closely related to the Basque's. The Rh- factor is strongest in the Basque people followed by the those living in the British Isles.

    • @motorvating
      @motorvating 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ***** Well I'm English and have Rh- blood, as does 15% of the population of England, which isn't much less then wales, Ireland or Scotland.

    • @motorvating
      @motorvating 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      *****
      Recent DNA studies show that the original British DNA stock in England is still prevalent above the stock of all the invading forces, so showing the Angle, Saxon and Norse invasions didn't wipe out the local Britons, but rather took control of royalty, politics and institutions. I'm fascinated with genealogy so had a DNA test done which shows me to be British as British could be. I've traced one family line back to 15th c Sywell in Northamptonshire; family name being Darker which was a Anglo Saxon derogatory name for the Britons as they tended to be of a darker complection.

    • @motorvating
      @motorvating 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *****
      cheeky git

    • @motorvating
      @motorvating 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *****
      *****
      Don't talk like a cnut. Take a poll in any country and they will be different e.g. the Scots and Irish will poll badly towards the English, whilst most of Spain will poll badly against Catalonia, as the Poles will against the Germans. If you're gonna come on here to debate, at least use credible evidence and not huge sweeping generalisations.

  • @joalexsg9741
    @joalexsg9741 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for this most educational video on the wonderful Basque people´s history!

  • @ssibhah
    @ssibhah 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Proud that my husband is of Basque origin!

    • @tenzinsangpo2221
      @tenzinsangpo2221 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kisses for both.

    • @ftlkh9608
      @ftlkh9608 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tenzinsangpo2221 Are you from Tibet? I see(many times) that you are interested answering on "basque subjects" Segi hol'hola mutikoa Plazer egiten du beti zu bezalako baten ikustea Ene lehengo izen bat Tatagatha Rimpoche izan da Ahaha Lehengo ixtorio Izan untsa Ikus artio

  • @edelquinn9857
    @edelquinn9857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How can I find a cd of the man singing at the end , his voice is so soothing and beautiful and speaks to my soul! Thank you so much everyone

    • @luisaymerich9675
      @luisaymerich9675 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      So much different from the Basque irrintzi call. It's like yodeling on steroids. 😄

    • @scrio1
      @scrio1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eso es fácil, graba a un ebrio cantando en la calle.

  • @user-zl6tt7vg6m
    @user-zl6tt7vg6m 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    greetings from Georgia :)

  • @MoniB888
    @MoniB888 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Learned I was 7% Basque from my DNA test, trying to learn more about this fascinating lineage. It's definitely my favorite ❤

    • @phukyew14
      @phukyew14 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Basque women are beautiful 🤩

  • @roxyaedoo
    @roxyaedoo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I'm an english teacher, studying mandarin chinese... and makes me so sad that I can speak spanish (castilian), english and chinese, and I'm not able to speak euskera.
    My grandfather told me once "We used to speak different when was a kid. Old people spoke a language, I could understand it back then, but I forgot it. Adults decided to forget it when we became settlers and came here" According to my researches, that language was euskera, and I've always wondered why they decided to forget it.

    • @calebgamer1720
      @calebgamer1720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Because people assimilate to new countries a lot of time their language and customs are lost over time and replaced by those of the country they live in..

    • @Amy-gf7je
      @Amy-gf7je 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Forced to replace ir

    • @scrio1
      @scrio1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mira mi niña, no os estás perdiendo de nada.

  • @hgudelj2
    @hgudelj2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Amazing land, people and culture, I'd love to learn more about them.

  • @tamnavac
    @tamnavac 10 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Basque - Republic.....regards from Serbia.

    • @Mario-hx7iv
      @Mario-hx7iv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Álvaro de Bazán He is Serbian,ive seen his profile and there are videos on Serbian.Btw im from Croatia and Serbian and Croatian are really really close.

    • @justhold9324
      @justhold9324 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Republic of Kosovo And Bosnia.

    • @dorakemba2899
      @dorakemba2899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The hypocrisy ...

    • @dorakemba2899
      @dorakemba2899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@justhold9324 Bonsnia and Albania - both carry names that derrived from illyrian. If there should be countries in Balkan, then Bosnia, Dalmatia, Albania. These names and tribes existed before Christ, before hellenization and romanization, chrstianization and islamization. There is no "muslim" DNA and evenothough a lot Bosnians and Albanians are muslims (NOT all tho!) - their countries are *secular!*
      As for Albania; they were never fully hellenized, romanized, nor slavinized. Just like Basque were never romanized and preserved their roots.
      Why do you guys have a problem with ppl that refuse to give up their true identities and mothertongues?

    • @dorakemba2899
      @dorakemba2899 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mario-hx7iv
      Actually not. Serbs and Croats are not "the same". They are linguistically the same, but language cannot reverse or change your DNA.
      Bosnian Croats carry a lot I haplogroup (pre-germanic) in their Genetics - the highest frequency, Serbs carry about the half like Croats (pretty much the same as Albanians).
      Which isn't only found in Bosnian Croats in very high frequencies, but also in _Bosniaks_ in the same frequency in ppl of Caucasus like Dargins (close related to Avars).

  • @floresaza253
    @floresaza253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Doing ancestry DNA it turns out my dad is 11 percent Basque and I'm 7 percent, and also of course big percentage of Spanish and some Portuguese. Really interesting to see their culture.

  • @mamabari07
    @mamabari07 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is beautiful..

  • @amonamaria2000
    @amonamaria2000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    yes the Irish and basque are the same DNA brothers you can say.

    • @beth-rg8bm
      @beth-rg8bm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No were not!

    • @StarCoded
      @StarCoded 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      As a nation, Australia has more of the Rh negative blood (19%, compared with 15% in Ireland - that is, the world average.) As an ethnic group, the Basque people demonstrated 21-43% of the negative factor (dependent on location). The highest percentage is among the Basque- speaking regions of their nation.

    • @christophercardono6274
      @christophercardono6274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@beth-rg8bm yes we are, it called black Irish because Spanish Men from Basque have Black hair and it's a fact through my DNA through my mother side of the Irish Family.

    • @beth-rg8bm
      @beth-rg8bm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@christophercardono6274
      I'm Basque and Irish myself and genetically both bloodlines come from different area...does this mean there is no Basque blood in any Irish family... Obviously not... but they are NOT THE SAME!
      And yes I'm rh negative A and 99% European!

    • @beth-rg8bm
      @beth-rg8bm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@christophercardono6274
      Grandfather told me tales of Basque fishermen getting blown off course and ended up in Scotland and Ireland and intermarriage...they were not one race!
      That's like saying all americans are Indian because they occupie the same country!

  • @kimiantumblod7654
    @kimiantumblod7654 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful.

  • @jamesunderwood9100
    @jamesunderwood9100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man I want to go there!!!!!

  • @pashedmotatos
    @pashedmotatos 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I live in Louisiana, we also have an amount of people with Portuguese, Galician and Basque ancestry. Most people are either of French, or to a lesser extent, Castillian Spanish ancestry. But Portuguese, Galician, and Basque aren't too uncommon. In fact, I am 3/4ths French and 1/4th English. I am also 1/16th half French half Galician.
    There is also a family business that makes Cajun jambalaya, based out of New Orleans, they're called ZATARAIN's, which is a Basque surname.

    • @lupitacajero7185
      @lupitacajero7185 ปีที่แล้ว

      So Cajun and Jambalaya are of Basque origin?

    • @pashedmotatos
      @pashedmotatos ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lupitacajero7185 I don’t know. Possibly

  • @moedeco
    @moedeco 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My family name is Solache my granfather used to to tell me stories of our people this is great

  • @salchaw
    @salchaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    you are the pride of all nations ! long live the basques !

  • @laflaka1211
    @laflaka1211 9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Very interesting, I want to learn more about my ancestors, my grandfather was Basque.

    • @scrio1
      @scrio1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bueno, primero aprendes a ordeñar, después a pescar y después de unos tragos el lenguaje Vasco.

  • @fisherman1353
    @fisherman1353 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m Cuban and I just found out by DNA that I have basque roots on me among others

  • @aaragundi84ify
    @aaragundi84ify 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Im of basque decent my grandparents traveled form basque to Ecuador south america. I am America live in Los Angeles. I'mso grateful for this history and would love to know more of the Aragundi family. Were can i get more information on learning my native tongue?

  • @scotsosageprairiegal7455
    @scotsosageprairiegal7455 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well said. and very true!

  • @estebanordorika9722
    @estebanordorika9722 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    GOOD WORK...

  • @BeingPeachy
    @BeingPeachy 11 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I would LOVE to hear more about this. I just left a comment explaining my ancestry lead to us finding out our family was not Native American ( Indian) as we had been lead to believe but instead our ancestor was Juan De Basque brought here as a child & then he adopted a more English sounding name! Would love to give info to my 80+ yr old father.

  • @roxyaedoo
    @roxyaedoo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    He forgot it because his parents came as settlers to southamerica and, for some sad reason, decided to forget about their origins, language, etc. So, as a little kid, it was obvious that without someone speaking around him, he was going to forget the language, even more once he became an adult. As an old man it was so frustrating for him to know the language only in his mind. So sad, but he said this was very common among basque settlers in southamerica.
    I'm learning euskera because of him :)

  • @jmj4879
    @jmj4879 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very beautiful! Thank you !

  • @SERGUMUM
    @SERGUMUM 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I am spanish and I know that part of me come from Euskadi, becuase that is the old tibes that live in Europe before the Glaciar Period. they are the oldest. So we are all partly Basque.

  • @msimpson4078
    @msimpson4078 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My father's side is Basque and I hope to visit sometime soon.

    • @RodrigoSilvaDiaz
      @RodrigoSilvaDiaz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, Euskal Herria (Basque Country) is beautiful!!!!!!!

  • @RabidWookies
    @RabidWookies 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My son asked me about the region where our Xavier family is from. I knew we were Basque, but I then realized I knew nothing about the Basque people or their history. Thanks for the vid! Very informative!

  • @brandonirizarry6380
    @brandonirizarry6380 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    There are many Basque surnames in Puerto Rico my last name is Irizarry all my life until just a few years ago people would ask me where my last name originated and it wasn't until I met a gentlemen from Ohio who told it was basque.

    • @StarCoded
      @StarCoded 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's wonderful that you learned where your family name originated. Maybe you will travel there one day and meet more Irizarry family. It appears to be a beautiful and stable place.

    • @xp10199
      @xp10199 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Iberian diaspora in Puerto Rico is hardly even Basque, especially when compared to the other Hispanic nations that received far more profound Basque immigration, as well as even settlers during the Spanish colonial days (Nueva Vizcaya, Nueva Navarra etc in Mexico etc). As far as I'm concerned, the vast majority of Spanish immigrants to Puerto Rico were southern Spaniards and isleños.
      The Basque diaspora outside Europe is by far largest in Argentina followed by Chile Colombia etc. Also note that Uruguay being small, has a significantly high percentage of Basque descendants.

    • @opapergunner
      @opapergunner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My last name is Legarreta and I would love to visit where my ancestors come from

    • @hannahlebron734
      @hannahlebron734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      im half puerto rican and my last name is LeBron, i think its spanish and french but idk for sure. how do you know if your latst name is basque?

    • @opapergunner
      @opapergunner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hannah Lebron ancestry lookup

  • @Raven135
    @Raven135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Absolutely beautiful people and language!💜🙏🌻😂. Brought tears to my eyes for some reason..

    • @scrio1
      @scrio1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Estáis en lo cierto, más bellos que los neandertales, joder

  • @aramehetanos9632
    @aramehetanos9632 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Держитесь братья мы любим вас . Привет из Армений

    • @gadeaiglesiassordo716
      @gadeaiglesiassordo716 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There is a weird relationship between Georgian and basque people Georgians LOVE basque people

  • @RoyalKnightVIII
    @RoyalKnightVIII 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the opening Bertsolari song :)

  • @MrAndre3211
    @MrAndre3211 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i'd love to visit this place!

  • @Pwnagotchi-0
    @Pwnagotchi-0 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fascinating

  • @Hankiedoodle
    @Hankiedoodle 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Being Basque, its always fun watching others attempt to pronounce your last name 😁

  • @JM23007
    @JM23007 7 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I have a lot of heritage from the different regions of Spain. Basque is part of it through my fathers side.
    My mothers side is a lot of Galician.
    Love getting to know the cultures, hope to visit the regions some day.

  • @larryorr3571
    @larryorr3571 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Another Great Real Story

  • @Beanmachine91
    @Beanmachine91 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i was honored to eat at local basque restaraunts here in bakersfield ca usa

  • @TrueBlueEG8
    @TrueBlueEG8 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    The songs sound so like old Irish folk, I believe there is a strong genetic link between the two.

    • @frangipani681
      @frangipani681 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i am Irish too, so this makes sense.

    • @TheMightycfc
      @TheMightycfc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      TrueBlueEG8 even that dancing looks similar too irish dance

    • @maryannebrown2385
      @maryannebrown2385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TrueBlueEG8 That is exactly what I thought too!

    • @TheWillystyla
      @TheWillystyla 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Irish people came from the Indo-Europeans while Basques are pre indo Europeans

    • @davidich3537
      @davidich3537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Basque people descend from old iberians. One of first caucasians. Todays "Georgia" saqartvelo. They are that old when civilisation flowred Ireland was still a wild Island. They have 8000+ years wine heritage

  • @gexamb88
    @gexamb88 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Basque people originated from the Armenians about 4000 years ago. There are over 600 words in the Armenian and Basque language that have same pronunciation and have same exact definition. Ancient Armenians were known to have the knowledge of smelting gold. The Basque people found plentiful gold in spain and named the land Basque or gold. Gold in Armenian is "voski" aka vosconian language or Basque language. basque > vasque > voski = gold.

  • @ericbasco
    @ericbasco 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I look forward to traveling to my ancestral country. My love for Euskadi.

    • @anaworld4354
      @anaworld4354 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Spain. The Basque Country is not a country.

    • @nile8686
      @nile8686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@anaworld4354 the Basque country is called Basque country for a reason lol

    • @anaworld4354
      @anaworld4354 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nile8686 It is an autonomous community, not a country.

    • @nile8686
      @nile8686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@anaworld4354 i live here lol and thats what we identify as

    • @anaworld4354
      @anaworld4354 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nile8686 But you're not every Basque person. The only official thing is that the Basque Country is an autonomous community.

  • @lallamabantaz
    @lallamabantaz 13 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great vid, thanks for uploading this :)
    I did miss a few things, though:
    - As mentioned by the speaker, our country is divided in two, but the video focuses on the South (songs, accents and landscapes, especially).
    - Although the sea is very important for many of us, there's no mention to traditional farming or current business - we're not only rural, we are competitive business people too, and that doesn't mean we're going to lose our essence!

  • @cynthiamclaglen5687
    @cynthiamclaglen5687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love the Basques! They are my ancestors. Beautiful culture and country! Cynthia McLaglen

  • @batzarras
    @batzarras 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @Enrique Jauregui that's not a regular song. It's called "bertso" and it's about improvising about certain topic, in this case the Basque Country's story and hopes for freedom. The author is Jon Maia.

  • @FabricioSilva-ex4bo
    @FabricioSilva-ex4bo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting. Cheers to the Basque.

  • @miguelvega6579
    @miguelvega6579 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Im here because my mom (Mexican-American) did a dna test and has Basque in her blood. Never even heard of this culture but Fascinating people.

    • @aiertxuu5310
      @aiertxuu5310 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Intrigued as of what you mean with "Mexican-American" . I understand that if you are mexican, you are american by definition (would you mind to explain a little bit?)

    • @MyUsernameIsElla
      @MyUsernameIsElla 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@aiertxuu5310He means she is from the United States, most likely born there, but her family is from Mexico. That’s what we (People from the USA) usually refer to as Mexican-American.

  • @e.producer1082
    @e.producer1082 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Took a dna test and turns out I have Basque in me even though the percentage is extremely low. But my last name is actually Basque which is really cool and I’m Peruvian 🇵🇪🇺🇸

    • @imanolgorrochategui6663
      @imanolgorrochategui6663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Como es tu apellido? El mio es Gorrotxategi

    • @Kirbylinkkirby
      @Kirbylinkkirby 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      El mio es Goytendía :')

    • @scrio1
      @scrio1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Corristes con suerte que fue solo un rozón, ahora cambiate el nombre y nunca vuelvas a mencionarlo.

    • @hekutoru_2131
      @hekutoru_2131 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scrio1 Porque dices eso?

  • @alfonsovidal7064
    @alfonsovidal7064 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Basque people are all around Spain, you have only to see that the more used last name is "García" from basque "Hartza", "Artza", "Hartze", "Harze" that means ("oso" in Spanish) and ("bear" in English).

    • @Coregame3
      @Coregame3 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Artza? In Armenian we call it Arch/Arj.

    • @julengerrikagogeaskoetaran3114
      @julengerrikagogeaskoetaran3114 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Coregame3 Really?! I didn't expect that.

    • @Coregame3
      @Coregame3 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Julen Gerrikagogeaskoetaranburuakordagoitiagirre It's Indo-European.

    • @ruairimasun1073
      @ruairimasun1073 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah, Old Irish for bear was "art", which is where the name "Arthur" (Artair) comes from, meaning "bear hunter"

  • @xe7535
    @xe7535 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Half basque here from 🇸🇻 with RH- blood

  • @JordoF6
    @JordoF6 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Main guy talking could easily pass as an irishman.

  • @LeoPena81
    @LeoPena81 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My family is from Durango, Mexico. I'd love to visit Durango, Viscaya!

    • @julen9438
      @julen9438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bizkaia*😏

  • @jabamelkadze1
    @jabamelkadze1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Long live Basques! Best wishes from the Caucasian Iberia(Georgia)!

  • @jesusangelsanchez4135
    @jesusangelsanchez4135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great!

  • @amrughozali5112
    @amrughozali5112 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    superb

  • @marvinsilverman4394
    @marvinsilverman4394 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    one of the founders of the 80's band 'tears for fears' is Basque

    • @Salomious
      @Salomious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      From Getxo, I must add :)

  • @ferroapm
    @ferroapm 12 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I'm very proud of having a Basque surname (Gurpegi) :D

    • @scrio1
      @scrio1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cojones, bueno si te gustan los nombres de los peces exóticos, muy bien por ti.

  • @willchangename.5308
    @willchangename.5308 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    i can relate alot to this video

  • @derlingerardclair6252
    @derlingerardclair6252 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have some Basque Ancestry through my maternal 2X Great-Grandmother ,Rose Dazet.She was born in Villecomital-sur-Arros,Gers,Midi-Pyrenees,France,which is right around the Basque Country(Pays-Basque).

  • @joaoidiarte4377
    @joaoidiarte4377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Meu bisavô paterno era basco , escutar esse cântico no meu dialeto ancestral , causa uma emoção que somente quem a sente , compreende !!!

    • @scrio1
      @scrio1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joder, tu lo que pareces es tener sangre del conde Drácula de Transilvania.

    • @KH-dm9zm
      @KH-dm9zm 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mine too. Great, great, great tho. Ibam also rh negative

  • @EMVelez
    @EMVelez 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It is so strange to me that I have Basque ancestry on my mother’s side and despite not being able to swim, anyone who knows me, knows that I am happiest by the sea. My mother felt the same way. I did not know about the sailor/maritime tradition in the Basque culture. Perhaps it is in the DNA to love the sea.

  • @nehemiahsaycsar
    @nehemiahsaycsar 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me too! I'm so curious about my culture

  • @Iridescence7770
    @Iridescence7770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Are these people well known for sailing in Spain? I remember reading anecdotes about basque sailors in my country and this documentary reminded me of it.

    • @gyla3865
      @gyla3865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yess!! They finally discovered a book about how basque sailors found America almost 100 years before Columbus. The book is in french, but it is clearly written how they even helped describung the routed they took and stuff

    • @RodrigoSilvaDiaz
      @RodrigoSilvaDiaz ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you Icelandic?

    • @gadeaiglesiassordo716
      @gadeaiglesiassordo716 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Basque people? Great sailors. Absolutely

  • @BalkanibalX
    @BalkanibalX 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a member of a nation that was under foreign rule from 1102 untill 1991, I feel the pain of proud Basque people and I see many resemblence between Basques and my people.
    I hope your strugle for independance comes with less cost in human lives than ours had...
    Big respect for Basques from Croatia

  • @nirelekua
    @nirelekua 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    we usually learn basque first, but it depends on the lenguage that you speak at the school and on how your parents speak to you. In some of the areas we speak more basque than in others.

  • @cmartichick
    @cmartichick 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    very interesting :) thanks

  • @cretanmrkastellos1893
    @cretanmrkastellos1893 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you should write a book , your knowledge are incredible dangerous !!!

  • @Vallataa
    @Vallataa 9 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I'm British and I can definitely say that most of these people look British. I think we us Brits though, we're just a huge mix. I honestly don't look anything like these people, I have blonde hair and blue eyes, but my grandmother is Irish, black hair and blue eyes like many Basques. Fascinating stuff!

    • @theblitzkrieg168
      @theblitzkrieg168 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      My grandfather is from Castille and Leon and he has white skin, black hair and blue eyes, my grand grand father was a ginger. All the north of Spain is like this, I can assure you that.

    • @anaworld4354
      @anaworld4354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      The Basques look exactly the same to the rest of Spain, lol.

    • @manuelsanchezdeinigo3959
      @manuelsanchezdeinigo3959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I am from Nuevo Mexico USA and my Grandfather had Blond hair blue eyes, we are Spaniard Basque that came down from Iñigo Arista who had close ties to the British, I have 10% British isle DNA.

    • @meta-etherealinfo2445
      @meta-etherealinfo2445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that is cos..the basques were ancient atlantians/latin/greek origin
      later that same part of atlantis..turned into uk!

    • @HOPROPHETA
      @HOPROPHETA ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Basques, Welsh and Black Irish have similar features which may also be shared with some Pacific islanders. Facinating.

  • @user-yt5vc2te6b
    @user-yt5vc2te6b 10 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Basque people deserve freedom and independent state
    Long live the Basque Country

    • @1986Richard
      @1986Richard 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      NEVER !!! BASQUE PEOPLE ARE SPANIARDS

    • @Tayloraurrekoetxea
      @Tayloraurrekoetxea 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you!!! Everyone should know this!!

    • @GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser
      @GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fascism is strong in this one.

    • @Tayloraurrekoetxea
      @Tayloraurrekoetxea 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Joder, enserio? Ahora todos los vascos somos etarras? Toma! Entonces, todos los alemanes son nazis...

    • @josuundabarrena144
      @josuundabarrena144 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Gonzalo Fernández Te has pasado un pelín como un chorizo.Eres un imbecil.

  • @MyBelowme
    @MyBelowme 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    for a mysterious language.....the words hes singing sound like a combo of Gaelic and miq maq...and the melody itself even sounds like the marine time folk music of novascotia and pei and newfoundland......

  • @robertpineda4549
    @robertpineda4549 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I have Basque ancestry but did not know what Basque was until recently. I am excited to learn more about it. Would love to connect with others who are in the same position!