Scotland's Ancient DNA Revealed

[@OkieJammer2736]

I inherited 49% DNA from my ancestors in Scotland, most from the Highlands but also my blue-eyes from Norse-Scots of the Lothian region. I am obviously proud of this heritage and continue to learn as much as I can on everything Scottish. Thank you for this video.

[@davidpaterson2309]

The “Norse Scots” (“Norse-Gael” to be more accurate) bit is much more likely to be from your highland ancestors. The Norse settled the western and northern isles of Scotland and some of the mainland in the 9th & 10th century. These weren’t “Viking raids” - they actively settled in numbers, often killing off the men of fighting age or enslaving and selling them. From that arose a hybrid culture, the Norse-Gaels, known to Gaelic speaking Irish and Scots as “the foreign Gaels”. That led to petty “kings” known as the “Lords of the Isles” who kept their independence by trading off their loyalty between the Kings of Scotland, Ireland, Norway and England. The best known of these people, and probably the last one to rule the maximum territory, was Somerled, Lord of the Isles. His territory was split between his three sons on his death (in battle in 1164 - invading mainland Scotland!). Two of those sons (Dugald and Ranald) were the progenitors of some of the most powerful clans of the west. From Wikipedia “Since the early 2000s, several genetic studies have been conducted on men bearing surnames traditionally associated with patrilineal descendants of Somerled. The results of one such study, published in 2004, revealed that five chiefs of Clan Donald, who all traced their patrilineal descent from Somerled, were indeed descended from a common ancestor.[165][note 20] Further testing of men bearing the surnames MacAlister, MacDonald, and MacDougall, found that, of a small sample group, 40% of MacAlisters, 30% of MacDougalls, and 18% of MacDonalds shared this genetic marker.[166] These percentages suggest that Somerled may have almost 500,000 living patrilineal descendants.[167][note 21] The results of a later study, published in 2011, revealed that, of a sample of 164 men bearing the surname MacDonald, 23% carried the same marker borne by the clan chiefs. This marker was identified as a subgroup of haplogroup R1a,[170] known to be extremely rare in Celtic-speaking areas of Scotland, but very common in Norway.[171] Both genetic studies concluded that Somerled's patrilineal ancestors originated in Scandinavia.[172]”

[@jillfarley520]

​@@davidpaterson2309 thank you, very interesting!

[@OkieJammer2736]

@@davidpaterson2309 Holy moly. THANK YOU! ⚘ You've given me lots to research here and it's absolutely exciting! Wow. Very kind of you.

[@Sushi2735]

How wonderful. I have not done my DNA, but am green eyed with Scottish Grandparents. Have always been of my Scottish grandparents. Not that proud of the other side however. ✌️

[@ChristopherMckissack-e2y]

Great breed 🎉🎉100 percent

[@annaburns291]

I was adopted so I have always had a fascination with my ancestry. I did the ancestry swab and it shows nearly 100% Scottish and 1% North African! Finding this had been such a gift. So grateful for these brilliant Scots who worked so hard on this. Way to go Jim and team! Anna Lee Ross🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤

[@miraclewalkerproductions]

I’m adopted too, fascinating stuff isn’t it?

[@cassidottir]

I’m not adopted but my family members have adopted children. Do you agree that all adopted children should receive information on their parents; grandparents; and family at age 18, including genetic and biological information? I’d love your feedback on what adopted children should get to know because, on my mother’s side, I’m 3rd generation breast cancer survivor. I remembered my great aunt having the disease and insurance paid to test my genetic background for cancer. I do have a genetic mutation for colon cancer! Now we have a 23- year old with breast cancer! My belief is that ALL families should be encouraged to track this kind of information for the sake of the young people.

[@nofrills9888]

So your 1% off, of being inbread

[@DannyHartwig]

Similar story! 50/50 Scottish Irish raised 🇦🇺 German name 🫡😑🎲

[@timberline1487]

the DNA companies have been busted multiple times sticking tiny percentages of fake African ancestry in European's profiles. Don't fall for the gaslighting

[@patroberts5449]

Half Scottish half Mohawk here…. What a combo!!! Exploring both sides has been the pleasure of my life. Us humans are such a cool species!

[@jenfisher-bradley2623]

I totally agree

[@AngelinaATF]

Well, you have the IRISH first name, “Pat” but Roberts is Welsh & German. You are so lucky to be half First Nation! I always wanted to be Native. I have red hair w blue eyes which is only 2% world population & both my kids are red/blue. I’m mostly Scottish & Scandinavian but I have almond-eyes which is though to originate from Siberia so I’m all mixed up!😂

[@YourHineyness]

I guess there really was an Indian in the woodpile :).

[@LIONHEART1690]

HALF SCOTTISH, HALF MOWHAWK. YOUR NAME IS...... HAWK AYE THE NOO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@johngallacher7360]

Tonto

[@coco-y1c7l]

Im scottish & my great grandfather was irish & he gave his life in WW2 hero . Im so proud yo be Scottish & have irish in me great combination of ppl ❤

[@muri134]

I'm from Ireland with some Scottish ancestry

[@Callie7912]

My grandmother's father was Irish and her mother was Scottish. My Irish great-grandfather fought in WW1 as a Lt Commander in the US Navy.

[@heidifarstadkvalheim4952]

Why ?

[@Misskitty15]

I have friends who came over to USA during the potato famine in Ireland.

[@sh.4409]

Scirish.

[@evenichols3517]

Really enjoyed this interesting video. I am half English half Scot and was born in Edinburgh and emigrated to New Zealand when 12 years old. I have been back to the old country many times and love Scotland very much and yes, the bag-pipes make me cry when I hear them.

[@diannaboyd7876]

The first time I heard bagpipes I was six years old and attending the Rose Parade in Pasadena. I heard the pipes coming from a distance and started to cry from emotion. At six years old, I knew nothing of my Scottish heritage, but my DNA knew it. I still get teary eyed from the pipes, some 70 years later.

[@sueelliott4793]

I am Scottish/English South African, my grandfather was Aussie Scot and mum was English Zimbabwean. I live in New Zealand but all my siblings live in Scotland and my cousins in England. We moved around so much before we thought that the world was flat

It may be

[@paulniziol5055]

Just found out I have a Scottish background via immigration papers that you can find online, already knew about England relatives. But anyway, I played the clarinet in school, many years ago, somewhere along the way I remember someone making the comment that the bagpipes play on and on with the airbags so that you cannot hear the crying and sobbing of the players. That hit me in such an emotional way, that yes, absolutely, the bagpipes make me cry like a baby and will forever more...

[@hardlines5472]

I'm Scottish and they make me cry. Bloody horrible noise!

[@davederrick9431]

I found this fascinating, as an Australian, my DNA results were Scottish about 98%, the rest Western European and Scandinavian.

[@heidifarstadkvalheim4952]

.. menaing that you are not australian - but northern european...

[@Donna.Walmsley101]

@@heidifarstadkvalheim4952here, in Australia we consider ourselves Australian, Aussies, but of X heritage regardless of that particular heritage, at least for the most part, possibly because being an Australian is a culture and a way of life not just DNA … my mother was born in Scotland btw 🧚🏻‍♀️❤️🐝🇦🇺

[@EarthBeing3]

There were major clan wars, which decimated the clan I am from. The people dispersed to Nova Scotia or Australia ~ that’s probably how your family ended up in Australia.

[@kaykitchen9540]

@@heidifarstadkvalheim4952we are Australian of English European heritage as a lot of us have grandparents and great grandparents born in Australia so we are native aussies

[@linda_jane]

Same same and same. Are you pretty tall with blonde hair and blue eyes?

[@davidpaterson2309]

A good few historical inaccuracies here but the most glaring is “after the Norman conquest”. There was no “Norman Conquest” of Scotland - that happened in England. The introduction of Norman feudalism - forms of law, land holding, market towns etc - from England happened under King David I of Scotland who was not a Norman (father a Gael, Malcolm III of Scotland, mother Margaret, an Englishwoman descended from AngloSaxon Wessex) but spent much of his youth in the court of the Anglo-Norman King Henry I of England. David was certainly backed and probably funded by the Anglo-Normans in the (usual) succession dispute in Scotland when his father died and It is certainly true that David set out to “Normanise” Scotland - it’s called “the Davidian Revolution” in Scottish history - but it was nothing like a “conquest”.

[@thearab59]

I don't think they were implying a conquest of Scotland. This is a very English video for a mainly English audience, (delivered by a voice that smacks of the English ruling class). I just took it to mean the time period of the conquest of England, 1066 and the next few generations, (perhaps to 1154).

[@schoolingdiana9086]

I’m directly descended from Malcolm III and St Margaret. She was not English. (She had an English half brother.) She was a princess of Hungary and born there--her mother, Anna, was granddaughter of St Olga of Kyiv. Henry Ist’s wife was David’s sister, Maud, so no, he didn’t grow up there-he grew up with his parents, just like Maud.

[@davidpaterson2309]

@@schoolingdiana9086She was born in Hungary, indeed, but you may need to go into Wikipedia to correct their misapprehension (and that of most historians) that she was Margaret of Wessex, daughter of an exiled Anglo Saxon with the very un Hungarian name if Edward Æthling. “Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess and a Scottish queen. Margaret was sometimes called "The Pearl of Scotland".[1] Born in the Kingdom of Hungary to the expatriate English prince Edward the Exile, Margaret and her family returned to England in 1057. Following the death of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, her brother Edgar Ætheling was elected as King of England but never crowned. After she and her family fled north, Margaret married Malcolm III of Scotland by the end of 1070.”

[@davidpaterson2309]

@@schoolingdiana9086 And by the way I did not say that David grew up in England but it is a matter of the historical record of both Scotland and England that he spent a number of years at the court of Henry I and was strongly influenced by Norman culture.

[@user-yb9hi3us4p]

I didn't hear them claim the Normans conquered Scotland. But after the Norman conquest a lot of nobility was granted lands in Scotland and that's why there is Norman DNA in the Scottish aristocracy but not so much in the general population. But when it comes to "historical inaccuracies" that pretty much sums up all the history we learned in school.

[@molecatcher3383]

It is wrong to say that the Norse period in Scotland ended in 1066. This may be true in England but in Scotland the key dates are 1266 (The Treaty of Perth, between Scotland and Norway, where Norway handed over big areas of land to Scotland) and 1472 when Orkney and Shetland was transferred from Norway to Scotland.

They are defeated mud people.

[@dawnmayes8217]

Even in modern times, Orkney and Shetland Islanders do not consider themselves as Scottish.

[@KeithWilliamMacHendry]

@@dawnmayes8217 Probably partly because so many are English, the amount of English per head of population living in Scotland is close to 10%. No part of Scotland escapes the Saxon deluge, no wonder the referendum was lost in 2014. 🤪

[@wildalbalass4867]

For that reason alone, ( the disregard for the facts ) means I won’t listen or subscribe to

[@mmcc5846]

​@@dawnmayes8217stop lying

[@stevestruthers6180]

As someone of mostly Scots ancestry, I really enjoyed watching this video. Thanks. My surname looks totally Anglo-Saxon, by virtue of the fact that it derives from the Old English word 'strowdyr', meaning 'dweller on or near damp or marshy ground'. It's believed that it first originated in northern part of the border region between England and Scotland. In time, the surname became more commonly found in Scotland than England. By the time Middle English arrived, around 1100AD, the spelling of the surname was changed from 'Strother' to 'Struthers', with the letter 'u' replacing the 'o' to suit Scots spelling conventions of the time, and 's' appended to signify 'son of Struther'. This was around the time that most surnames began to emerge in Great Britain. The twist here that a Y-DNA test (paternal line only) I took a number of years ago, shows my paternal DNA is closely associated with the Brittonic Celtic tribes that inhabited Britain at one time, particularly the west and southwest regions of lowland Scotland. The test also revealed distant genetic relationships with men who have the Strother surname, indicating that I have a long and unbroken lineage. The testing also revealed a distant connection to Clan Stewart.

[@Bcfcuklhpwalker]

My name walker allied with Stewarts too what's interesting I been looking at swissy names was a Celts region an briganties were named there I heard names ending er relates to them your name looks swissy too also walkers said to come from kings of munster 6 century which explains alot with del raiders settling south but more information spreaded maybe we can start understanding more

[@evelynmclachlan1745]

I' was born on Scotland, I have English, Irish, Norwegian Welsh western European and eastern , so this video was very interesting to help me understand a lot better !

[@drusillamartin9779]

My mother was a Stewart, and I am 59% Scottish. I have found my ancestors back to the 1600" s where I am pretty much stuck. I really enjoyed this program.

[@MrScotteckersley]

I am also a Stewart on my mothers side, and half Scottish. What is the best ancestry site so i can take this deeper? thanks.

[@catherineoneal1030]

I have a Stewart in my ancestry, but can go no further than her Father. My great-grandmother was 50% Scottish at least (not sure entirely of her father's full heritage, but I suspect he was full English) which would put me in the 1/16 category but I still wonder if Christine(a) Stewart, my ancestor, was one of the 15%. Her grandmother and grandfather were from Stirling.

[@DeliveranceMinistriesInternati]

The above applies to anyone here with Stewart ancestry. It's either legitimate Stewart ancestry or illegitimate Stewart ancestry. If it's legitimate you have Royal Ancestry.

[@espirotadebretagne3533]

Then you are a cousin of mine, no doubt. I'm of the legitimate line, (at least in terms of the Stewarts).

[@hmu05366]

Yeh you can get back to 1600’s in Scotland quite easily and occasionally 1500’s - Scotland has very high literacy rates in the world at this time. But once you go to Ireland etc (assuming you have relations there) there are absolutely no records from 1600 at all for working class people

[@witchways]

So refreshing to see a video like this that isn't just unedited circular chatGBT. Good clear info.

[@TheHistoryHubs]

I appreciate that!

[@AngelaJ-z4k]

AI is narrating

[@peternel593]

I have no Scottish DNA at all but love Scotland and its great peoples so much , almost as if I and my ancestors have lived there forever. I am a yearly visitor and I love your country as much as I love mine .

[@lwilson123]

cheers from scotland

[@KPate-y5z]

Thanks for your lovely words. ❤

[@maireadrochford3579]

Best wishes from a Scot.

[@warensmith5720]

This means you have had past lives in Scotland.

[@junedowling9677]

ThankQ for your kind words 😊

[@ChandaKhavari444]

I’m from a Romani family. Did my dna testing just for the knowledge. My haplogroup was definitely Roma, I knew that but my 16 ancient ancestors were under the Viking category. But I was 83% Scottish! I’ve only known I’m Romani. The rest was Punjabi (of course) Anatolia, North African, ancient Palestinian, Native American, and Basque (kinda figured it would show up cos I’m RH and O negative) what?! I have always been obsessed with Scotland but had no clue I’m actually Scottish!! No clue. In my family there wasn’t a lot of written knowledge of my people, just oral! My great grandparents traveling around the world. I’m just blown away. I did 3 dna tests and genomelink. All the same. Did ancient ancestry and I had 50 pages with 4 or 5 cultures in each page that my dna is directly connected. So wild! I wish I knew who my ancestors were. 😢 I do have dna relatives in almost every country so that is cool. Just started emailing people. I never knew my biological paternal grandmother because she passed before I was born. I found out she had like 5 or 6 sisters, imagine all the cousins I have that I don’t know. I imagine I had a close relative that passed as Romani. No one married outside that I knew of! Now I know someone passed as Romani but was actually Scottish. At least that the only reason I have so much Scottish in my dna! Sorry for the long story but I found this all out recently so I’m still pretty blown away!

[@czarina7786]

I understand your joy. I always thought mom’s side was primarily English. It was Scottish. I have 30%. I’m blown away.

[@doobydootoo]

Lots of roma in Scotland

[@bethbartlett5692]

Most Interesting, the Irish were largely Basque and the Tribe of Dann, the latter just recently validated by DNA studies. Any Anglo is AdMix through the Viking or recent AdMix, and it is a lower %. County Kerry and Cork, in SW Ireland, where my lineage is from has the highest % of Rh(-), I'm AB(-)

[@Sabhail_ar_Alba]

@@doobydootoo Where, I'm intrigued ?

[@margaretabendroth8658]

I am Romani also. On my Moms side. The name of grandfather Buckland, my grandmother was Stewart. My father was Irish, met my mom in WW2. Sure wish I knew where the name Buckland came from. Romany people are wonderful peoples!

[@linzibingbong]

Wow Scotland really has been through a lot of turmoil over the centuries no wonder the people are so resilient

[@Nhurm]

Many are chosen few are Pict!

[@sonjadidyk-tn4cc]

GOOD ONE

[@jeanlawson9133]

Indeed

[@booghost5303]

Boom!

[@duncancallum]

I am from the Picts

[@SnopDogIsACelt]

Internet winner for the week 😂

[@amandapittar9398]

I’m 83% Scottish, 8% Irish 2% Swedish and the rest is NW European - fairly Celtic! Short, sturdy with skin that burns on a cloudy day. Yup. Definitely Scottish.

[@ChristineMeyer-hs9rg]

The Picts were tall, long limbed and blonde.

[@pommiebears]

Short and sturdy?? Didn’t know that was a Celt trait. I’m tall, olive skin, with hazel eyes. I’m a mix of Scottish, English, and a tiny bit of Swedish. My grandad was 6’4”. My great grandfather, Scottish, was 6’7”. A giant in his day.

[@debrap947]

@@pommiebears My very Scottish grandparents were both short, my grandmother who was from the Stirling/Livingston area of Scotland was short and sturdy. My grandfather was average build maybe around 5'8". My father was 6'3", both my brothers were 6'5", my little sister 6'1" and I am 5'10", none of it makes sense. Dad's DNA was Scottish, Irish and a wee of Swedish.

[@HLStrickland]

😂😂 burns on a cloudy day.... Yep that would be me. I burn and peel and the next day I look like a radish.

[@raez7155]

I'm descended from Scots and definitely got the short and sturdy genes. My family has dark blonde or reddish hair and blue or green eyes.

[@akeeperofoddknowledge4956]

This helps me realize just how rich my mixed (German, Scotts- Irish, Finn and Siberian Russian) my heritage is! Thank you!

[@scgrl625]

I'm a genealogist and historian from South Carolina. I'm 37% Scottish through the Buchanans. I am a Clan Buchanan member. My 6th gr-grandfather's (Walter Buchanan) Buchanan Inn, built in the 1700s in Drymen on the shore of Loch Lomond, still operates as a hotel. This is a fascinating video. When I think of the origins of Scots, I do think immediately of Vikings. So, this is wonderfully informative.

[@stanleyshannon4408]

@scgrl625 LOL. Nobody wants to claim lowland ancestry, which the vast majority of the Scots Irish are.

[@MeagainIA2011]

My brother did a dna test called The Big Y, and another that tested our mother's line. My mother's 1st GGm revealed that she was of full blood Viking descent. 1st GGm's father had an odd name and was born and raised in Switzerland. I haven't been able to research him due to failing health. But the Big Y test prompted a letter from the geneticist in regards to a 'mutant, Scottish Highland gene' that has been traced back to ancient kings of the Scottish Highlands and their Viking intermarriages. (some were called the "Red Scotsman") Our McNaul's intermarried within these Scottish kings that I believe went back to the 300ad's? 300-400ad? Our intermarriage is in the McQueston, McQuistin, but especially McQueen. Our family tree is now listed their growing website of ancestry who have been found with this mutant gene. On a personal note: Decades ago I began to do research on the Lost Tribe of Dan. One of the Hebrew sons of Jacob. It took many historical out of print books, tons of map books as I traced the Tribe of Dan that disappeared on the Island called Briton. Locations and nameplaces changed and took me at least a year of research. Fascinating of the things I found. Most curious are the names of towns all around Scotland AND Ireland. Don like Donegal and others means Dan. The Tribe of Dan were described in the bible just like the Roman General and a Greek scholar described the Celts when they fought in battle. Right down to the blue paint, naked, frenzied, and with faces like "lions". The Tribe of Dan were precision metalworkers. There was nothing they couldn't do. But they fought the best, so much so, that when their brother Tribes had a problem with heathen locals they would call on Dan. Then sit back and watch Dan's Tribe destroy them within time to make it back for lunch. The Tribe of Dan was also like an Amoeba. They adopted the habit of absorbing the people they encountered in their travels by intermarriages, and their traditions, abilities, creeds, and their gods. (a trait that did not please God). So. . . . are the Scottish Highlanders descended from the Lost Hebrew Tribe called Dan? Interesting possibilities. Their traits to this day are strikingly familiar when you research the theory.

[@stanleyshannon4408]

@@MeagainIA2011 my Scottish ancestry was Lowlander. I did big Y also. Looks like I might descend from Roman Auxiliary troops brought in from the lower Rhine to man Hadrian's wall.

I think so

[@ianmclean6399]

As someone born in what you foreigners dont want to claim. Lowlands lol my area aberdeenshire is classed as lowlands. Its hilly as hell and has 4 of the 5 highest mountains in the uk. It is also the area of the picts you know the blue guys. I am surrounded by stone circles, we have more than anywhere else i believe. I have 5 within 10 minutes drive. It is also know as Scotland’s castle country, it has over 260 castles . Lastly my dialect or accent is very different from the rest of scotland. My dialect is doric and is of ancient greek origin. Yall are welcome, it does not suck to come from the lowlands its better trust me😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 .

[@NikiLivi5]

I’m 25% Scottish, 25% English, 35% Irish, & 15% Cherokee Native. My pappaw traced that side back to Scotland then made 2 trips to Scotland bringing back our family crest & plaid. This completely explains my love of unicorns growing up & as long as I can remember I’ve always loved plaid. I don’t think my family was very big but I haven’t been able to look up much. Livingston.

[@theeclectic2919]

"Plaid." Do you mean tartan?

[@Luigisalibi]

@@theeclectic2919 Plaid comes from Scottish Gaelic: Plaid comes from Scots Gaelic plaide blanket, plaid. It’s not an English word in origin. Smart ass.

[@theeclectic2919]

@@Luigisalibi Dearest Dumbass, plaid refers to the pattern. Tartan refers to the actual heritable colors and pattern. At least that's the way it is in modern ENGLISH.

[@dellajoycebairdmoses7890]

How were you able to get tests done for a "specific" Indian Tribe..we were told they have no way to determine American Indian ancestry! I have American Indian on both sides of my family. My family comes from N.E Tennessee and S.E. Kentucky in the Appalachian Mountains. My sister's DNA shows Scots-Irish, English, Wales, Germanic Europe, N.W. Europe, Spain and Sweden..and yet her son's DNA says he's 100 percent Irish. You know that's impossible! It makes you wonder how accurate those DNA tests really are! 🤔

[@mekile616_]

I also have a plaid Crest, Says Stand fast.

[@bonnienichalson5151]

I'm Scottish/ Irish from Nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦 Great-grand mother is of the Mimac tribe of the area around Halifax:) So I don't burn on a sunny day ! Don't fall asleep in the sun :( I'm a good Canadian Mutt ! LoL Genetically speaking 👍🇫🇮

[@BinkyTheElf1]

Greetings, fellow Bluenoser!

[@freedomfreedom9523]

We must be related my great grand mother was beatrice nicholson from nova scotia and part mic mac we did ancestry we were traced back to the yr 900 and decend from vikings my grandfather was frederick nicholson

[@SherryONeill]

My GrandFather Was From Nova Scotia- Very Tall,. Lived To 96 He Was Adopted BeCause his Family Had More Children Than They Could Care For So No Ancestry AvailAble Shalom 😊

[@freedomfreedom9523]

@@SherryONeill sounds lovely ke the powells there dad and grandad were very tall

[@Tsoiugidali]

Wonderful presentation. Many thanks. I have been involved in my personal genetic genealogy since it became commercially available. I am 75 years old and have been exploring my genetic DNA for 20+ years. Matrilinial DNA is 25% Native American Indian [Cherokee]. Paternal DNA 75% Scott/Picts Back to about 4000 yrs BCE located in NE Scotland- Aberdeen region. Very appreciative for presentations such as this.

[@RockHoppingGranny]

Hello - can you tell me which DNA testing Lab was able to trace that early Pictish ancestry - I want to find a service that will go back to earliest Haplo's of my genealogy and not sure which one truthfully does this.

[@Howie-wd5oc]

My mother had often said her family were Utster-Scots. She received some geneology research material from one of her uncles. From this she learned that her ancestors came to America in the mid 1700s. She proceeded to continue digging into her family ancestory where she found we are decendants of the Stewarts. Facinating. Thanks for the video, very enlightning.

[@Mark-Haddow]

The mid 18th century would make sense, as that's the Jacobite uprising period. As a Scot I'm happy to see you use the correct spelling of Stewart. I'm curious if your ancestors were amongst the group of Scots sold into slavery, transported to North America, or just those fortunate to successfully flee.

[@Howie-wd5oc]

@@Mark-Haddow Good question. I don't now the answer to that.

[@crushynn90]

Mine were from Ulster. I’m told they were troublemakers!

[@lechatleblanc]

in a stewart ulster scott , great grandparents were from kansas.. the man was the stewart! and he was nuts, impregnated my great gramma out of wedlock in the early 20th century (very bad and rare!😂)etc etc.... typical wild stewart man! hahhaha

[@edwardbisset2624]

My son gave me a dna test for my birthday,discovered Finnish dna presumably from the vikings as my family were from Aberdeenshire my great grandad25 times removed was James the first of Scotland,I am now seeking the return of our ancient lands what are my chances slim to none

[@BinkyTheElf1]

Anyone who loves Scottish history should read the novels of Nigel Tranter. He covers over 1000 years of the past, and knows a lot about it.

[@mumo9413]

You should see my DNA line! My Dad is a Campbell. We have heritage from Scottish, English, Iberian, Inuit, Indian, Middle Eastern, Sicilian, Native American, Mexican & more! The heritage is interesting! It's so worth getting a DNA test!

[@brandeewade8017]

Hey my dad is a Campbell out ancestry goes back to campbell scot clan I also have English native American and Irish dna

[@zomnut6102]

@@brandeewade8017 I'm a Campbell on my mums side! That's mental if we have all those genetics, I might need to invest in a DNA test :)

[@leeannenorthway5604]

0o​@@brandeewade8017

[@yourfreedomisinyourfeet7731]

No thanks, I don't want my DNA being sent to a biolab where they use it to new ways to end me.

[@Sniffles69]

​@@zomnut6102Look up what happened during the Highland Clearances. There's at least one bar to this day where there's a sign that says no Campbell's allowed. We know how to hold a grudge!

[@jamesconner3437]

To start this program with stating old Scots were partly from Siberia.....This just shows how very little we understand of the ancient ability to migrate. Ice ages pushed the most ancient people southward to mix with cultures there., then those mixed people followed the ice northward as it left behind lakes and tillable land. Fascinating story, and I thank you for this chapter.

[@efdangotu]

And as the America's were settled by Siberian migrants, you see how confusing tracking genetic markers can be.

[@heidifarstadkvalheim4952]

Yes, whe dont know much about the past - mostry its guessing - the ability to unkode the ancient DNA made a lot off confusion - and still its just a tiny litle window.

[@kellyprice1024]

One of the list tribes of Israel

[@McQuizzical]

​@@kellyprice1024 Hense, original artwork not representing animals etc.

[@sharonvik7643]

The migration from Africa explains a lot. My father, brother and I have all tested with Ancestry DNA and have a 1% Africa with various locations, changes with each update, but never goes away. My father's mother was of Scottish heritage and I know many, many generations out on her lines and have never been able to figure out where the African DNA was coming from. This video helped me realize that the migration could be the answer. Thanks for this video!!! 🙂

[@lindabaldwin2568]

" My daughters DNA test also came back with 1% African . Her dad has passed away but he has a brother still living . Time to get her uncle tested !! "

[@Kualabear02]

Yes, I have Scottish ancestry also and have the 1% African.

[@BOATSkeepcoming]

@@sharonvik7643 🤣 what do you mean African ? That is a vague identity. Berbers are African.

[@fernandopo6399]

It was that fellow in the woodpile...

[@BOATSkeepcoming]

@@Kualabear02 b.s.

[@margaretmacneill3133]

I am Scottish on my Dad's side Macneill from Isle of Barra in the Hebrides, my mum was McCracken, from the McCrackens in Antrim Ireland. My daughter just did her DNA (her Dad is Belgian tracing back to La Rochelle in France in the 1600's. I cant wait to see her results 👏👏👏

[@jamiebrandon8475]

My Husband’s mother was from McCrackins! Not sure of the spelling.

[@127cmore]

That's a Mc Cracking story 👏 ❤😂😂😂. Actually my mother's family are Mac Neil's from Barra. They came to Inverness for work in the 1880s approximately ❤

[@tynwald1000]

My mom's family also hailed from Barra (my wife and I visited there in 2016) but the family changed the spelling to McNeel at some time in the distant past (probably opting to spell it phonetically?).

[@OyVeh3734]

Do you know Phil McCrackin 😂

[@FriedPickles2023]

My third great grandma was a McCracken and she married a Glasgow.

[@Elaines-travels]

I had a DNA test done and thought there was something wrong when it came back with 2% "Cameroon, Congo, Western Bantu Peoples" I now understand why. Thank you for solving the mystery

[@Sabhail_ar_Alba]

Every DNA test ever taken indicates min 1% African, it's pure nonsense.

[@patrickmahaffey6166]

The video is referring to northern Africans, ie. Arabs and Berbers. Not blacks in central and southern Africa, like your ancestry. If you are American, then you may have a black slave ancestor.

[@priscillamunson9304]

Wow, what revelations! My DNA is comprised of 50% Scottish, 25% Irish with 2% Middle East and 1% Russian, completing 22% Eastern European. So imagine my delight in learning this "hybrid" DNA has been identified in studies. Born and raised in Southern California, this has all come as a powerful healing and answered many questions as an adoptee. Thank you!

[@lizmclean5397]

WOW ! how crazy. I'm about 50% Orkney and the rest, Norway. Born & Raised Redondo Bch LA! haha both my folks migrated from Glasgow in the 60's.😅😅

[@wendymandel752]

I'm an Australian born, of Scottish , irish and English heritage, so I thought. A DNA test revealed a large Scandinavian component. A huge surprise for me. My mother's maid3n name was Milne and we are of the Gordon clan . Fascinating to find and unknown genetic component!

[@linda_jane]

That’s cool, but not surprising considering the interactions between the Scots and the Vikings for centuries… my mums family are from the Young clan. I’m also Aussie. My family is from Glasgow.

[@heidifarstadkvalheim4952]

.. its a scort crossing from the west coast of Norway to Hebridene. Orkenøyene, Færøyene and Skotland. The story goes that when the women sendt a boul of porridg from Avalsnes/ Karmøy to a women just giving birth on the Orkney Island - it was just the right tempreatur when it arrived ( called sengjamat in Norway - bedfood) So it was shorter in those days than it is now. Im 38 % scottish/ irish - and I dont have a clue - because all my parents, grandparents and further back is from Norways coastline... so it has to be inbedded in DNA from most of my relatives way back in those days

[@steve00alt70]

Mine was 3% Scandi but they removed it

[@doobydootoo]

Lots of Scots have scandi dna

[@sunflower7532]

Could you be related to these people Inscription on Memorial stone Erected in Memory of JAMES GORDON farmer Loanend Lumphanan who died 3rd August 1876 aged 75 years and of his wife EUPHEMIA MILNE who deid 5th October 1845 aged 33 years. Also of their 4 children JANE, JAMES, JANE and ISABELLA who died in childhood. And of their grandson CHARLES GORDON 18th March 1871 aged 15 months. Also of JESSIE his daughter, wife of George Welsh who died April 24th 1882 aged 37 years. Also of their son WILLIAM GORDON farmer Loanend died 1st Oct 1889 aged 50 years and of his wite MARGARET COPLAND died 30th July 1889 aged 48 years and their daughter MARGARET E GORDON died 7th Dec 1896 aged 25 years. GORDON

[@TheJpf79]

I'm from Falkirk, Scotland. It's nice that videos like this are finally being made, there is maybe one or two points you missed, like red hair, the single gene my father passed on to me comes from the pontic steepes a few thousand years ago, same as the ones my mother has, some of us have been here for a very long time, the guiness book of records oldest traces descendant is a man from Cheddar Gorge England, he's a direct descendant of "Cheddar man" and he still lives there after 10,000 years or whatever it is. There were only Celts here when Romans arrived, the Antonine Wall that the Romans tried to build here, is 3 minutes up the hill from my house, they were chased away after only 20 years and the mention of the ninth legion errased from the history books. "Pict" is a Roman word from the 3rd century, Rome never wrote history for this side of Hadrians wall, this is why people today think that all sorts of different people lived here based on different Roman words from different Romans in different centuries. Some of us have been here for a long time, There are still Celts north of the wall.

[@TheJpf79]

On the Norse, You can see people in the comments talking about "Vikings raiders" who don't know that Viking basically means raider "Viking" wasn't a culture, Some Norse were allied to Gaelic chiefs, they were given lands by the same people, There are stories of the Norse and the Danes being at war with each other just as much as anyone else, the land grants and alliances started at the time of their main invasion of England, Guy called Cerball mac Dúnlainge who was a chief in Ireland was allied with men called Amlaíb and Ímar (That's "Ivar the boneless" and his brother) Cerball gave Ivar lands in Ireland for help ending a fued between O'Neill factions. It was centuries later that fighting between folk who already lived there and neighbouring clanns broke out, They take red hair back to Nordic countries from here, One of the first settlers of Iceland claims Cerball as his maternal great grandfather, he's written about in their book of settlement that they have the "Landnámabók" my own surname comes from Cerballs great, great grandson Gilla Pátraic mac Donnchada died 996 fighting the Danish. That's how it ended up.

[@tommygunn7745]

yes I recall around the time that was made public. he was a teacher in the local village near the place,cave I think,the Cheddar man was found. Have they found others? Ive never heard

[@authenticadventures7814]

I love Scotland!!!

[@54356776]

Celtic is a Roman name 😂😂

[@leetlbt]

I live on hadrains wall at Newcastle upon tyne on the Scottish side but I cross over the wall everyday if fact many times a day.

[@InTheGarden1960]

I am a mix of all these or most all of these lines. It is a bit overwhelming to understand my DNA is so tightly bound to these regions, Yet I was born in the USA in 1960. I have been able to trace many of my lines back into the 800's. Having no DNA in the America's. I have a heavy Hebrew DNA on my grandfathers ancestors, Dutch on my mothers, and england and wales on my Paternal lines. France, Ireland, Germany, Sweden. I love to add these type of video's to my ancestors profiles. I have gotten many accolades from cousins that this added material makes them proud to see and vist the new information that it brings and shares within our family groups. Thank you so much for making this video. Would love to send my DNA in and see how far back my lines are of the Ancients. Blessings to you

[@jackiemarney7818]

My maiden surname is Dunbar,my great-grandfather Irish with Scottish roots ,He came to South Africa and wow what a big Dunbar clan we are here.I visited Scotland 2023 what an amazing Country it felt like home to me.Thanks for the informative video. Appreciated!!

[@utrockhound]

Clan Dunbar has members worldwide but we would love to hear from more in South Africa. Look up our web site and DNA project. We tour Scotland every 5 years and did so this last summer 2024.

[@jaimeariasfarias6520]

When I studied a Ph. D. in England in the 1970's met several scots, from my professor down to my landlord, and also a welsh colleage and friend who helped me get there a place, as as the last student of my professor who then was about to retire in 1975. Generous, kind and good friends those scots, wonderful people all of them!!

[@brucestuart2892]

Hello from New Zealand, I just stumbled on this video by accident. Very interesting & so proud of my Scottish ancestry & my surname Stuart. I’m about to do my DNA test & I’m looking forward to the results. I was named after Robert the Bruce, my middle name is Robert. Thanks for this very informative video 🇳🇿❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lyndahasert2978]

I wish to have my DNA. Who do I contact

[@shazza160]

@@lyndahasert2978are you kidding. Google DNA test and pay.

[@marlenemcphee3502]

Hi to you Robert the Bruce. If you are the man l think you are l thank you again for your kindness when Tom died. My ancestry is Scottish, maiden name Hope from the Highlands.

[@brucestuart2892]

@ Hello, my sincere condolences. Yes I think I am the one. I had a a who used to call me Robert, but it’s my middle name. So proud of my name, my great grandfather was Charles Stuart 😊

[@t.t6191]

My Dad is a Stuart from New Zealand, his Dads name was Mac Donald Stuart.

[@susana8898]

I was so happy to finally hear my last name pronounced correctly! I had to rewind it and play it again. Here in the US no one can pronounce Fraser. Enjoyed the video very much. I had my DNA tested and from two parents both from Scotland, I ended up with 23% Scandinavian DNA.

[@jofrazier-hansen4097]

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍 ours is spelled Frazier. I've heard it said in multiple diffrent ways, but never the same way twice.

[@lizmclean5397]

LOL My Cousins are Frasers in Canada

[@dercarsus]

Can I ask was your parents surname Townsley

[@mumo9413]

Should hear your surname pronounced by a Scot!

[@RamonaL909]

I descend from the Fraser/Frazor’s of Scotland! Have visited my 4th great grandparents graves in what is now Sumner Co,Tennessee. Major James Frazor and his wife Hanna Carr Frazor. Proud to be of Scottish heritage

[@NosilaNorrovitch]

The pronunciation of the word 'gaelic' is Irish throughout the programme (appropriately enough when referring to Ireland) but should be pronounced 'gallic' when referring to Scots gaelic. Apart from this irritation and some other historical irregularities, a very interesting and revealing programme!

[@brucecollins641]

@nosilanorrovitch.....correct, it's gallic in scotland. the galls were always at war with the romans in the frankish regions of europe so they fled to england. when the romans invaded england they then fled to and settled scotland..

[@ronaldkirklandsr2488]

Am an American of Scottish descent, from Kirkland in Southern Scotland .😊

[@colleengunn3934]

My father-in-law visited Caithness in the 1970’s. Last name Gunn. He was in a shop and he mentioned he was a Gunn. The fellow asked him if he wanted to meet the top Gunn. He of course said yes. The picture taken was of two tall gentleman with graying hair and the remnants of a widow’s peak. Their features were exactly the same. Interestingly they both had on gray flannels with navy blazers with Gunn tartan ties. Both admitted to having a lopsided Viking chest. My husband does too! 3 generations after emigrating to the US and then Canada, they could have been brothers.

[@TNTsMoM66]

I'm 22% Scottish and my great-great-grandmother's maiden name was Keith! Nice to hear a lot about Scottish history!

[@brucewilson1958]

I'm a 70 year old American man. My first name is Bruce. I learned about it's Normandy origin.

[@cb4883]

I thought it would be Australian 🙃🙃

[@michaelschudlak-l3l]

@@cb4883 haha

[@brucegreig8375]

At sixty years old I’ve just realized that 90 % of my best friends are Scottish I’m Scottish. Never been to Scotland I live in New Zealand and few of my Scottish friends have been there either never even occurred to me that I mostly hang out with Scottish till a few years ago

[@notsomeanmark]

Same here in Denver, Colorado. I've lived all over the world.. Also naturally comfortable with Irish and Scandinavians.

[@shazza160]

Like meets like

[@justanotheroglesby2847]

Birds of a feather flock together.

[@calicomist9213]

Absolutely fascinating! Thanks for posting-my Scottish ancestors came to America around the time of the Battle of Culloden: my 8th gr grandparents were MacIntosh and Duff (MacDuff). I'm descended from MacKenzie and Stewart lines, as well as Robert the Bruce. Through my Scottish lines, I also have Viking (Norway, Danish) ancestry.

[@sallyannsmith9929]

I'm 36% Scottish from both parents. I'm Clan Ferguson from my mothers side. I would love to visit Scotland someday.

[@Bobby-Sooker]

It makes me laugh when I hear someone from another country claiming a clan 😂. Clans are a thing of the past. Many people in Scotland have the same 2nd name but are not related. If 2 people come across each other with the same 2nd name, they don’t say/think to each other we are part of the same clan. It’s a coincidence 😂

[@tommyfergusson2502]

you will be made most welcome

[@GaryNicholson-z5n]

They entirely neglected the migration of the Irish Tribe " Scotti" which gave Scotland it's name

[@Joseph-bu9tv]

And the Gaelic influence from the Scotti/Scotta invasions from Ulster into Westetn and Highlands, Mac/ Mc is Irish ,translated as Son Of, And O' ,translated as Male relation / Decent, These Tribes from Ulster brought the Gaelic heritage into Scotland.

[@brucecollins641]

@@Joseph-bu9tv mac/mc and o prefixes are scottish. irish nationalists in the late 1800s adopted them to distance themselves from their colonial anglo-norman roots. ulster was colonized by peoples from scotland. also, it's gallic in scotland, no the mythical invented gaelic..

[@prayonkreutz2398]

They were Celts😉

[@authenticadventures7814]

I thought the name came from Queen Scotta out of Egypt

[@lloydbeattie9370]

​@@authenticadventures7814is false . Don't know how that came about every Scott I talked to just laughed.

[@suz0000]

Fascinating! I only have 3% Scottish DNA, but am an O’Neill (44% Irish DNA), & have always been curious as one of my relatives notes himself as Scots-Irish on a census in the 19th century.

[@delia5158]

My grandmother was an O’Neill. Her father and mother (Brennan) were born in Mayo County and immigrated to NYC around 1900. I have Welsh and Scottish DNA from my dad (Rains).

[@annmcgranaghan2131]

I am also from O'Neills of Co Tyrone, my maternal grandfather married my grandmother from Lurgan near Belfast. Whilst my fathers family was from Co Donegal.Many Irish settled in Scotland and married Scots. I am proud of both my Irish and Scots ancestry.

[@lwilson123]

probably born in scotland and moved to ulster from linda in scotland

[@StevoRicho]

Tribe of Dan ,1 of the lost Tribes of Israel 👍

[@annmcgranaghan2131]

@suz0000 Scotch is the Whisky ( aye, we spell it without an E). You are a wee bit of a Scot and Irish. Slainte!

[@KentonLab]

A genetic testing company found Berber, our parents Scottish and Irish. Thanks for sharing!

[@Iceland874]

Thank you for the wealth of historical information! Very fascinating!

[@goodday23456]

Some information I came across was that Saxons were from Isaac's sons. When people asked them who they were, they responded that they were Isaac's sons, but the people not understanding their language called them Saxons.

[@honkytonk4465]

Just a fairy tale

[@teresahasopinions2329]

Very interesting video with great information. I'm in the U.S. and on one side of the family is McLeod. And the other side O'Cullein, which eventually got shortened to Collins. History and migrations are so fascinating.

[@melanielinkous8746]

Hello cousin. MacLeod on my mother's side. ❤

[@QuiltingPJ]

I so enjoyed this video, I have been discovering my Boyd routes from Scotland to Ireland then America. Thank you

[@patboyd1587]

I too have traced our Boyd travels from 10th century to present, totally fascinated by it.

[@QuiltingPJ]

@@patboyd1587 I’m working on the family history for my grandkids and it’s fascinating. One thing that amazes me is that we come from an incredibly proud strong bloodline.

[@lwilson123]

I know loads of Boyds in scotland

[@robinpimm9982]

From what I have learned , Scotland , ( like Germanic Gaul ) was Clan based . And like any smart Clan , tribe , you welcome and adopt good people into your Clan . Makes sense to me .

[@brucecollins641]

@robinpimm9982....that's why it's written and pronounced gallic in scotland...from the gauls of the frankish regions of europe.

[@kathrynrose5241]

My father was born in Dingwal, Scotland with the name Rose. His mother a McLean. I love hearing the history of Scotland.

[@heatherwimberly5190]

Thanks!

[@TheHistoryHubs]

Thank you so much 😊

[@lynemac2539]

I think I got some of that Siberian DNA. I can't bear hot weather!

[@tommygunn7745]

and I a Borderlands Dumferis Scot origin,probably inherited the 1% Moorish line I suppose since Im not too fond of cold but love ,well oftentimes ,the heat. I live in the PalmSprings California area and the heat is up to 120+ is so peaceful. Dont like wind and sand though. Few are out when Im out. Thats when I get more done

[@leetlbt]

​@@tommygunn7745did you move from Scotland to the usa.

[@heidifarstadkvalheim4952]

🤣😆

[@davidford694]

Nice to see my ancestors' home so prominently featured. Eileen Donan of the MacKenzies.

[@JdMac-x4o]

What about the MacRae's? Didn't we defend the castle for 300-400 years? Didn't we fight the British as Jacobites in 1715 in the first uprising? Weren't we part of the MacKenzie clan? Never a mention of MacRae 😢

[@davidford694]

@JdMac-x4o You were our henchmen, for which my thanks

[@Yakkityyak248]

Makes sense. My family history is N.E. Scotland as far as I can tell, forever. I have(had) fair hair, blue eyes, pale olive skin that tans in a day

[@BillyCairns-hm3xx]

I'm definitely Scottish , with a large hint of Irish, one of my Irish ancestors "Lord Hue Cairns" came over from Ireland to Scotland and then onto Australia where he established Cairns before coming back to Scotland where he met my great, great, great grandma, and here I am just because of that bond...😮

[@globaltraveller]

Cairns is a good Scottish name, he was probably Ulster Scots in background.

[@tivvy-xf4kz]

My mother was a Campbell but my dad was Gilbert. We have traced our family tree and found that the "Gilbert" name came into it from Ireland in the 1800's in Paisley. He was a labourer so that ties in with Irish migration to the west of Scotland during the industrial revolution. I was born in Greenock( my mothers hometown) but brought up in Paisley.

[@C.W.scottishhighlandmumma1821]

My father is a Campbell, and my mum is a MacPherson

[@BigRed2]

@@C.W.scottishhighlandmumma1821I’m in the Campbell DNA project, we have a little over over 2000 members and trace the male Campbell line back over 150k years ago. Any Male Campbell who can join would help as we are tracing all Branches of Clan Campbell on Family Tree DNA, they need to get a YDNA test

[@NicholasCampbell-c8y]

​@BigRed2 would love to! My father and his father are Campbell's as well as my brother and me.

[@sh.4409]

Never trust a Campbell goes the saying ;-). My mum is from Paisley. She was born on Lacy Street. We're Stewarts.

[@bleikrsound6127]

Morrison family here, although in the USA, have been told we were from ‘islands of the North and West’ of Scotland.

[@trishwilder7158]

I’m a Morrison, Melb, Aust. Have been to the Hebrides and started with Lewis as that’s where the Morrison came from. There’s a map detailing Surnames in the Museum in Edinburgh and Morrison is on that , at the top of Lewis. My genetic breakdown shows I also have Norwegian genes.

[@DianaJewell-jf9ep]

​Morrison here from Isle of Lewis , just received my DNA kit . ​@trishwilder7158

[@IsleOfLewis]

I'm a Morrison, sitting amongst many more, in the Outer Hebrides.. Our family is very much centred around the Isle of Lewis and Harris, and North Uist, with a long history in the area and with some viking ancestors too.

[@bleikrsound6127]

@@trishwilder7158 We should all get together and reclaim our ancestral territory!

[@bleikrsound6127]

@@IsleOfLewis We should all get together and reclaim our ancestral territory!

[@miriamwells35]

I am 48% Scottish. My mum was a McBurney - highlanders from the north west . 90% of my DNA is from Ireland, Scotland and the UK but the trace amounts were Middle Eastern, African (East Nigeria), Russian, Iberian, Balkan and 2% Norwegian.

[@Pollllz]

Very interesting. I have Scottish grandparents on my dad’s side; the Bells and MacMillans from north east Aberdeenshire. All the men had the same middle name of ‘Stuartson’. The Bell brothers (including my grandfather) all ended up in the highlands at the end. As far as know, we’ve never had our DNA traced, so would be interesting to find out more about our ancestry.

[@mairilinacre]

I am a McMillan. The Bells are a Sept of the clan MacMillan which is my clan. I have relatives who live in New Jersey and South Carolina who emigrated to America in the early 1900s. Their name changed from McMillan to MacMillan. Mc is just an abbreviated form of Mac.

[@stacy5445]

My father was a Carmichael from the Clan Carmichael. His mother was from Prussia ancestry but sadly I do not know much of that! My Grandfathers grandparents were both from Scotland and migrated to America around 1850. My mother was of German ancestry but she never really talked about and I didn’t live with her for most of my life! Watching this program has made me want to delve into what my ancestry is! Thank you for this!

[@garvdarb]

My mother is a Carmichael, dairsie Scotland

[@liliandunbar8027]

I'm Scottish & recently did a DNA test. 75% Scots, Irish & Welsh, no surprise there, then 17% Scandinavian. The rest was Polish/Romanian/India(!) And 0.5% Native American Indian. I was blown away. 😂

[@fixnkev]

My oldest known ancestor on my mothers side was MacReynolds born in 1509. The 'Mac' part was dropped at some point. His descendant, John Fulton Reynolds fought with George Washington in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary war..

[@PaulEcosse]

I can't really argue as I am Scottish and have trace North African, at 2.3% along with 1% trace Native American.

[@shulamitebeautifulbride]

The north African dna are germanic visigoths. They are non Arab jews and Berber. I know.

[@peterkridler1954]

The n. African comes from the last migration out of the fertile crescent associated with the first farmers

[@debrap947]

Stuart, Bruce, Campbell, Dunbar, Scott, McLean, Oliphant, Gordon, Erskine, Douglas, Scott, Blair, Middleton, Lindsay, Cunningham, Strachan, Forbes, Ross, Gordon, Crichton, Drummond are names that are on my paternal Ancestry tree! Thanks for even more insight into my DNA ancestors! I don't know much about my mother's Scottish side...she died 3 years ago not knowing that she had any Scottish DNA, but she was 6' tall! lol

[@jolenesmith631]

@debrap947 my great grandad was McLean from Aberdeen

[@Kay.in.FL.HI.SA.JP.OZ.NZ.RIO..]

Hi Cousin! From descendants of clans: Ross, McKai, Bruce and Stuart...

[@debrap947]

@@Kay.in.FL.HI.SA.JP.OZ.NZ.RIO.. 😃

[@brucestrachan7873]

Excellent names!

[@jolenesmith631]

Hello, sorry, late reply dear fellow Scot’s. My nanny was a bishop her daughter then a smith. My great Nan wrote a book about Aberdeen in post world war 1 called “for you I remember”. Does Anyone know of this seemingly beautiful lady? I live in Essex due to my Dad moving in the late 70’s, I do not know much at all about my Scottish heritage, be amazing to know more🙏🏻❤️

[@stephenmcdonald664]

Cheers from Canada. Fascinating research. 57% England, Wales, Northwest Europe. 38% Scotttish. 5% Norway. Ancestors originated in Islay and County Mayo, Ireland. My DNA ethnicity was confirmed by my maternal family tree which goes back to 1066. We consider Scotland to be our ancestral home.

[@robyngronek7628]

I inherited 52% Scottish which shocked me because I was always told I had a lot of Irish ( only 4%) . I’d love to know which part of Scotland is in my blood! Oh and I’m very happy to have Scottish blood and so much 🎉!

[@tommyfergusson2502]

the Groneks might be from Greenock

[@Patricia-tr9zm]

I'm a descendant of Graham clan.. GGF came to New Zealand in 1874. Green eyes tans in the sun. I've traced my Graham genealogy to Kirkcudbright and further back to Leith Edinburgh 18th C. I'm typically English Scottish Irish mix with a bit of Icelandic! Green eyes from my mother's Irish ancestors (via Australia) I think.

[@geoffdundee]

@Patricia-tr9zm ....Grahams of Claverhouse ........ Mains Castle Dundee

[@barneyrubble3571]

@@geoffdundeeif you are a Graham you might find the book “When Scotland was Jewish an interesting read

[@geoffdundee]

@@barneyrubble3571 ........im not a Graham..but love mains castle here in dundee.......ive painted it in oils approx 20 times.

[@ebradley2306]

Always thought I was more English with barely a hint of Scottish, but thru DNA found out I was predominantly Scottish (67%) from the highlands and Hebrides followed by Irish and then Danish. Always had a soft spot for the country and culture and now I know why.

[@heidifarstadkvalheim4952]

... having Hebridene is more likely that the scandinavien DNA came from the west coast of Norway ? ... it was just a qick pasing straigt over the North Sea... The Danes used to be further south.. just a suggestion

[@ebradley2306]

@@heidifarstadkvalheim4952 Also have Swedish. No mention of Norwegian. From a DNA test.

[@DanaDakota]

I am 54% Scottish! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lindaannkroeker6716]

I am a Kennedy and I know that my ancestors fought with Robert The Bruce and my Grand parents immigrated from Stirling Bridge in 1911 to Canada

[@NEChristo]

I’m a child of the Most High God 🙌🏼 couldn’t be more happy about it

[@gailmuir799]

Me to...😅👍

[@sean367]

Bob Marley ?

[@michaelslavin1601]

Who is that? Yahweh?

[@gailmuir799]

@michaelslavin1601 for me it is😁

[@michaelslavin1601]

@ do you know who Yahweh is? He is not the creator God, rather a warrior god. He was one of the gods the Hebrew people worshipped prior to them becoming a monotheistic people. It’s why the carnage continues with the Hebrew zionists and the Christian Zionists cause the most violence in the world. Yahweh was one of the gods the Kenites and Edomites worshipped prior to the Caanites then the Hebrews. Read John to see what Jesus said about Yahweh. “It’s not His God”

[@roseforget881]

Loved the video. Maiden name is Brown. Never thought it was special until i did my genealogy and realized it was Scottish. It goes back to 1066 and Le Bruin. My clan badge is a lion holding a flure de lie. Thanks for the info.

[@robs4988]

The program only goes back 12,000 years. There is evidence of pre modern humans throughout the UK from 600,000 years ago. That's before the last ice age. Some of their DNA is also in modern humans. Still, an interesting program.

[@NomadicNight]

This program is wrong. The Earth is less than 6000 years old.

[@Mark-yv3ij]

You really have evidence from 600,000 years ago 🤣

[@aliciamarie9704]

This is so much history crammed into this video.

[@rcjo2]

Can't believe you didn't mention Wallace. My mother (RIP) was raised by her Scottish grandmother who immigrated to America, Margaret Wallace Keene.

[@strangecobra9454]

I have Wallace on my paternal great-grandmother's side! I was also hoping it would have been mentioned. My ancestors are from Dumfries.

[@petuniasevan]

I am a Campbell by birth. My dad was raised in eastern Ohio. His forebears came over from Northern Ireland where their forebears had settled as part of the Ulster Plantation colonization scheme. Previously they had lived in the Argyle region.

[@MrJohnnyboyrebel]

My grandmother, Clan Lamont, immigrated from Lochee (surrounded by Dundee) to Manitoba Canada when she was 17 years old. She married a Dutch immigrant. I’ve been told the Lamont clan was feuding with the Campbell clan. I trust that feud is over, otherwise I’m sworn to fighting Campbells to this day!

[@NicholasCampbell-c8y]

Hey! We've got enough problems with the Macdonalds 😂 we don't need anymore enemies 😅

[@dallascumming8750]

What are your sources for this information? I would like to follow it up.

[@winnieg100]

My last name was Welch. My Dad said his lineage is Scot-Irish. I noticed most of my relatives on his side have blue eyes, strawberry blonde hair and fair skin. I would love to find my genetics in Scotland or Wales or Ireland.

[@barrygriffiths3592]

Welsh in your name may indicate close association with the kingdom of the North Britons (near Dunbarton). Wallace has a similar connection We all must remember that Scotland was originally the land of the Picts and they were Pretonic speaking Celts like the Welsh and Cornish

[@barrygriffiths3592]

NM

[@bmhd6598]

Very interesting...I especially liked that I am surname descended from the Picts. I always wanted to be a Pict. Thank you for the information.

[@robinvargas4088]

I tapped the subscribe button but it won't acknowledge that I have tapped it. It won't take. Love the video. I have scottish heritage as well.

[@terryglendening7166]

Don't know much about my Scottish heritage except that we come from the Douglas clan. I hope I get to visit Scotland before I die.

[@marionkerby1154]

My late husband father (Alexander Duncan Macdonald) of Clanranald - emmigrates to South Africa from from Elgin. According to records, the family history goes back to Inverness and the Outer Hebrides mentioning the “famous” , Flora Macdonald as family. I have the family Bible. My mother’s father was Hugh Marley Russell who lived at 10 High Street, Queensferry. My ancestor, an oarsman, is mentioned in the record book in the museum near the bridge. My grandfather left money to the graveyard in that town. The Russels came to the UK in 1066 from France.

[@KeithWilliamMacHendry]

Gaelic is pronounced Galik in Scotland. Very informative dna information indeed, thank you.

[@lizagervais8621]

My brother did a y DNA test at my request. It turns out our Macklem’s are genetically related to the Scottish MacFarlane’s. We thought that we were Irish but it turns out we are Scottish then stayed in Ireland for a while before coming to Canada via the US. I find it very fascinating.

[@timfindlaysamazingvancouve3114]

I would be very interested in a DNA analysis of those with "Fay" or psychic abilities, for as many know, the highlanders display high degrees of Psi abilities, and whether this can be traced to particular genetic markers.

[@yvonneihaka7714]

My grandfather was Orkney born while my grandmother was born in Glasgow whose ancestors were from Isle of Lewis. I’m 54% Scottish : England & Northwestern Europe 20% : Sweden & Denmark 20% : wales 7% : Norway 4% : Ireland 3% : Germanic Europe 2%. My grandmother was quite olive skinned and she was teased about being a Spanish throwback! Interesting listen.

[@cnoc500]

That's quite a variety

[@yvonneihaka7714]

@@cnoc500 true but 78% relates to those territories covered by doco my fathers side is Danish have no idea about the 2% although dad reckoned Belgium but found no evidence so far.

[@Mark-Haddow]

Lewis & Harris, to be accurate. Same Island split by a geographical border.

[@cnoc500]

@Mark-Haddow to be precise, same island no borders.

[@heidifarstadkvalheim4952]

And my father who had only formothers and forefathers from western coast of Norway - was darke skin, black hair and dark eyes.. but my DNA test shows that Im 46% scottish/ irish/ wesh - and on the west coast of Norway this darker palett in humans are common. It shows that ouer dividing humasn in races are stupid. Whe have all been traveling around - in all time

[@barbliska6420]

I’m a Graham from my father and Duncan from my mother. Related to all the Kings and Queens across Scotland, England and Ireland. Very proud of my ancestry.

[@rezzer7918]

Kudos to you.

[@cathylaver4146]

Don’t think royalty is much if anything to be proud of tbh !!

[@heidifarstadkvalheim4952]

😆.. yes offcourse you are - you are from the USA ? - a bunch of royal ancesties there...

[@barbliska6420]

@@heidifarstadkvalheim4952 I’m from Canada a bunch of Royal Ancestry too.

[@barbliska6420]

@@cathylaver4146 I guess you aren’t or you wouldn’t be making that reference. I’m proud as there were many good Kings and Queens too. Not all of them were awful. You obviously aren’t well versed on Royal Ancestry.

[@pamelawirt2315]

My Great Grandfather was an immigrant from Scotland by the name of MacGregor. He married an Irish immigrant. My Grandmother was a product of their union. She married a man of Swiss heritage (Wirt). Well, it really ends up that I am a good American of European Mixture. Who knows what my DNA will show. My father traced our Heritage to Julius Caesar's sister.

[@lovinwildlife2150]

Excellent show! Love the Scottish history very much.❤

[@johnward8064]

Well done. Good narration.

[@robinsmith5442]

I have a Bruce line but it goes back to about 5 generations. I'm closer to Grant, my grandmother's maiden name. Overall ancestry says I have 53% Scottish DNA even though all my family on dad's side has been in the US over 200 years.

[@normmcrae1140]

McRae, Muir, Turnbull and MacAloney. Yup - I'm SCOTTISH, alright! 🤣 Actually - I'm a DIRECT Descendant of Several Constables of Eilean Donan Castle - the one you show in so many of the beautiful shots in the show.👍 Thanks!

[@Sabhail_ar_Alba]

Turnbull comes from Northumbria in England and MacAloney sounds Irish.

[@hollyporter1193]

My Paternal grandmothers family came from Isle of Islay- Octomore farm- Campbell

Most of your cells have differing DNA, especially as you age.

[@rodneykeith2923]

It is always cool to learn more of my ancestors "Keith" . Growing up all i knew of was the Appalachian mountains ⛰️ of Kentucky as where my people was from. I was 30 before i learned past "Clan Keith " to the "Chati Tribe" so it is great to know all i can of my ancestors. Thank you.

[@doloresbuchanan7457]

I'm just a hillbilly descendant from the coal mines of Harlan KY. My great grandfather was Alexander Buchanan. He came to the US from Glasgow. His son Archibald was my father's father, FredI HAVE PICTURES OF THEM ALL. I am Freda Buchanan, a 71 yr.old who loves reading about her Scottish family. They all worked in th coal mines until 1958 when my father left. I love all the history and am amazed at the beauty of Scotland.

[@rosewood5017]

A lot of the Scots that migrated from Scotland ended up in your area. I believe the music in your area came from Scottish tradition. They have Scottish fairs in your region each year.