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.
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]”
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”.
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).
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.
@@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.”
@@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.
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.
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.
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 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.
The Hyxos ruling Egypt….(wild red haired people) the stone of destiny, Scoti. Ever wondered how Scotland managed to contribute so many inventions to the world in such a short time. Ever wondered why the English hated the idea of Scotland prospering…ever wondered if you’ve been fed the wrong narrative….ever wondered why Scot’s have an affinity with turkey too? 2 of the oldest dig sites in the world. Gobekli and shetlands. Go look at the animals inscribed at gobleki. Those are hella Pictish looking.
16:49 A genetic test showed that I have the X MtDNA which is passed on by mothers from generation to generation. Family genealogy of our mother to daughter line goes back 12 generations to a woman named Robertson from Lanarkshire who migrated to the colonies in America in the mid 17th century. Wish her line could be traced back further!
Not a mention of Mannan, near , the Black Isle, Slamannan, Clackmannan,Fermanagh, Isle of Man. Annan. The traders of Long gone times. By boat , had Dublin and many names from coastal places. Irish history, the Tauthe d Dannan. Invasion. Bridge of the Irish Scottish join, before sea rises.
Boat people from The East Had to find somewhere to live in massive drought . East Med. and Greek , Turkic . We are all related and mixed, but still kill each other for , nothing but greed. Time we got United as one peoples .Think, nobody owns Earth. We are things on its crust.
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.
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.
Stewart royal is your race. I’m Galt. Gaelic for stranger. From 800s sept clan of MacDonald of glen Coe and Stewart’s of Appin. Proud scoucer. Who knows his roots 🤣 so not English 🤣
One of the biggest headaches people get, with their DNA results, is they are stuck on DNA equals nationality. Some of the most emotional are Americans who are from Dutch culture/nationality. The angst they have seeing no Dutch DNA sends them off the edge. I've had to post many long historical explanations of the people who moved back and forth from European continent to the British Isles. From the pre-Roman period to late Medieval for sure and some beyond. The only "real" "historical" "Dutch" are the Freis who were their own tribe and land before the Romans came north. The Romans moved a large portion of the Chatti from Germany into central NL along the rivers. Once Rome largely controlled England then people from all over the Roman Empire came through enroute to Britain.
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 Scotch-Irish on a census in the 19th century.
He would possibly have been from Ulster where some of the population were brought from Scotland to Ulster as settlers. Many emigrated to Appalachia and still describe themselves as Scots-Irish
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).
I have so many Scottish surnames in my family and almost none of them were named. Robertson, Irving, Davidson, Pitkethly, Fortheringham, Gordon, Brown, Burke, and more!
I recently did an addition to my DNA from Family Tree DNA and was surprised to find 99% of my DNA was Scottish Welsh and English. I have Native American and Many documented Irish ancestors but I have no Irish or Native American DNA.
I added my brothers (Gregory D McDonald ) DNA to the Scottish YDNA study that Alistair McDonald, unfortunately now deceased, was working on at the university of Edinburgh. Haplo group RM 269. I have been trying to track family ancestry to the Highlands of Scotland. The only real clue I have is a autobiography by a distant ancestor that starts… And the time of King James II my father Matthew Brown left the highlands of Scotland. Also, I’ve been trying to find a link to the Lord of the Isle Summerlet
Ross, De Ross, the rose, is not Pictish. It's early Norman and is married into the line of De Bruce. Then married into the line of Dungal. Dungal was low level royalty with ancestry that links the English, Northumberian, and Scottish crowns together in a series of marriage peace agreements. It's also the line of the first lords of Dunbar, Melrose, and Mortan. This is the lineage of Richard Edgar and his son Donald, recognized by Robert The Bruce, after the battle for independence.
I share 2 segments of DNA with Cheddar Man. He lived over 9000 years ago. They're on my 10th and 19th chromosomes. 31% of my DNA is Scottish. 68% from the British Isles.
Those names are not the original names of Scotland. The original people that lived in Scotland, were murdered and replaced with those names that you see today.
Gaelic language didn't spread via cultural diffusion. Gaelic is the modern version of the Indo-European language that the Indo-Europeans, who nearly completely replaced the Neolithic population of Britain and Ireland 4500 years ago, spoke. Gaelic and Brythonic languages are languages only an elite few can master except for those who learned it at their mother's knee from infancy.
Gaelic and other Celtic languages and culture didnt reach Scotland, Ireland and the rest of Britain until somewhere between 800 and 300 BCE. The Neolithic population of Britain and Ireland where replaced by the Bell Beaker people from the European continent. Nobody knows what language the Bell Beaker people spoke.
No surprises with North African DNA. One of my Scottish ancestors was a Slave owner in Jamaica When l did my DNA, l got my brothers done as well. His DNA was clearly Nordic, Scottish, Irish and North African.
Thanks. I have heard that a Norweagian man called Germund , was half Sibirian, and half Norwegian. The Mother came frome a black Sibirian Tribe. Germund married a girl frome that Tribe to, and moved to Island. The twin brother lived in Norway. 😊
49percent Scot 49 percent 50 percent England 1 percent Irish. Oxford ancestors found anglo Saxon. Our dna went thru Iberia,Georgia,ukrane,Germany and into Britain. That is Y chromosome, mtDNA is Galic,and Galicia. My gran from orkney was the most surprising of all.
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.
What happened to the Buchanans? My ancestry shows the mixing of David Buchanan of the Buchanans married to Jean Handyside daughter of Elisabeth Lyon of the Lyons, whose line goes back to John Lyon who married Jean Stewart daughter of Robert de Bruce
My DNA results and breakdown came as a big surprise. Scottish 35% = 16% Maternal & 19% Paternal. English & NW European 27% = 27% Maternal only. Irish 17% = 7% Maternal & 10% Paternal. Norwegian 14% = 14% Paternal only. Welsh 7% = 7% Paternal only. Surnames in the family tree are Davidson, Geddes, McQueen, Douglas, Steedman/ Stedman, Shennan.
I resend from Jeremiah MacKnew. I know very little, but think his origin is the highlands or Edinburgh. If anyone is familiar with the surname Macknew I'd love to know more. Thank you
Well my great grandfather was irish & my great granny Scottish & regardless if theres any other country in my ancestors family im 💯 scottish my mum dad granny grandad Scottish
i would like to see you add DNA from all the family's that were forced out of Scotland as convicts to Australia America and Canada ect. what about the family's that were gusts of the duke of argyle on his ship that landed in cook town Queensland Australia
The surname "Dewar" has an interesting background. It’s a Scottish name derived from the Gaelic word "deoir," which means "pilgrim" or "custodian." Historically, Dewars were responsible for protecting religious relics, often serving as custodians of sacred objects for clans and churches. As for clan connections, the Dewar family is associated with Clan Menzies, and they held lands in Perthshire. The role of Dewars was highly respected within the clan system due to their connection to spiritual responsibilities. So, there’s some real heritage in this name
The surname "Gilfillan" is of Scottish origin, derived from the Gaelic name "Gille Fhaolain," which translates to "servant of (Saint) Faolán" or "little wolf." It has its roots in early Christian communities in Scotland and Ireland, where names linked to religious figures were common. Initially, it likely started as a personal name before evolving into a family surname. While still primarily associated with Scotland, the name has spread to other regions through migration www.houseofnames.com/gilfillan-family-crest
I have done a dna test & finding it difficult to understand why asian siberian on the asian continent to central europe & the isles in your context, very distinct different parts of the world 😶
Those names are not the original names of Scotland. The original people that lived in Scotland, were murdered and replaced with those names that you see today.. i’ve seen the original lambs of the people who lived in Scotland.
Having recently received my DNA report - 91% Lowland Scot, 8% Norman/English and thankfully only 1% Oirish I hit the Play button on this. However if the narrator cannae pronounce Ochills or (Scots) Gaelic properly it loses any credibility imho
Native and Scottish and some other. I always say that when you talk about others, you could be talking about yourself. Lol😂 get it? Syb.love. family name Frazier, before Fraser, a number of different spelling, we are all of the same family. Sorry if this hurts your feelings. It was said we go back to William Wallace family. It said family also was with George Washington. We go way back in time. So we have been spending history and blood in all of history.
The peple of south Ayrshire, were a mixture of Romans and Belgae biginning two millenia ago. The Belgae escaped the genocide of the Gauls by the Romans, moved across to southern England and then were forced to leave again, and came to Ayrshire. They then became the Gaels and essentially took over Galloway and migrated also to Ulster. The second sectarian invasion of the 16th century, was effectively just a re-combination of ancient shared bloodlines, across the sea, despite the Government sponsored sectarianization.
You forgot to mention the potato famine,when lots of Irish moved to the British islands and that the Scot’s came from ulster via Spain,as the Arbroath scrolls state they came via Eastern Europe,probably modern day southern Russia or turkey.
Buddy read up some history there was No Irish invasion to Scotland, the land we call Ireland was called by the Romans and Greeks as Scotia ie The Land of the Scots and the people were called the Scotti ie Scots, these Scotii arrived in the 1st century long before ireland was a twinkle in an Irish monks eye later Scotia was changed to Hibernia land of the gales and later later Ireland, it was not the English that also invaded Ireland it was the Norman French and they spoke French
Also 8000 years ago there was a landbridge connecting Europe to Scotland it was called Doggerland the Picts arrived from this bridge mostly from Scandinavia 😮
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.
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]”
@@davidpaterson2309 thank you, very interesting!
@@davidpaterson2309 Holy moly. THANK YOU! ⚘ You've given me lots to research here and it's absolutely exciting! Wow. Very kind of you.
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”.
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).
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.
@@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.”
@@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.
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.
I found this fascinating, as an Australian, my DNA results were Scottish about 98%, the rest Western European and Scandinavian.
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.
This was fascinating. I am an American and have over Scottish 25% DNA, but I was shocked to see I have 10% Norwegian DNA, who knew. 😊😊😊
Same here, I had no idea.
England has its own version of history.... Scotland knows the truth
The history is self-taught. It needs to be revealed. It is purposefully kept hidden.
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I can't really argue as I am Scottish and have trace North African, at 2.3% along with 1% trace Native American.
The north African dna are germanic visigoths. They are non Arab jews and Berber. I know.
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.
That's quite a variety
@@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.
Nice to see my ancestors' home so prominently featured. Eileen Donan of the MacKenzies.
Be interesting to see a DNA test as I was born in Arbroath but lived in New Zealand since 1961 still my heart beats for Scotland 👍
The Hyxos ruling Egypt….(wild red haired people) the stone of destiny, Scoti. Ever wondered how Scotland managed to contribute so many inventions to the world in such a short time. Ever wondered why the English hated the idea of Scotland prospering…ever wondered if you’ve been fed the wrong narrative….ever wondered why Scot’s have an affinity with turkey too? 2 of the oldest dig sites in the world. Gobekli and shetlands. Go look at the animals inscribed at gobleki. Those are hella Pictish looking.
Still draining us dry
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I so enjoyed this video, I have been discovering my Boyd routes from Scotland to Ireland then America. Thank you
I too have traced our Boyd travels from 10th century to present, totally fascinated by it.
16:49 A genetic test showed that I have the X MtDNA which is passed on by mothers from generation to generation. Family genealogy of our mother to daughter line goes back 12 generations to a woman named Robertson from Lanarkshire who migrated to the colonies in America in the mid 17th century. Wish her line could be traced back further!
Not a mention of Mannan, near , the Black Isle, Slamannan, Clackmannan,Fermanagh, Isle of Man. Annan. The traders of Long gone times. By boat , had Dublin and many names from coastal places. Irish history, the Tauthe d Dannan. Invasion. Bridge of the Irish Scottish join, before sea rises.
Boat people from The East Had to find somewhere to live in massive drought . East Med. and Greek , Turkic . We are all related and mixed, but still kill each other for , nothing but greed. Time we got United as one peoples .Think, nobody owns Earth. We are things on its crust.
I'm a Robertson from Fife. My mothers name was Barbara
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.
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.
I’m a Stewart on both sides who intermarried twice in addition to my parents. Royal DNA. Interesting.
Stewart royal is your race.
I’m Galt. Gaelic for stranger. From 800s sept clan of MacDonald of glen Coe and Stewart’s of Appin. Proud scoucer. Who knows his roots 🤣 so not English 🤣
@@garygalt4146 Mercian
Thank you ❤
MacGregor Motto
"Royal is my race"
Nesbiit..Nibit and variations. My aunt traced our family to 1100 AD. In Scottland
But its an English name
I'm 79% Irish/Scottish. My family has been on eastern Long Island since the 1700s.
I love how these "studies" talk about "DNA" and avoid the whole fact behind how that DNA is there.
Biology? Certainly no god.
One of the biggest headaches people get, with their DNA results, is they are stuck on DNA equals nationality. Some of the most emotional are Americans who are from Dutch culture/nationality. The angst they have seeing no Dutch DNA sends them off the edge. I've had to post many long historical explanations of the people who moved back and forth from European continent to the British Isles. From the pre-Roman period to late Medieval for sure and some beyond.
The only "real" "historical" "Dutch" are the Freis who were their own tribe and land before the Romans came north. The Romans moved a large portion of the Chatti from Germany into central NL along the rivers. Once Rome largely controlled England then people from all over the Roman Empire came through enroute to Britain.
@@garygalt4146 bonking. Got a bit of Italian in your Glasgow family?
David 1st....a new one for me. Thank you.
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 Scotch-Irish on a census in the 19th century.
He would possibly have been from Ulster where some of the population were brought from Scotland to Ulster as settlers. Many emigrated to Appalachia and still describe themselves as Scots-Irish
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).
I have so many Scottish surnames in my family and almost none of them were named. Robertson, Irving, Davidson, Pitkethly, Fortheringham, Gordon, Brown, Burke, and more!
I’m Pitcaithly with Davidson mother. 👍🏻🏴
I think Professor Jim Wilson has also researched Traveller DNA and is working with Irish Travellers as well
I recently did an addition to my DNA from Family Tree DNA and was surprised to find 99% of my DNA was Scottish Welsh and English. I have Native American and Many documented Irish ancestors but I have no Irish or Native American DNA.
Well with a Danish father & a Scottish mother it would be interesting to see what else would shake down in my genetics
I added my brothers (Gregory D McDonald ) DNA to the Scottish YDNA study that Alistair McDonald, unfortunately now deceased, was working on at the university of Edinburgh. Haplo group RM 269.
I have been trying to track family ancestry to the Highlands of Scotland. The only real clue I have is a autobiography by a distant ancestor that starts… And the time of King James II my father Matthew Brown left the highlands of Scotland.
Also, I’ve been trying to find a link to the Lord of the Isle Summerlet
I am from wick in the highlands and find it very interesting how our DNA is and I guess how it or does it tie into health issues
Ross, De Ross, the rose, is not Pictish. It's early Norman and is married into the line of De Bruce. Then married into the line of Dungal. Dungal was low level royalty with ancestry that links the English, Northumberian, and Scottish crowns together in a series of marriage peace agreements. It's also the line of the first lords of Dunbar, Melrose, and Mortan. This is the lineage of Richard Edgar and his son Donald, recognized by Robert The Bruce, after the battle for independence.
I share 2 segments of DNA with Cheddar Man. He lived over 9000 years ago. They're on my 10th and 19th chromosomes. 31% of my DNA is Scottish. 68% from the British Isles.
Those names are not the original names of Scotland. The original people that lived in Scotland, were murdered and replaced with those names that you see today.
Gaelic language didn't spread via cultural diffusion. Gaelic is the modern version of the Indo-European language that the Indo-Europeans, who nearly completely replaced the Neolithic population of Britain and Ireland 4500 years ago, spoke. Gaelic and Brythonic languages are languages only an elite few can master except for those who learned it at their mother's knee from infancy.
Gaelic and other Celtic languages and culture didnt reach Scotland, Ireland and the rest of Britain until somewhere between 800 and 300 BCE. The Neolithic population of Britain and Ireland where replaced by the Bell Beaker people from the European continent. Nobody knows what language the Bell Beaker people spoke.
No surprises with North African DNA.
One of my Scottish ancestors was a Slave owner in Jamaica
When l did my DNA, l got my brothers done as well.
His DNA was clearly Nordic, Scottish, Irish and North African.
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
Thanks. I have heard that a Norweagian man called Germund , was half Sibirian, and half Norwegian. The Mother came frome a black Sibirian Tribe. Germund married a girl frome that Tribe to, and moved to Island. The twin brother lived in Norway. 😊
23%Scottish Canadian🇨🇦
49percent Scot 49 percent 50 percent England 1 percent Irish. Oxford ancestors found anglo Saxon. Our dna went thru Iberia,Georgia,ukrane,Germany and into Britain. That is Y chromosome, mtDNA is Galic,and Galicia. My gran from orkney was the most surprising of all.
30% English/North Western Europe. 12% Scottish DNA with 2% Levant
My own family is off the Viking side of Gunn.
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.
What happened to the Buchanans? My ancestry shows the mixing of David Buchanan of the Buchanans married to Jean Handyside daughter of Elisabeth Lyon of the Lyons, whose line goes back to John Lyon who married Jean Stewart daughter of Robert de Bruce
My DNA results and breakdown came as a big surprise. Scottish 35% = 16% Maternal & 19% Paternal. English & NW European 27% = 27% Maternal only. Irish 17% = 7% Maternal & 10% Paternal. Norwegian 14% = 14% Paternal only. Welsh 7% = 7% Paternal only. Surnames in the family tree are Davidson, Geddes, McQueen, Douglas, Steedman/ Stedman, Shennan.
I resend from Jeremiah MacKnew. I know very little, but think his origin is the highlands or Edinburgh. If anyone is familiar with the surname Macknew I'd love to know more. Thank you
Well my great grandfather was irish & my great granny Scottish & regardless if theres any other country in my ancestors family im 💯 scottish my mum dad granny grandad Scottish
i would like to see you add DNA from all the family's that were forced out of Scotland as convicts to Australia America and Canada ect. what about the family's that were gusts of the duke of argyle on his ship that landed in cook town Queensland Australia
Noted, thank you
What about Dewar,plus no mention of clans.
The surname "Dewar" has an interesting background. It’s a Scottish name derived from the Gaelic word "deoir," which means "pilgrim" or "custodian."
Historically, Dewars were responsible for protecting religious relics, often serving as custodians of sacred objects for clans and churches.
As for clan connections, the Dewar family is associated with Clan Menzies, and they held lands in Perthshire.
The role of Dewars was highly respected within the clan system due to their connection to spiritual responsibilities.
So, there’s some real heritage in this name
Grandpa mothers side ~ Macomb
31% Scottish, Clan MacLaren definitely and possibly Garland and Kyle who came from Ireland, but I am only 6% Irish.
Where does the surname Gilfillan come from?
The surname "Gilfillan" is of Scottish origin, derived from the Gaelic name "Gille Fhaolain," which translates to "servant of (Saint) Faolán" or "little wolf."
It has its roots in early Christian communities in Scotland and Ireland, where names linked to religious figures were common. Initially, it likely started as a personal name before evolving into a family surname.
While still primarily associated with Scotland, the name has spread to other regions through migration www.houseofnames.com/gilfillan-family-crest
I have done a dna test & finding it difficult to understand why asian siberian on the asian continent to central europe & the isles in your context, very distinct different parts of the world 😶
Thank you. SEAN DHONNCHAIDH
My dna is 100% Scottish...I was hoping for a mix.
Those names are not the original names of Scotland. The original people that lived in Scotland, were murdered and replaced with those names that you see today.. i’ve seen the original lambs of the people who lived in Scotland.
Having recently received my DNA report - 91% Lowland Scot, 8% Norman/English and thankfully only 1% Oirish I hit the Play button on this.
However if the narrator cannae pronounce Ochills or (Scots) Gaelic properly it loses any credibility imho
Oh those swarthy Scott's
Scots are mac's tip-off northern ireland is mc the ither names are lowlands and more english
Native and Scottish and some other. I always say that when you talk about others, you could be talking about yourself. Lol😂 get it? Syb.love. family name Frazier, before Fraser, a number of different spelling, we are all of the same family. Sorry if this hurts your feelings. It was said we go back to William Wallace family. It said family also was with George Washington. We go way back in time. So we have been spending history and blood in all of history.
My dear departed mother's maiden name is Sutherland. Damn, i'm from the Vikings.
The peple of south Ayrshire, were a mixture of Romans and Belgae biginning two millenia ago. The Belgae escaped the genocide of the Gauls by the Romans, moved across to southern England and then were forced to leave again, and came to Ayrshire.
They then became the Gaels and essentially took over Galloway and migrated also to Ulster. The second sectarian invasion of the 16th century, was effectively just a re-combination of ancient shared bloodlines, across the sea, despite the Government sponsored sectarianization.
You forgot to mention the potato famine,when lots of Irish moved to the British islands and that the Scot’s came from ulster via Spain,as the Arbroath scrolls state they came via Eastern Europe,probably modern day southern Russia or turkey.
Ulster Scots moved to the colonies in America in the early 1700s, long before the famine.
They are part of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel who escaped from the Assyrians and left to the north.
We aren't lost, just suppressed and forced to forget who we are.
Haha you think the Scots are Jews!!!!
Buddy read up some history there was No Irish invasion to Scotland, the land we call Ireland was called by the Romans and Greeks as Scotia ie The Land of the Scots and the people were called the Scotti ie Scots, these Scotii arrived in the 1st century long before ireland was a twinkle in an Irish monks eye later Scotia was changed to Hibernia land of the gales and later later Ireland, it was not the English that also invaded Ireland it was the Norman French and they spoke French
Also 8000 years ago there was a landbridge connecting Europe to Scotland it was called Doggerland the Picts arrived from this bridge mostly from Scandinavia 😮
No Dal Riada?
Lots of nonsense in this ...yeah yeah ..try to see the trees through the forest ...this is trash mind warping trash ...next we'll be talking in Urdu