Wow I got goose bumps when you mentioned the Philippines. I got my Ancestry results showing 33% Basque and 66% Filipino born in the Philippines. I live in Central Valley California I am trying to learn my heritage one step at a time. I enjoyed your videos, thanks for sharing.

I haven't done any dna tests or anything, but I'm fairly certain I have no Basque in me. I just find their unique history fascinating. So many people groups and languages have been lost over the centuries assimilated into larger groups, and it is remarkable to find a window into a very old culture that has survived so much. Thanks for your videos!

Thanks for doing these videos finding out more about my Basque heritage very informative!💯🤠👍❤️

@HellaBasque

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you're enjoying them :)

You are as proud of your roots as the rest of us all over the world...my family is still in Bilbao. Thank you for caring so much!

My interest in linguistics brought me here. A language indigenous to Europe but isn't Indo-European and predates it by millennia? I'm totally learning about it!

I showed this and some of your other videos to a geography of Oregon class I teach. My students loved it.

good video, I recently watched the film "Black is Beltza" and it sparked some interest in Basque culture.

Thanks 👍 information I'm one of them so strange found out few months ago where some of my roots came from 👍 here in busque very excited to learn more about beautiful 🥰 place

Me like the background

So happy that you have started this channel, Anne-Marie! You are a natural and summarized Euskal Herria very eloquently.

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

Nicole Tellechea aw thank you so much! Glad you’re following along! This channel has been a long time coming, but it’s taken me a while to gain the confidence to really put myself out there like this. It’s much more comfortable to hide behind a blog 😅

Beñat enjoyed his first lesson on the Basque Country!

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

Jacqueline Oh my God that is too cute!!

Great video.

Thank you

My roots, thank you little girl, luv you!

Wow this is fantastic young lady you are a Basque beauty

I don't know if you corrected it but the prevalence of Rh negative blood is a b negative in The Basque region. This is the this is the rarest blood besides I guess the no blood, another place that there's a heavy prevalence is in Northern Africa the Berber tribe. Anyway I have been a Rh negative aficionado and just thought I would chirp in if you already corrected yourself please forgive my comment rock on thank you for your videos very informative.

❤️

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

Dulce Melody Orozco 💕💕💕

I’m only 3% Basque according to ancestry dna . I never even heard of this country. Very interesting ❤

Navarre???? Please tell me more or where I can find more information

Really nice introduction :) bit I would like to make a positive criticism if O might... Do people call Scotland a region? Do people call Wales a region? Not really... they are nations without state, but nations nevertheless. So this exactly who we are, for different historical circumstances. Unless "region" has a different meaning in English I find it "diminishing". And I have no idea why has become so popular in Angloxason media to call us "region". In any case really cool video :) we need more presence in internet and in English language. Thanks a lot ! :)

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

eneko sagarbide hey that is great feedback. I totally agree the Basque Country is a nation. I didn’t script this video so I guess region is the first word that came to mind, as “nation” isn’t a word I use very often. But this would be a really great topic for a future video!

Nice Vid. Everyone should be proud of who they are and heritage.

Awesome channel! Love learning about Basque history. My grandmother was born in Cuba to a Basque mother. Unfortunately her mother passed away when my grandmother was a young child and she never got to know much about her, she has always been much of a mystery. A mystery that has always intrigued me and I’ve found my self trying to learn more about her. We have not been able to find her very unusual last name anywhere. Her last name was Garabayti and she was from Bizkaia. Trying to get any vital records from Cuba is non existent thanks to there “wonderful” political stance. Anyway, I’m pretty sure something will come up someday.

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you're enjoying the channel! That's a very interesting family history, it's a shame your grandmother didn't know her mom very well. If you're looking to learn more about your Basque name though, I would recommend you try asking about it in a Facebook group called I'm Basque & Proud. From time to time people post about their ancestors' names/villages and there are some knowledgable people in the group who may be able to tell you something :)

Hola Anne-Marie! Like you, I am part of the Basque diaspora, born in the Philippines and live in Los Angeles, CA. My forefathers were seafarers that sailed along with the Spanish conquistadors that colonized the Philippines many years back. Our lineage comes from Gipuzkoa province. Originally my basque surname is Irastorza but when my forefathers joined the spanish fleet, the spanish govt changed the spelling to Yrastorza to make it sound more spanish and not basque. During that time, the basque people were discriminated a lot. The reason is say this, there is really no Y in the basque alphabet and only I. So there goes my history... anyway, its a fascinating culture to be proud of. Great blog!

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Joey, thanks so much for sharing your family history! Really interesting! And yes, it was super common for Basque names to be changed to seem more French or Spanish. It's really impressive you know so much about your family lineage. :)

@lostinstrumentalsproject7343

2 жыл бұрын

You’re half basque half filipino you’re not basque you’re just half basque. I’m half hebrew but that doesn’t mean I am hebrew I just have hebrew blood.ethnicity is from both parents

Cuba!!!

Name od village/ country behind you? I really like and I wanna visit

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

Baigorri (French: Saint-Etienne-de-Baïgorry). It's a beautiful place!

@nazortube

5 жыл бұрын

@@HellaBasque thank you so much

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

@@nazortube You're welcome :)

@marclarrea7330

5 жыл бұрын

Both sides of my family are from Baigorri. My family tree is more like a "family wreath" haha

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

@@marclarrea7330 That's an amazing visual haha

I will find a way to take you.

I'm the only one who writes from Álava. Besarkada handi bat Arabatik!

My blood lineage is From basque I was born in Mexico and live in Los Ángeles California

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

Dulce Melody Orozco awesome! Do you know where in the Basque Country your people were from?

@jayrider2726

4 жыл бұрын

@@HellaBasque mine are Basque from Spanish side then to Mexico and USA

@iraultzabeitiagoitia5315

4 жыл бұрын

Orozko is in Bizkaia

The dislike has to be from one of Francos evil spawn 😂 What's not to love about the oldest current living culture? My folks were some of the last living los ninos vascos at the renunion in Blackboys years ago. They met in the camps bc of Franco so I can't be too mad at him I guess. You're so great! Thank you so much for what you're doing on here ✌&❤

@HellaBasque

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment! That's wild that your parents met in one of the camps.

💎🤝🙏💐😎🏁

I am coded I am part basque

I am 1 percent Basque. Not sure if that counts for much lol. Im more scottish and British and nigerian

Is... My country, My motherland, the place I belong..

@henriettaabeyta1457

2 жыл бұрын

Motherland or current homeland aren't the only detail to check out before carefully choosing where you belong. Follow your heart some the facts related to where one belongs does with skills and how you grew up as well as if you're willing to change or not.

@akatxupowell4431

2 жыл бұрын

@@henriettaabeyta1457 ? De pandereta y tambor(taumborines and drums)

perfect, I think next time I get asked "what does Basque mean or where is the Basque Country" I am just going to show them this video!

@HellaBasque

5 жыл бұрын

Esteban Martinez thanks! That’s exactly why I made it. :)

Araba? Does this name have any relation to the Arabs who used to rule spain?

@oier2995

3 жыл бұрын

No, it comes from basque meaning something like "flat". "Laua" means flat in standard basque but that "u" often was pronunced with a b so it'd be like "laba". Then the "a" was added probably due to facility in order to pronunce it. Then the r came naturally in the development of it's pronunciation. It's an old place name and words tend to change so much, so that letter changes are usual.

@saucysonnett7226

3 жыл бұрын

No the Basque Country wasn’t rule by the arbs

@sisblue2953

Жыл бұрын

No

Woohoo just learned I have 1% basque

I think the Basque country is not the same as Euskal Herria

@gerald4013

3 жыл бұрын

Would you say "Italy" and "Italia" are not the same country? :p

@pedrofr1434

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerald4013 They are different things, euskal herria is composed of the Basque country, Navarre and the French Basque country

@gerald4013

3 жыл бұрын

@@pedrofr1434 Euskal Herria means "Basque country"!, Navarre and the French Basque country are parts of the Basque country since they are Basque. Basque is composed of 7 provinces: Bizkaia, Araba, Gipuzkoa, Nafarroa Garaia, Lapurdi, Nafarroa Beherea and Xiberoa, that's all.

@ernstkrudl4895

3 жыл бұрын

@@gerald4013 man might add Euskal Herria is used politically and culturally. Politically Euskadi includes only the three costal provinces, used culturally it includes Euskadi, Northern Navarra and the 3 three French provinces.

@ra1279

3 жыл бұрын

When I read about soccer, the English newspapers seem to consider the Basque County as being only Viscaya, Alava and Guipuzkoa.

I’m 16% basque 27% Spanish and I’m Mexican

Agur bere bioseco Amatxu maitea...

I care,I talk to basque people and they talk to my stupid brain.

Great video My mum came from Biarritz in the French Basque Country I feel a strong connection myself especially as we spent a lot of holidays visiting as children It’s nice to see someone making some educational videos on how lovely this part of the world really is And it’s not just another part of Span 😀 lol Of course Spain like France is very beautiful too 👍

Abur mete bioseco, Amat o Maite a!

@matusi1able

3 жыл бұрын

No! Abur bere bioseco, Amatxu Maitea....I miss my grandmother!

@karenk6985

2 жыл бұрын

@@matusi1able kzread.info/dash/bejne/lISd1NiTqqqscqg.html

Euskera...no roots in any other language!