Should Black People Talk About Scottish History? kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJhrpbmGm5S7qMY.html ...or just buy me coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/ScottishBruce

@jossgower

2 жыл бұрын

Yes anyone can talk about scottish history if they want to and or enjoy it etc

@waynekerrgoodstyle

2 жыл бұрын

Aye, if they want tae.

@cameron1389

2 жыл бұрын

hell yeah

@garwood.5993

2 жыл бұрын

Yes we should talk about our Scottish Irish Welsh etc ancestors and where they were from time in memorial. Ghanaians love them Ghana love it too, cook the foods sometimes where the Kaba or the booboo and have Tey connections. Didn’t write the full name as sure you would figure out . Also visit Ghana often. Fumi maybe we can meet up in Accra or labadi for a coffee or tea .😂😂 quite sure that you wouldn’t pass me Queen latifa look alike, then again Scotland with a personal guided tour could work as in 🌈 England.

@correctpolitically4784

2 жыл бұрын

As long as they know about it. I'm not in favor of the village crack addict rambling but as long as they speak facts and know what they're talking about yes.

I’m a Canadian and I did a DNA test and found out I was 71% Scottish, 19% English and Northern European, with bit of Irish, Welsh and Norwegian. I figured I’d have mostly Scottish Ancestry just by the surnames of all my great grandparents. Kind of cool to see when the different lines emigrated.

@ziggywigs

11 ай бұрын

But the English are a mix of five cultures mostly Germanic and Scots are still Scots scotti means Irish. Scotti was original name for Ireland. There is also some Viking and possibly Picts there. The celts aka scots and Irish are from Germany originally too.

Had a DNA test to validate a family tree branch. 81% Scottish Malt 12% Irish Whiskey 3% European Water The results validated the branch with family trees with same DNA links 👍

@invadertifxiii

3 ай бұрын

i love this phrasing

Several years ago I had the pleasure to share a bothy (and a good many whiskeys) with a bunch of complete strangers from England, Wales, Scotland and even Estonia - the stories flowed, we all laughed at the same jokes and for a brief moment by a log fire in the middle of the Welsh hills I didn't have a nationality, it just wasn't important anymore.

I’ve got 20% Scotland in my estimate and I was born and raised in California. About 5% comes from my mom and 15% comes from my dad. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I got to visit Edinburgh, Scotland for the first time in summer 2021 and it felt so comfortable, like home. 💗 I wish I could move there.

I was born in Kentucky and raised in West, By God, Virginia so I'm 100% Hillbilly. But I did take a DNA test for shits & giggles and it said 17% of my DNA came from Scotland (with another 18% from Ireland and 12% from Wales, the rest being divided amongst England, NW Europe, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland). But most of my ancestors have been in this side of the pond since the 1600's. So when I wear the kilt to the local Highland Games and somebody asks if I'm Scottish, I tell them, "No, I'm American. But some of my ancestors were Scottish."

@JettaJack

2 жыл бұрын

Great response. A whole lot of “ulster Scots” moved in early and settled from western PA (which was still VA) and Ohio (also VA at the time) and the mountains all the way down to Kaintuck. Even though the land was difficult, being the stubborn Scots-Irish that they were, stayed put. Hence the hillbilly. My mom’s 6 great grandfather was one.

@Crusty_Camper

2 жыл бұрын

And that is the perfect reply. Respect.

@offal

2 жыл бұрын

Bang on the money, My fatherwas irish and mother English, I was born and raised in England unlike Rod stewart I am English with an Irish heratage, but i could never call myself Irish.

@jefffisher528

2 жыл бұрын

Hi cuz! Lol. Same areas as our family. 😆

@mgtowrules1649

2 жыл бұрын

You should check out "Thomas Sowell" on who Hillbilly's are and how suppressed they really we're !

Born and grew up in Scotland as did my parents/grandparents etc and my DNA came back 75% Scots/Irish/Welsh, 10% English and the rest was Eastern European, Finnish, Scandinavian and Nigerian. It's really interesting having the test done and also very surprising.

@michaeltelson9798

2 жыл бұрын

In my test there was a tiny bit of Yakut (Asian group from North west Siberia). It was probably thru the Polish side and the fur trade in the 1500’s

@hachwarwickshire1718

2 жыл бұрын

So your British.

@james6901

2 жыл бұрын

born here is all that matters my sons were born in france...yet they think themselves scots....and they are...because they want to be

@darrylax3311

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder, how regularly does that region show up with Scandanavian? I pretty much have a bit of that whole region. Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway. I'm sure some is viking movement, and others are probably from more nefarious. 😉

@43nduscott

Жыл бұрын

What was the percentage of Nigerian?

I took a DNA test years ago. Got the expected germano-celt, and Scandinavian. The fun Surprise was 3% African! Ghana and sub Sahara. I am a bluish white ginger so, when teaching genetics, I have a good time sharing those results with my students along with a comment like "strange how most people don't look at me and marvel at such a fine African lady!"

@suzettewilliams1758

2 жыл бұрын

3 % is quite a chunk. Do you have any idea of your African ancestry?

@stephaniemaloney4324

2 жыл бұрын

@@suzettewilliams1758 not a clue! One grandma is Latina, and the DNA test showed some Mediterranean, but no oral family history that explains it. I did have a hair dresser once exhaust herself trying to straighten my curls. Her manager told her to get the "ethnic" products, saying, "I don't care what color her skin is. Her hair is black". I was like, woo hoo! A whole ner aisle of products to shop in 😊

@decklundy

2 жыл бұрын

Did the give you the confidence interval of those figures? Sometimes some aspects of the genetic profile have a decent confidence interval (>95%) whilst other parts are way lower (some as low as 50%) and not really worth considering.

@stephaniemaloney4324

2 жыл бұрын

@@decklundy I don't remember off the top of my head, but I will look!

@elingrome5853

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephaniemaloney4324 It'll be the Latina portion for sure...

If DNA went by names I’m 100% Scottish!

Had this dude as a high school teacher in Larbert for just a few DAYS about 16/17 years ago, left a lasting impreession. (almost as much as miss baillie) :D love the videos Mr Fummey, keep them coming

I have a massive 3% of Scottish ancestry. I can feel the voice of William Wallace on the breeze. I have changed my car horn to a bagpipe sounds. I have only tartan clothes & bedsheets too! On a serious note: 53% Ireland, 25% Egypt, 15% Arabian Peninsular, 3% Scotland, 2% Spain, 1% Wales, 1% Portugal. I call myself English because thats the country my parents & I come from & the only country I know. Much to the annoyance of racists "Youre not a real British person, its not your real country bla bla bla" My white English parent is 100% Irish & my brown English parent is all the rest plus Irish.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@melissahdawn

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was really surprised to see it my mother's ethnicity was 85% Scottish because I had no record of her father being Scottish and 50% comes from either parent. I found a woman named (not her real name) Agatha Adams Thompson on her tombstone was actually born as Agatha Campbell in Scotland and married twice. Thus, the first surname was NOT her maiden name as was supposed. But, without DNA results, I would have never questioned a story literally told in stone. Likewise, I saw a talkshow clip where Conan O'Brien claimed to be 100%Irish. Ha ha ha, but other geneticists claim that to not merely be improbable, but impossible due to the fact that Irish folk migrated from elsewhere bringing their DNA with them... If traced far enough no man could have originated in different places... unless all life began in Ireland (interesting notion).

@RichWoods23

2 жыл бұрын

Anything which annoys the racists is worth celebrating.

@kincaidwolf5184

2 жыл бұрын

You're British! God Bless.

@stanleyshannon4408

2 жыл бұрын

Who are the real racists? Those working to remove the genetic distinctiveness of native Europeans societies, or those trying to protect it? Are people in Egypt and the Middle East compelled to subject themselves to the same moral demands?

I seriously have learned soooo much about Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and it’s history..your knowledge and the tales you tell.. it’s incredible. 🤩

it’s funny, I’ve always been interested in Scottish history since I was pretty young. I’m a huge history buff anyway, but I have found Scottish history fascinating for some reason. I love what you’re doing by the way! I took a DNA test because I’m adopted and I wanted to connect with my birth family, turns out I’m 46% Scottish DNA, lol

Bruce! Watching you for a long time now. First comment. I'm in Humboldt County, CA, USA. Did my DNA, and with a grandmother named: "MacFarland," and the other from Norway, I am from good Ol' Viking stock. English 23% Scottish 28% Norse 42% Sub-Saharan African 6% No surprise on the African. I do have an uncle Leonard who proves it. Please keep keeping on, Sir! I love your videos. We don't have to have a degree in history, to educate ourselves in it. I am a teacher at a Native American Reservation School. The Common-Core history curriculum in California is a slap in the face to Indigenous peoples. If you ever come to the West Coast of Turtle-Island, stop in. My wife's a good Irish/Russian who loves your work. Take care.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

I look forward to it

LOL.. I took a DNA test and I’m mostly Scottish, feel even more so now once I heard “ the Scottish part of me wanted to pay less to get in”.

I absolutely love these little adventures in heritage, thank you for putting in so much effort. One of the best things on KZread...

@ScotlandHistoryTours

Жыл бұрын

Ah, glad you like them!

Ah Bruce...you never disappoint...this is another masterful video...with just the right amount of humour and tongue in cheek quips...much love to you and yours💌😁✨

The video I had been waiting for from you. My 🧬 Tests have given me a range of 42% - 58% Scottish with My Heritage say (79% Irish, Scottish and Welsh). One of my tests results recently made an adjustment and reduced my Scottish and suddenly gave me 9% English. Needless to say I'm still ashamed and have not been able to show my face at the Pub since. Deftly afraid if I did I might want to order Gin or worse Pims instead of Whisky, and I just can't risk another blow like that to my psyche right now.

@HowWeGotHere

2 жыл бұрын

@@Oobido ah never I think I am devoting my 9% wholly to Monty Python and Mr. Bean and maybe the Rolling Stones

@TamTamSuperTam

2 жыл бұрын

Scotland is the biggest Gin producer in the world and my favoured spirit so no need to feel embarrassed. 82% Scottish and I like Pimms as well - when the sun shines! Aye!

@HowWeGotHere

2 жыл бұрын

@@TamTamSuperTam oh no my whole reality has been destroyed

@TamTamSuperTam

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowWeGotHere 😂 aw the best!

@joewoods2155

2 жыл бұрын

Hahah keep the chin up my friend 9% English oh hard pill to swallow but you'll get through it 😁 the 58% Scottish will give you the strength 😎👍

Super vid, love your light hearted approach. I did my dna through ancestry and they keep updating the results. I was born in England. My dad was Scot/ Irish heritage. My mum English. My current results are:- England and N/W Europe 37% Scotland including part of N Ireland and Brittany 34% Ireland including part of Outer Hebrides and Brittany 24% Wales 4% on my mum’s side Sweden/Denmark 1% on my dad’s side. Interestingly, a small portion of my Scottish dna comes from my mother’s side. We Britts are a mixture of all 4 nations and united as one, there can be no division between us. I am British first, English second.

Love the content! Ive learned so much about my country!

I can't get enough of this channel great content!

Bruce, I love ya man! Thank you for still being here and sharing your humor, knowledge, and wisdom; in the face of the bs the ignoramuses sling. No DNA test here, no idea how much Scottish.

Hi Bruce, I got my dna test done by Ancestry last year. Came back 65% Scots, 35% Irish. I’ve done a family tree and my great grandparents were all mainland Highland/Hebridean. Even discovered my male line name changed from MacDonald to Donaldson around 1825. I’m simplistically interpreting that the Scots dna reflects Pictish antecedents and the Irish dna from the Gaels in the west. More delving needed methinks.

@jasonjasonson1517

2 жыл бұрын

You have sky blue eyes,Rh-,and curly red hair? I’m a Robertson who is a branch off Macdonald and it seems Rh- is deep in our genetic tree.

@blacrow7

2 жыл бұрын

Those dam MacDonald, lol. Just joking with you, as you can see my name (all though spelled different) what Scottish Clan my family is from.

@2eurocoin

2 жыл бұрын

So close, Hope you marry an Irish person so the children might stand a chance. Celtic cousin humour at its finest.

@wulliedonaldson3527

2 жыл бұрын

@@2eurocoin I should be so lucky Shaun! My family tree shows my ancestors making a gradual drift south over the last 200 years so could maybe reach Erin’s Isle soon eh. Spent many a holiday in Counties Galway and Clare…but never found my Roisin!

@2eurocoin

2 жыл бұрын

@@wulliedonaldson3527 a true celtic tragedy, one amongst many, all equally hurt. I'm sure Roisin is writing mournful poetry while crossng the Burren, about the man who haunts her dreams.

I had been watching a few of these "DNA test results" videos last night and I thought this video was recommended to me because it's a channel I follow and it was on a similar topic. But I see it was actually posted up today - nice coincidence!

My maternal grandfather came from Scotland so I've always know and have studied Scotland and the surrounding nations. Once I did my DNA test to check off the family tree on both sides of the family I came back at 52% Scottish then the rest is Welsh and Scandinavian. Thanks again Bruce for another great video 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

My family has been in North America since Cromwell, and my DNA came back 47.8% Irish and 36.4% Scottish. 9% French & German. 2% Scandinavian. 1.7% Eastern European. Everything else is down to tenths. I didn’t know about my Scottish roots. I’m here to learn history… God knows the Irish has been shoved down my throat. 🙄 Also, considering my family’s been here since the 1600s, and we’ve only recently climbed down out of the mountains (some of us….), I worry how much my family tree branched at the roots. 😳😅

@andyleighton6969

2 жыл бұрын

Thing to consider - if your DNA shows "Irish" that's the Irish of today, not the mid 1600s. Particularly pertinent if it links you to Ulster. There's always been much toing and froing between Ireland and Scotland - fun fact, the last High King of Ireland was Edward Bruce, Robert the Bruce's younger brother - also the Gallowglass, Scots mercenaries, routinely campaigned in Ireland. But the admixture doesn't stop there; you have James 6th's pacification of the Borders where he exiled many of the Riding Families to Ireland as part of the Plantation, indeed many lowland scots tried their luck voluntarily - many of whom, or their descendants, eventually made their way to the US. Best of luck unpicking that lot!

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyleighton6969 is pretty good summary ,Andy, ..present day Ulstermen, Adrian Dunbar, and John Hume RIP ,both from border riever clans

@johnpatrick5307

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyleighton6969 Eh? The Irish DNA did not change - it would be the same as the native Irish of the past and that of today..

@johnpatrick5307

2 жыл бұрын

It was the Irish who won the American Revolution. No doubt your family were part of it.

Good morning Bruce! Fascinating topic today. I've not only wondered where in Africa my ancestors hailed from,but also how much British and Scottish dna I have. The main surnames in my family strongly suggest British and Scottish involvement . Family lore says my paternal great grandfather was a Scotsman. I would estimate my dna to be about 70% West African, the other 30% being English, Scottish or indigenous Jamaican. It would be interesting to find out my ancestry since there's so little information found in the West indies ,but like you,I'm wary of dna info sharing. Looking forward to hearing your results!

@justtruth5855

2 жыл бұрын

Your ancesters would have fled the British isles. Pope Nicholas Dum Diversas in 1480's brought out a law that anyone who would not Christian their children and convert to Catholic, would either be sent to the Americas or st kitts as slaves, he commanded the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Henry 8th brought out Protestant church it saved millions. His daughter bloody Mary started on the Israelites so they fled to Portugal or into Africa. Dante Fortson series the hidden Hebrews. KMZ history and others have found so much information on your people. At least 5000 years of history is recorded , start off by looking for Murray family Crest it will be a start.

@lelleithmurray235

2 жыл бұрын

@@justtruth5855 I have a picture of the Murray Crest. The main issue I have is twofold: prior to about 1800,there isn't much recorded genealogy, and,like many African Americans at that time,we were not recorded by name. I do not know of any ancestors in the USA (but you never know,right?).Besides,Murray I also have Myrie (possibly a corruption of Murray) and Woolcock which has northern English Roots. I will check KZread University 😉 for the names and programs you suggested.

@justtruth5855

2 жыл бұрын

@@lelleithmurray235 hi just had a look at the crest and a little history. It's possible they are Picts They were around a long time and one married into the royal house of Stewart. He had the King James 1611 bible written. Also they were Jacobites check out ThoughtsCamaraction on Scotland. It's late but tomorrow I will find some good videos and they all have proof that's been hidden but is being found now. Bloody Mary and later on Oliver Cromwell were definitely on the war path for your ancestors.

Cracking video as ever Bruce. Funny, poignant and quite personal. Brilliant work!

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly

So well put, well done that man

I did a DNA test, as my daughter had done hers and wanted to see the similarities. I had a trace of Northern European, with my main genealogy being Mediterranean, as I expected. I was born in England of Spanish parents, but after marrying a Scottish lassie and living in Scotland for 14 years, I have more in common with the Scots than either the English or Spanish. As my good Scottish friend says, there are 2 types of people; Scottish and those who want to be Scottish.

Love the humour Bruce. In New Zealand a few years ago there was a thing about if anyone had "native" blood, not that there has been any pure breed natives in NZ for over 100 years. The Scots and the Irish got to them, as well as the English and pretty much every other race. I know I have Irish/Scottish on the maternal/maternal side, the Maternal/paternal side there is a bit of native mixed with a bit of not sure. The paternal side goes directly back to Scotland to James 3rd, before him well... I don't know. As for the paternal/maternal side I believe there's some sort of tie in with the Roses, them of that little English tiff somewhere around Yorkshire so I believe. What is it that makes a Scot "Scottish". I'm a Kiwi/scot/Irish/Maori/unglish. That's lived in Brazil for the past 12 years, does that make me Brazilian as well?

Love all your videos, been down south since I was 10 and I’m coming back this summer, 25 years is long enough I feel,

Apparently the Sweet Chariot link goes back to a chant targeted at a player from back in the day called Martin Offiah, who went by the nickname 'Chariots'. As in 'Chariots Offiah'.

My step sister took a DNA test to add to her tree.....only to find out that her dad was not her dad. I guess we should all be prepared to hear something we aren't expecting.

@lenabreijer1311

2 жыл бұрын

Trauma happens to women and partners can decide not to talk about it. My daughter took a dna test to find out about her father whose name I could not quite remember for good reasons. She communicated with some relatives who advised her not to get in touch with the sob. Luckily he died shortly after.

@lenabreijer1311

2 жыл бұрын

@@basiltozer9078 ha ha ha. Yes right because he couldn't figure out how to wear a condom? Or did he not know how babies are conceived.? Up to 75% of women have been raped or were coerced into having sex because they were afraid to say no. Abortion is not easily available in many parts of the world. Rape is used as a war crime, just check out what is happening in the Ukraine. It takes 2 to conceive a child. And with DNA tests there is no hiding for men anymore.

I keep meaning to take a DNA test because my mom was adopted. I likely have living direct family members I don't know about. But much like you, I didn't grow up with them and so they're only my family from a scientific perspective. I'll do it one day most likely, but haven't gotten around to it and a big factor has been my Scottish heritage: I don't want to pay $200+ for that!

Hi Bruce - nice to have a couple of my favorite subjects covered in the same video .. i.e. Scottish History and Geneaology. I've always known that I was half English half Scottish - lived a bit in England and a bit in Scotland so I wasn't expecting too many surprises from the DNA test . I also did a paper trail for my Scottish side - various tracing back various family lines and was using Scotlands People for a lot of it . My Highland family was fun (as in difficult because Macrae's kept on marrying each other in Kintail) I chose to use Living DNA because they to won't sell your details and it really breaks down the areas of the UK quite a lot . On the whole it does seem to match up with the paper trail with a few random - where did that 2% Cornish come from . The end result less Scottish than I thought at 33.6% Scottish made up of North west Scotland, South west Scotland, Aberdeen, and South East Scotland which is included in Northumbrian results but has Fife, Edinburgh and the boarders as half of it. I'm looking forward to your DNA reveal. I even hit the notification bell.

Just found you and you're marvelous! I look forward to watching more of your videos and turning my family mongrels (Scottish, Irish, English, Welsh, American) on to them 😃💕

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome on board

@dwuagneux

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you from Vermont!

Never taken a test, have two branches of Scottish ancestry (ok, one Scottish, one Ornkneyan) a few hundred years ago, was born out of the union of two Dutch folk, and spent over a decade living in Scotland. And even though I had to become an economic migrant, and moved back to the Continent, a large part of me is still Scottish. From what I learnt when I lived there, being Scottish is nothing to do with blood or genes; it's about square sausage and irn bru

@theladdiesda8190

2 жыл бұрын

orcadian not orkneyan 👍

@EclecticWarrior58

2 жыл бұрын

@@theladdiesda8190 Like the man said, Orcadian/Orkneyan matters not, if he has square sausage and Irn Bru for breakfast then he's 100% Scottish no question.

@theladdiesda8190

2 жыл бұрын

@@EclecticWarrior58 nothing to do with origins. The term for someone form Orkney is orcadian not orkneyan I was letting them know the correct term.

@EclecticWarrior58

2 жыл бұрын

@@theladdiesda8190 Sigh..............I know you were, and I also knew the correct term for a person who originates from The Orkneys, I was making my point with tongue in cheek, you chose pedantry. Bruce vever said this was a humour free zone.

@theladdiesda8190

2 жыл бұрын

@@EclecticWarrior58 I didn't choose pedantry I chose being helpful because many folk inside scotland let alone outside it don't know the correct term. Sarcasm doesn't come off in test form that's why emojis were invented but at least you think you're funny.

National Geographic ran one of the first big genetic surveys about 20 years ago, which I signed up for. At first the results were quite crude (I vaguely recall my Y-DNA haplogroup being the common one for 80% of English men) but over the years, as more data was analysed and human DNA became better understood, refinements to the individual assessments were added to the web site. I haven't checked it for about ten years now, so I think I'll have to dive into the pile of boxes that calls itself my filing system and see if I can find the login details once more.

I can see you're clearly 100% hero. Keep doing what you're doing.

‘The most detailed geographical breakdowns’ - then they leave Mew Zealand off the map! Then Bruce comes on wearing an NZ tee shirt!! Great video, I don’t know about the rest of the world, but I can’t wait for the results. No I haven’t done a DNA but my family lines have been traced way back. My daughter did one and the results were exactly what we thought.

Looking forward to seeing your eventual results. I have tested both on 23 & Me and FTDNA BIGY 700. There is a lot of interesting things you can do once you have your results, using your raw data to flesh out deeper ancestry connected to archaeological finds on sites like My True Ancestry and GED. If you find the time take a look at Paternal Y Haplogroup L1335 / L1065 some debate remains, it is classed as the Scots Cluster and looking likely to be the original Scotti who founded Dál Riata, certainly many of the current Chiefly lines are of this group. My mothers side were mostly from North Uist, Skye and Lewis, so I am looking forward to deeper discovery of the maternal line via mtDNA - anyways I am 99.9% Scots the missing percentage possibly is Fey. Love your videos and keep up the good work. Biodh latha math agar agus slàinte mhath.

No DNA test, but estimates from genealogical / family research has me at most 25% spread over a few familial sources. An excellent video today. You and your family have been doing a fantastic job.

Love the t-shirt! Rocking it from Balclutha NZ haha!

Hi Bruce. I took a DNA test thinking I'd be 80-90% North-west English. Turns out the English part was the minority as I came back 32% Scottish, 20% Northern Irish, 8% Danish and/or Swedish and only 40% English (mostly Lancastrian). Just goes to show how closely linked all of us sharing this little island really are.

@andyleighton6969

2 жыл бұрын

I came up with more than a splash of Scandiwegian when I did mine, which didn't fit in at all with my tree. Bit of digging reveals that the "average Brit" carries about 9% Scandiwegian DNA, so it persists across the generations.

@IHaveaQuestion87

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyleighton6969 That figures. I guess that's the Viking legacy.

@JohnSmith-bh8um

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyleighton6969 maybe a bit of intermingling during the norman conquest?

My mother who was born in Dunfermline has %60 Irish, %40 Scottish DNA and my German father has %60 eastern European and %40 Irish DNA, to our surprise. People have called me a square head all my life because of my German last name, lol. I have no German DNA at all. Anyone with Celtic heritage should be proud, just on our history alone. I look forward to Bruce's DNA test. Interesting stuff.

32 % Scottish, 39 % English- what one might guess with a border surname Johnston. Ancestors crossed over the pond in the early 1700s. Thanks for the great topic, and the channel bring Scottish topics to the fore.

As always a most enjoyable video. I indeed took one of those tests & it explained a lot. As a North American of UK decent, I now know why the Scottish part of me when hearing the pipes & drums have to move my body with the rhythm & the East Anglian half wants to jump off the nearest bridge.

I've not taken a DNA test and I'm 100% what I am and that includes Scottish.

@kevinedie4119

2 жыл бұрын

My favourite quote about Scotland is "We're aww Jock Tamson's Bairns" in other words. Doesn't matter if you're white, black, Asian or a mixture, if you're in Scotland you're Scottish

In my experience My Heritage DNA has been very wrong. It told my husband he was 80% Skandenavian, but he's not. Every other test says he's Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and English with a tiny 2% Norse, and the family tree matches up with that idea. I would suggest you try another company and compare.

@ianrushsmoustache2282

2 жыл бұрын

Total agree I’m English with an Irish grandmother according to AncestryDNA I’m 56%english, 25%irish,13%Scottish and 6% from Norway but according to my heritage I’m 56%english,27.5% Scandinavian,8.5% east European and only 7.3% Irish,Scottish and Welsh

@Floyd1138

2 жыл бұрын

lol how could he possibly know he is not 80% scandenavian?

@ianrushsmoustache2282

2 жыл бұрын

@@Floyd1138 it is common knowledge though that MyHeritage is not great for british people, Scandinavian and british DNA is very similar so I don’t think they can distinguish it properly. I’ve done AncestryDNA, 23andme, family tree DNA and MyHeritage DNA and the others were all very similar. MyHeritage overestimates the Scandinavian and added Eastern European which is weird

@Floyd1138

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianrushsmoustache2282 Britain was settled by scandinavians

@ianrushsmoustache2282

2 жыл бұрын

@@Floyd1138 dna tests only show ancestry upto 3-400 years back apparently so Britain being settled by the Angles/jutes/Saxons/frisians or even Britons wouldn’t come into it

I greatly enjoy the info posted on your channel Sir an I'm sad & sickened by people tryin to pick it all apart we're surrounded by flamin idiotic fools with silly opinions an belief's for me keep up the fascinating posts 👍🏼

I love your historical videos and while my Irish / Lebanese mix might not make me an authority, I'm happy to say I think you're a great Scot!

I did the Ancestry test in 2019 just before covid took 2 n 1/2 months to get back. My dad paid for both of us. because we had a rocky past, I thought he was trying to accuse my mum of an affair despite her being dead. The Irish Chinese DNA confirmed, yep I am his kid. Ancestry even went "DNA markers suggest this may be your child" when he got his results in XDD His results had Scottish, Irish, Swedish, and Chinese. (Last name is Chinese we knew that. Dad was surprised about the Scottish he was told they were a mixed Irish/Welsh one side, Chinese the other as a kid.) So my DNA has high percentages of Scottish, Irish, Maori/Samoan/Polynesian (because Ancestry can't tell the difference yet), the rest is like east Chinese, somewhere in the east European and Vietnamese. only like 2% I was told as a kid I had Czech and Ukrainian but no relative names to work from. This was the only DNA confirmation that this story maybe true.

Love your videos Bruce... I also love Iron Bru and Tunnocks tea cakes? What percentage of Scot does this make me?

@ly055sco

2 жыл бұрын

*IRN-BRU

@anthonymichael5078

2 жыл бұрын

@@ly055sco thanks for the correction I was typing in my Northern English accent.

@anthonymichael5078

2 жыл бұрын

@@shugthehornyhaggis holy shit, who knew a tea cake could influence political decisions? Crickey!!!

@ly055sco

2 жыл бұрын

@@shugthehornyhaggis more than half of the population of Scotland supported keeping the union. It doesn't make them English. It's a valid view of many Scots. Personally I support independence but saying those who don't are this or that is just lazy. They've not been convinced by the case made. That's their democratic choice

@ly055sco

2 жыл бұрын

@Soul of a robot old Tizer factory? The main Barr factory is in Cumbernauld

I’m a Canadian-American living in the US. I’d love to do a DNA test to find out more about my ancestral background. My dad was born in Glasgow Scotland, along with countless generations back on that side. My mom was born in Springfield, Illinois, as well as her parents and family generations back born in Illinois. Love your videos, thanks for the suspense! I can’t wait to watch the results! Have a great day!

I have taken a test, it shows 24% Scottish, I'm from Iowa USA. I love your videos, blessings to you & your family!!!

@deehaytch8442

2 жыл бұрын

you probably got more scottish in you that most of scotland

😂😂😂😂 'the Scottish part of me just wanted to get in as cheap as I possibly could' You've hit the nail on the head with that statement 🤣😂😂🤣😂 Another cracking video, Bruce. I was discussing the DNA tests recently. It's interesting to ponder the exact genetic path your ancestors took to get to the here and now but ultimately we're all connected, as you said. Most Europeans can be traced back to Germanic tribes, the human race can be traced back to Africa, the human species can be traced back to primates, which can be traced back to small mammals in the Cretaceous, which can be traced back to mammal-like reptiles in the Permian, which can be traced back to fish in the Devonian. All life is connected and we can probably therefore say we're just a bunch of fishy, scaly, rat-tailed, monkey-brained, Neanderthal, African, German, English, Scottish Europeans and proud of it 😂🤣🤣😂

@vegvisirphotography5632

2 жыл бұрын

There has never been evidence that anyone is from Africa. Including Africans. Impossible to prove this.

@grsfhhytff

2 жыл бұрын

@@vegvisirphotography5632 they know because of the fossil record. Same way they trace the evolution of every other living thing on the planet 😂

@vegvisirphotography5632

2 жыл бұрын

@@grsfhhytff who is "they"? please provide your reference? as an Genealogist for the BNMH, I am unaware of any Genealogical study's which ever proved that the G1n first came from Africa. 🙂

@grsfhhytff

2 жыл бұрын

@@vegvisirphotography5632 the oldest species of human known to science, Ardepithecus was found in East Africa, as were many other species of early human. Until one which predates Ardepithecus is found outside of Africa then as far as science is concerned: our ancestry can be traced back to Africa. The oldest Homo sapien fossils were discovered in Morocco, although even if they had been discovered in Galloway our ancestry would still be traceable to the older human species. If you can give me some material that proves otherwise feel free to shoot from the hip but as far as I'm concerned the evidence and research materials available to the public suggest we did originate in Africa.

@vegvisirphotography5632

2 жыл бұрын

@@grsfhhytff you've still not provided me with a source I'm familiar with. Therefore, I cannot hold this as anything more than oppinion or fairy tale, that humans are from Africa.

“Inbred like Fifers at a Viagra Convention” Oh mate that had me in tears of laughter. Another great video. 👍👍

Enjoy the journey man. I just went through something very similar. I'll subscribe. Great content. Love it man...

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@Rogers_Ranger

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Slainte'

@Rogers_Ranger

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Mac Leod of Lewis

@Rogers_Ranger

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Olaf " The Black" lol

I love the "let that sink in for a moment" part. Very nice.

I took mine on AncestryDNA a few years back and the numbers keep changing. Last update said I was 44% Scottish and 32% Germanic europe, 21% English and 3% Welsh. I’m also from Kentucky with half my family from this area and the other half from Pennsylvania.

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

You may be related to the legendary former manager of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger....who hails from north east France, which is quite Germanic...

@knicholson6003

2 жыл бұрын

These companies don’t have enough information to give us accurate results.. We pay them money and give them our sample so that they can add to their database. Mostly they only go back 8 generations and a lot of customers like me want to know about further back.

@bhazerelli7611

Жыл бұрын

@@knicholson6003 CRI Genetics goes waaaaay back...you are likely to get some fun and interesting results with that one.

No need to insult neanderthals by associating them with racists.

@katerinakemp5701

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@TheCanniScot

2 жыл бұрын

Tru dat.

@LiftedBuddha

2 жыл бұрын

He basically just called white people sub-human..

@TheCanniScot

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiftedBuddha You're in the wrong place mate. Move along and find your own level. It's down there, after the gutter, by the sewer.💜

@LiftedBuddha

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheCanniScot How does noticing that someone just called a whole race sub human make you a low person? Please explain. I guess you've probably branded me as a white supremacist in your head or something, I'm only a quarter white.

As far as I am concerned you are a true Scotsman like my self. I have been watching your videos quite regular for ages now and I enjoy them very much, history is rather interesting to me especially Scottish history because there is many twists and turns and also gaps in the knowledge etc. I think you do a very good job in making things a bit more clearer and memorable. adding to my personal knowledge which I appreciate. keep up the good work man.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks

@darkjediorder1412

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScotlandHistoryTours no need to thank me big yin.

Yeah, heard ya. A man's a man for all that. Waiting for mine to come in from 23 and me. You have a good wit. Thanks

As a 50/50 Hungarian/Lithuanian I was shocked to find myHeritage said I was 10% mixture British/Irish/Scottish. Ain't that a kick in the head?! I think of myself as a 100% human being regardless of the paths my ancestors took. Love your videos.

@ChristophersMum

2 жыл бұрын

Ah... that's where a little archaeology comes in...long times past the continent that we know of as Europe was connected by a land bridge from the Baltic right down passed the English Channel...it has become known as the ''Dogger Bank''...it is known to have been inhabited and peoples came together very easily... kzread.info/dash/bejne/nXlkqqOLcsingbw.html enjoy!!

The science of DNA is so interesting! I did a DNA test some years back, a part of me hoping for some previously unknown aspect of my ancestry. Nope, 95% British Isles/NW Europe with 32% being Scots. Looking forward to hearing your results!

@JettaJack

2 жыл бұрын

Check the reports again, they keep updating and refining!

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

Parish records are worth a look...

@317susan

2 жыл бұрын

Me, too! While I wasn't surprised with my Ancestry results, I was hoping I'd have something previously unknown in my mix, like Ashkenazi or maybe South American or Latino, etc .

That was awesome! Now i will have to Do one of these test to see where my blood branches out to!🤗❤️👍

Hello from Ireland. Love your content. Like Bruce said, we are a common people with a common language.

@barrylyons9296

2 жыл бұрын

I meant De Bruce and I didn't realise that you were so named.

Thanks for that video, Bruce. Just by doing it and taking that test, you are socking it good and hard to all those idiot racists. I don't know what a DNA test would reveal about my own origins, but I consider myself to be: English. I was born and brought up in County Durham, North East England. My mother was country Northumbrian, and my Dad was a true Geordie. Scottish. I have lived up in Scotland since 1992, and I have some considerable Scottish ancestry mainly on my mother's side, taking in Inverness, the lowlands and the border areas of Scotland, with links, possibly, to the MacLeans o' Duart. European. I have had my European citizenship torn from me by assorted Brexiteers, and I WANT IT BACK!!! Those folks across the ditch are our FRIENDS. This madness should never have happened. In this world, we need to be working together for the common good, not being rent apart. Same goes for the Union, as far as I am concerned. I am looking forward to your follow-up video about your DNA results.

@andyleighton6969

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations - you win the "Golden Brexit Shoehorn"! Beyond tedious.

@marklammas2465

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyleighton6969 So, you don't believe in countries of the world working together to solve problems? I think you possibly have a lot to learn about the benefits of co-operation.What is truly tedious is that people still cling the barmy old idea of "nationalism" in a world which has been shrunk by modern communications and travel technology. We should be revelling in the variety of cultures in this world, and engaging with them, instead of reinforcing the tired old error that there is anything other than one human race. There's only folk. All cultures have value.

I did a DNA test with Ancestry and it ended up telling me that I am 68% Scottish and 32% Irish. Not too surprising given that I'm born in Scotland and so are most of my family but such a narrow gene pool is slightly concerning especially when one branch of the family are from the Isle Of Barra.

@deehaytch8442

2 жыл бұрын

i hear all you guys up there have mono brows?

@noodlyappendage6729

2 жыл бұрын

Check it again. AncestryDNA have had newer updates.

@tynwald1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@noodlyappendage6729 Barra? Buaidh no bas! My mother's family come from clan MacNeil (corrupted over the years to McNeel). Have been to Barra myself...great experience. When I did my DNA test through Ancestry, it came out 88% Scotland, which I thought might be a bit high as I know we had some English DNA intermingling. An "update" came back as 76%, which seems more like it, based upon what I know about our family history. Still, the majority is from Scotland, which makes sense as most of my people came to the US via Ulster (essentially N. Ireland now), considered "Scots Irish". Not sure how the McNeels (on my side) became Presbyterian, like a lot of low landers, but who know? Anyway, it's interesting to see how things change as Ancestry collects more data points.

Before watching I knew this would be a funny watch!

I took one years back for the same reasons,. Pal. I am American, bit was able to find loads of relatives in Lancashire and Manchester, which is where we Lomaxes are from. I still have those relationships and have gone over pond for years to visit them. It's a greatly rewarding thing to do if you have the right frame of mind.. love your channel, our Kid. 🙏❤️

"We are Scottish not because we were born in Scotland, but because Scotland was born in us."

@PredatorUpHill

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, reality doesn't work like that, you're just a Yank, not a Scot.

Born an Australian, I have always known about my Scottish heritage so I did the DNA test purely out of interest. Turns out I am 46% England and Northwestern Europe, 30% Scotland, 26% Ireland , 1% Ivory Coast and Ghana, and 1% Benin and Togo. So like many Australians, I am a bit of a mongrel but I confess the African groups were a bit of a surprise. It doesn't change how I feel about myself - I am Australian.

@vernonmcphee6746

2 жыл бұрын

I am in Canada and my results also quite varied due to the same factors as yours. No African in mine but there was 1% Ghana/Ivory Coast and 1% Togo in my wife's. But like you we consider ourselves to be Canadian and the DNA ethnicity is "just for entertainment purposes". LOL

@occidentadvocate.9759

2 жыл бұрын

You probably have no African DNA. The company's put these fake results in, to confuse us, and suggest we of mixed origin.

Your patter is great - always makes me smile/laugh.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

😜

This is the best KZread advert I have ever seen

I did one, my father was from Glasgow and my mother is from Yorkshire. I was born in Blackpool (what my mother was doing on the big dipper at 9 months pregnant is nobodies business) and as a navy brat I grew up in a number of places, but spent my school years in London and Dumfries and Galloway. I was hoping for something exotic, say Moroccan for example as I love a tagine. But turns out I am 47% Scottish, 20% Northern English yet 27% Norwegian. The rest is Southern European, my cousin reckons that could be Roman as there was a Roman garrison in York, and the Romans weren't known for keeping it in their togas. Surprised and pleased that I am more Viking than English although I'm not sure how I feel about horney helmets. 😏

@handsolo1209

2 жыл бұрын

The thing about DNA traces is that in theory it roughly halves with each generation, so having even 1% Italian would mean a parent had 2%, then 4% a generation back etc, so Roman would be appearing as very low trace amounts by this point. If both parents had the same country match in their DNA that would make you have more, so the ancestor or ancestors would be closer in time than if only one parent carried the DNA.

@vernonmcphee6746

2 жыл бұрын

@@handsolo1209 I agree the Roman DNA would have disappeared since the 5th or 6th century and even then most of the Legionaires were probably Germanic or some other non Roman.

@duncancallum

2 жыл бұрын

Horns in their helmets is a Hollywood bit of nonsense.

@seumasrouse8590

Жыл бұрын

In an autosomal DNA test any DNA from Roman times wouldn’t show as it only references the past 5-6 generations. However if you get tested using mitochondrial or Y-DNA you’ll extend your ancestry back thousands of years, which sounds great but of course no records that exist.

Look forward to this. The problem is there’s no single holotype genome for a region or culture so and DNA doesn’t replicate proportionally, so you could have siblings who score more highly in some areas than you do despite identical parentage. It is interesting though and as you say Bruce, it’s nice to see what journey you took, for the same reason we like to know who were the first humans, what animals scurried around the feet of dinos that gave rise to us, what was our last common ancestor with an octopus and how did any of this start. Americans identifying as Irish amuses me a little, it’s like how many generations do you want to go? I live in the West Midlands from working class stock which makes it damn near impossible to not have any Irish heritage, and it’s known I had a great great grandmother who definitely was, and probably more, but whether that’d show up depends on a lot. I had a Scottish great grandmother, again what her heritage before that was, who knows, and there’s some Cornish in there too, so I suspect I’d be a boring Anglo-Saxon with a sprinkle of Celtic… I am really keen to try one but more from a wanting to know what my genome means to me, how does it make me work as an organism, and I do want to know how Neanderthal I am, because it’s fascinating. Or any other ancestors! It’s nice to think that they’re not a totally extinct species but incorporated into many of us? And that our ancestors didn’t simply wipe them out and could coincide to raise families free of shackles of prejudice. A nice idea, I know, we can’t rule out that rape and pillage was the cause like the horrific crimes against the first peoples of America or anywhere else in the world…

@capstevepoarch

2 жыл бұрын

An amusing note in relation to your first paragraph... My sister and tested at the same time. When I got signed in to the website they told me that they were very confident that they had located a long lost 3rd cousin for me... It was my sister. I am fairly certain that we are a little closer related than 3rd cousins!

@ianrushsmoustache2282

2 жыл бұрын

@@capstevepoarch interesting, what amount of cm do you share?

@Oluinneachain

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the reason many North American identity as Irish is that the Irish in the USA had to work hard to overcome the innate prejudice of the WASP’s who established the colonies. The rural Irish became ghettoised but lacked capital, in time saw how municipal services like the police and firefighters offered a steady income and were indispensable to governance where they also sought an inroad. That’s why Biden boasts of his Irish ancestry but fails to mention his English.

@Mybassgruvin

2 жыл бұрын

This is true, DNA is funny like that. My DNA test shows 19% Scottish but my sister is 27% Scottish. I have read and researched DNA doesn't pass to every sibling equally, you are just 50% of what each parent is but that 50% is passed randomly. For example, my wife is 50% Chinese, her brother is 50% Chinese as well, yet our niece DNA test only shows 1-5% Chinese lol. Obviously doing the math she should be 25% Chinese but she only picked 1-5%...just how it passed to her.

@capstevepoarch

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianrushsmoustache2282 Cm? Please excuse my stupidity.

(A qtr Scottish) Thankyou for your video, i have been a subscriber for some time. This video especially attracted me as family tree searches etc is one of my hobbies (back to 1800s at the mo) plus i have never taken one of these tests as i am very concerned re the data security so thankyou again for mentioning that subject. But looking at you, i never thought you were african, perhaps because i live in East London and this is very mixed area) it was only when you said it previously i thought "Ooh ok 👍 " and accepted it and moved on. As your family history appears so interesting maybe you should write it all down for your family. A friend did this, it is good if you are the eldest in your generation and the generation previous are sadly 😥 getting fewer. It will be great for other family members. Look forward to the next video

My DNA results say I am only 4% Scottish. I lived in Edinburgh when I was 5 and left when I was 7. In that time I was fully submerged into the culture. I sang, God Save the Queen, I tried to dance the Highland Fling, I sang, You'll take the High road and I'll take the Low road etc etc....I have an special place in my heart for Scotland I'm 72 now and these are vivid memories. I sure enjoy your videos, I learn something new everytime and your sense of humor is refreshing. Thanks

Took the test myself a few years ago. The percentage for Scottish went down from a 30% to 8%. My English/North Western % did go up though. The one that barely changed was the Irish and Welsh %. I pretty much have the UK covered. 🤷‍♂️😉

@harshbutfair8993

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, did it specify your Irish part came from Northern Ireland?

@darrylax3311

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Northern, Ulster. Southern, Munster. I believe my 3rd Grandmother was the surname, McGough.

@ianrushsmoustache2282

2 жыл бұрын

@@darrylax3311 I got south and east Munster and more specifically the Beara peninsula. My grandmothers family were from east cork and her family name was O’Leary

@darrylax3311

2 жыл бұрын

I was able to trace back to my 3rd grandparents (McGough/Treanor) to Monaghan, Ireland. It seems they left around the famine(1850's) and settled where most Irish Immigrants did in the Pocono Valley in Pennsylvania. Eventually making their way to the Deleware Valley. My Lithuanian family also left and settled around the same time, same area. It seems that the Irish church/State records were kept better than Lithuania because I have found very little on that end. I was also able to trace my grandfather's Welsh line back to Radnorshire to which they helped settle Radnor, Pa here in the States. People knock those DNA sites but if you come from a dysfunctional family, those sites help fill in a lot of blanks. 🤣😉

@darrylax3311

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianrushsmoustache2282 I was also able to trace back to Cork as well. Not sure, have to check my ancestry tree, but I think the name I got was Scannell?

I've never done a DNA test, but if I were to have a guess i'd say im about three quarters Scottish and one quarter English, although my ancestors lived Southern Scotland and Northern England so chances are the two groups werent genetically far apart from each other

@SaxonSuccess

2 жыл бұрын

I can assure you it won't be as straightforward as that. Where did your earlier ancestors traipse from to get to Scotland and England? That's the question...

@kincaidwolf5184

2 жыл бұрын

@@SaxonSuccess DNA results don't go that far back. They go about 5 generations!

Cool, you've got a Placies shirt. It's wierd seeing a Placemakers shirt in Scotland.

Your asides are hilarious. And your affronts are pretty funny too.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

😜

I've had my DNA test done, 28% Scottish. I've also found some interesting things whilst researching my ancestry tree. Alexander Frederick Grant, 4th Laird of Sheuglie, is my 6th great-grandfather. James Stewart IV of Scotland is my 15th great-grandfather.

@kellyburgess671

2 жыл бұрын

HEY COUSIN!

@mrsclaussews

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't find any famous relatives yet, but I did find out my 9th great grandmother was executed in the Salem witch trials.

@emmanuelgoldspleen2905

2 жыл бұрын

Hi cousin. James IV's 13th great grandson here.

@thickcat2

2 жыл бұрын

hey cousin! i looked up the web to see how many decendants ("cousins") from James IV - living decendants allegedly 19.1 million!!! (based on three kids per generation) . The family get together is going to be a tight squeeze!!!!

@weejackrussell

2 ай бұрын

Most people with Scottish DNA are statistically more like than not to link with the Stewart's. Most people with English DNA are likely to be related to King Edward II, so it's important not to get the Danny Dyer syndrome about it! Britain is a small collection of islands where everyone is ultimately related to everyone else!

As someone who doesn't trust corporations I wouldn't believe anything they promise about how they may use my data in the future

Been researching family history for years. Always been fond of my Scottish ancestors as they’ve been elusive. Took a test and found out I’m 47percent Scottish.

Never taken a test, but as far as I know, 50% Scottish, 50% English - My mum's family in England go back at least three hundred years (and its a very English name), and we've traced the line back four hundred years in Scotland on my dad's side. For that reason (amongst others), I identify neither as Scottish or English, but British. My uncle says that even though I was born and raised in England, I am Scottish, and my kids will be Scottish, and their kids will be Scottish. He seems to think that English genes are recessive.

@andyleighton6969

2 жыл бұрын

"He seems to think that English genes are recessive." Love that! It's like our "10th generation Scottish" American friends - all members of the Clan McFake - who cling more closely to their Disneyfied version of Scottish culture than those with real links. As Bruce alluded to, if you can't be capped for Scotland, you're not really Scottish. Even that is questionable. Born in England of a Scottish Mum I have few vestiges of Scottish tastes and attitudes from a childhood spent around "The Cally" [The Caledonian Society, of which she was Secretary] as a child - my son, still good for a Scottish cap - has none.

@monkeymox2544

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyleighton6969 this is why I tend to think of myself as British. I don't really know what being English means, and I've inherited quite a lot of my dad's personality (as well as looking the spit of him). Also, I've always thought that the Scottish people in my life and the English people are more-or-less the same. My parents, at least, seem to get on well enough. Basically it would be untruthful to call myself Scottish and meaningless to call myself English, so British is the best I can do.

I was born in England with an English (but Glasgow raised) Mum and a Polish Dad. The DNA breakdown was as follows: 43% East Europe 20% West Europe 16% Irish 15% Scandinavian 4% Russo-Finnish 1% Iberian Peninsula 1% British Initially I was shocked at the results, but then when I put it in an historical context I thought this is great, my mother's side is an amalgamation of all the invasions etc. of the British Isles over the last couple of millenia. So the DNA test doesn't make me feel any less British and I've concluded that identity is more to do with who you choose to be and really nothing else matters.

No matter how you shape you German, Ghanaian, Englishman. The Scot still won. I going to watch this again to check how many times we were told that you'd made a wise purchase. Seriously though this was something worth the time. Thank you.

That shirt takes me back to the 2 years I lived in New Zealand!

I've not taken, or ever wanted to take, a DNA test. In the mid 19th century some on my mother's side came over from Ireland and about the same time some on my father's side came up from England. Me? I'm 100% Scottish. Genes and skin colour have got bugger all to do with it.

@cloudymccloud6254

2 жыл бұрын

You are so uninformed. If you had said, “for me, genes and colour mean nothing” but you didn’t and you happen to be wrong

To be honest, My Heritage is crap for looking for Scottish DNA results. It lumps Celtic nations in to one group, so mine for example said 34% Scottish, Irish & Welsh with no breakdown. My mum did a test with a different company which did give a breakdown so I can extrapolate to a degree from her results and apply it to my own (the ratios of Irish, Scots and Welsh, which would put my 34% at around 55% Scots, 42% Irish and 3% Welsh). I did unfortunately have 8% English, but that is all from Devon & Cornwall, so at least some Celtic in that too. To cut a long story short, don't expect much detail with My Heritage.

@chrisrichards7930

2 жыл бұрын

Well done on the Celtic roots, I can sense your immense happiness! I am Welsh, and the only English I have is my father's mother's father, who was also from Devon/Cornwall. I hope I am reassured when I do my Living DNA one.

"Football " selection for the 3 pussycats, ha. I read somewhere online that you played rugby from your student days in Paisley. Which reminds me of my Buddy at Rugby Park, Alex Greive, whose both an All White, (controversial moniker these PC days), and St Mirrens striker. Got to LOVE 'em

Enjoyed you video and can’t wait to see your results! My ancestry dna has changed over time. The first one literally was a Heinz 57 of different ethnicities, ranging from Scots, Irish, Western European, Iberian, Greco-Roman, Scandinavian, Caucasus, Arabic & Nigerian (hence my love for Motown music)! The most recent update has me 67% Scots, 18% Irish, 9% English/Western European, 3% Swede, 2% Norwegian and 1% Congo & Western Bantu Peoples. Not bad for a USA Southerner whose families emigrated before the late unpleasantness with the British!

As a North American, my ancestors are 100% immigrant, colonizing, scalawags. That was on our better days. I'm not interested in ethnicity because, as you say, we're all out of Africa, but I am interested in science and history, which is why I love your channel. Having said that, my latest results indicate 48% Scottish DNA.

@eamonnclabby7067

2 жыл бұрын

Good for you Becca...best wishes from the wirral peninsula bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea, geography and rhyme...E

Love the New Zealand shirt! I haven't done a test but the Brodie family name still graces a village and our family castle in Nairn. In 2019 I was lucky enough to go visit the town and tour the castle and it was an amazing feeling being able to go back to where our roots can be traced back to at least 1400 AD.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, toured Brodie Castle myself

Hi im 65% Scottish 26 Irish mixed everywhere else. Oh by the way Bruce hope you and your friend enjoyed your wee dram after the show in Aberdeen yours Josh I met you out side castle gate..

Love your content, its top drawer. tho I believe people watch these because your an interesting character also, so this is great video to make bruce

It amazes me at how under-valued you are, regarding your experiences and opinions, especially in relation to the overly, if not overtly, dogmatic political scenes within the western world. Your videos are genuinely beneficial on how to view history: factually, and with an open mind.

@ScotlandHistoryTours

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Ah thanks Colin