Am I mis-remembering . . . or is there some evidence that the Phoenicians influenced the ancestry of Britain? I may be mixing narratives up. And is there some evidence of them being in North & South America millennia ago?
Yes, but nearly all of it is near myth.The main indicator is the bronze age and the necessity for tin, which Britain had in spades. The only evidence in the area of shipping capable of getting tin to the Mediterranean is the Phoenicians... Logic then dictates... There are other tin sources, but all of them together cannot touch the richness of Britain's mines.
Incidentally, far later, Joseph of Aramathea was a shipping magnate, and had a pretty cornered market in tin, at least to the Levant and points east... Which adds credence to his involvement in Britain, and as the original patriarch of Glastonbury Church.
As for the Americas, yes there is evidence, but it is sparse (as it would be), and not considered legitimate enough to be history.
As for me, I have long been a proponent of diffusionism - That sea trade is every bit as ancient as man- So in my mind, sparse evidence is evidence enough...