Sorry but I'm not Latin at all(I'm from Normandy), France is only partly Latin, but the majority is Celtic, and should I talk about the Germanic identity in our history ?  Vercingetorix was not Latin, Charles Martel was not Latin, Charlemagne was not Latin, Jehanne d'Arc was not Latin. ;)  Most of the French crusaders weren't Latins.  Actually I don't know many Latins who did something for this country, but all the glory always goes for the Latins. I think you are confusing ethnic identity with language groups.... Latin is not a term for ethnicity it's a term for language groups, it denotes all the ethnicities that developed a language based on the ancient Latin language, that means, Italy, France, Spain Portugal, and I think Romania too (I may be mistaken with this one)...    So last time I checked French people which may be comprised of different sub-racial and ethnic stocks, developed the French language from the Latin language, therefore France is a Latin (or Roman) country and French people are Latins, since they belong to the Romance (Latin) language group. ;)