Hmmmmm .....
Posted on 08/22/2012 7:05:20 AM PDT by Renfield
Evidence of African, Arabian, south-east Asian and Siberian ancestry in Scotland, says author of book tracing genetic journey
A large scale study of Scottish people's DNA is threatening to "rewrite the nation's history", according to author Alistair Moffat.
Scotland, he told the Edinburgh international book festival, despite a long-held belief that its ethnic make-up was largely Scots, Celtic, Viking and Irish, was in fact "one of the most diverse nations on earth".
"The explanation is simple. We are a people on the edge of beyond; on the end of a massive continent. Peoples were migrating northwest; and they couldn't get any further. We have collected them."....
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
DNA...Scotland...ping
“One researcher that I can recall noticed structural similarities between some Celtic and Indian Musical forms.”
Well, the bagpipes didn’t come from Europe, that is for sure. They originated in the Middle East.
Hmmmmm .....
There were lots of waves of migration into the British Isles. I would guess the Romans brought in a diverse set of genes, both with their armies, and the various traders from various places who followed them.
DNA is Okay, But they weren’t multi-cultural at least prior to 100 years ago. Anyone else from around the world that settled there Assimilated into the scottish culture becasue they HAD to because scottish culture gave them the tools to survive in scotland. The same way european immigrants moved into American and assimilated into the Newly formed English/American culture within a generation or two.
CC
Good point.
I'm a mutt, my kids are mutts, my dogs are mutts, and damn-good looking, if I may say.
Bill Murray said it best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ-ru03J2OQ
well according to some experts raping and pillaging won’t produce offspring...the woman’s body shuts down...
There is no doubt ancient people really got around:
http://www.meshrep.com/PicOfDay/mummies/mummies.htm
Geez, thanks ... Beat me to it. Yes, all the genetic diversity is ONLY from consensual sex. Or women who enjoyed being raped ...
If it’s not Scottish it’s CRAP!
The MSM loves a story that suggests those of European ancestry are not a pure race, as if any half informed person ever thought they were. This story is more about the MSM’s PC-ness and the guilt-ridden, self-loathing white folks who make up most of it.
Finding a bit of really extraneous DNA is not ethnically significant perhaps but it does tell a cool story about human travel and interaction. I’ve often felt it must be risky living ones life as a racist since none of us can vouch for the morals of our great-great-great grandmothers.
I’m told I am of Scottish and Irish descent but my folks were of a generation more concerned with their descendants than their ancestors so who knows. To find out I am a wee bit Berber or African or Asian is pretty cool.
LOL, a bit ambiguous but I’m going to assume you are bragging about your good looking dogs AND kids.
This has been known for years. The Roman legions that built Hadrian’s Wall were from all over the Empire, including North Africa. There’s no way a legion of soldiers goes anywhere without leaving some Y-DNA behind.
The Hitler syndrome.
Well, that explains how the bagpipes got to Scotland...or not.
Berber, Irani (Sarmatian), Roman, etc. blood is to be expected.
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