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Northumbrians is a name given to a regional group of English people inhabiting the historic counties of Northumberland and County Durham. .

Culture
Northumbrians are culturally distinct from other English people. Northumbrian culture has aspects in common with the cultures of both England and Scotland, but also includes many unique traditions not found elsewhere in England. Northumbrian traditions including the rapper sword dance, the clog dance and the Northumbrian smallpipe, a sweet chamber instrument, quite unlike the Scottish bagpipe.

Historical and genetic origins
Northumberland and County Durham, together with Tweeddale, are conterminous with the ancient British tribal kingdom of Bernicia (Bryneich) which is notable for the stable ancestry of its present indigenous population. The people of the region have been identified by DNA analysis to be an offshoot of the group Scotland, Cumbria and the North of Ireland, but not so closely related to the other peoples of the UK.