Being not noticed by the rest of the world and staying in your own lane in an incredibly wise thing to do.

They're not jews or niggers so I'm fine with them existing and possibly being the origin of Europeans.

I think their own history of being descendants of people who fled an Atlantic continent is most likely true. Here’s a .

Here is an interesting fact. The occurrence of rh negative individuals is greater within the basque people than any other ethnicity.

Spent time in Brittany. Liked the people. Similarly, spent time on Sardegna and the Sards reminded me of the Basque though I don't think they overlap at all. Both groups seemed to know what they were about and didn't give a shit what the rest of the world thought about it. Helped build a mud brick farm house while I was on the island and was told by the owner it would likely outlive me by at least 300 years.

I was also told that during WW2 the Sardegnans didn't fight in the Italian military but were largely their own thing and were considered a sort of "special forces" of the region because they were hard motherfuckers. ( Maybe when you are being compared to WW2 military anyone would look like hard mothers? ;) ) When the war ended they were the only part of "Italy" -- a lot of folks in those regions think "Italy" was forced on them and they want no part of it -- that didn't fall under mafia control because the Sards would murder any southerners who tried to come there and start their bullshit.

Irish may have originally been basque settlers as well

Modern genetics have clarified a lot of Basque pre-history.

They were of regular European farmer stock and became Indo-Europeanized during the Bell Beaker period but for whatever reason didn't adopt an Indo-European language and then avoided interbreeding with other people even after converting to Christianity.

More mixed Basques inhabited all of South-Western France and North-Western Iberia and all Romance languages from that region(mostly extinct but also including Spanish) have some influence from Basque phonology.

>occupied for most of history and yet kept their culture >The mythology of the ancient Basques largely did not survive the arrival of Christianity in the Basque Country between the 4th and 12th century AD. Most of what is known about elements of this original belief system is based on the analysis of legends, the study of place names and scant historical references to pagan rituals practised by the Basques.[1]

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There are numerous Basque people here in my part of the far western US, historically they would drive sheep between the southern central valleys of California, along the eastern side of the mountains and the valleys of northern Nevada. There are several Basque restaurants in these regions, where food is generally served in traditional family style with table wine included. I have known several Basques among my friends and acquaintances and they have tended to be warm and genuinely friendly individuals.

I remember back in the early 80s there was a cartoon about a basque kid and his shepherd dog.

Also remember ETA terrorists / freedom fighters blowing up the occasional car bomb or assassination.

Seems like they achieved their goals pretty much.