Ancient DNA and the mysterious origins of Scotland’s Picts

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My ancestry dna results show 65% Scottish and 7% Irish and 20% English. So this video really touches on most of my ancestry. My parents did a different test than I did and it shows where most of our English comes from. It's Merseyside, Tyne and Wear, and Lancashire. I'm assuming and ancient way of describing would be a mix of Dal Riata, Pictish and Breton. Because there is no Pictish language left and very little Breton I'm interested in Scottish Gaelic. English was imported.

For the longest time I went off my surnames as my family’s origins this led me to believe I was German and French but it turns out that I actually am half Scottish Norwegian and danish because my moms great grandfather was adopted by French Canadian couple

Very cool. So they were a tribe of Celts. It would have been nice to have more than two samples but the fact that they were so far apart suggests the population as a whole probably had these same genetic markers.

There needs to be really old DNA and compare these against the Scottish Diaspora because of the Clearances where most Scottish people were forced against their will out of Scotland. Modern populations may not be valid. My personal papertrail in Europe more closely matches the archaic DNA rather than current populations. Too many wars and too much Diaspora.

The symbol of two circles adjoined (3:19) is also found on the south coast of Fife. Though in a very plain form. Could it be astronomical or an overhead view of a settlement or a weapon?

I am keen on claiming Picts as ancestors.

In the Highlands especially in Cathness and Sutherland the old Norse and Gaelic singers talk about an old land that brought the Picts from todays Scandinavia ie Noway i think the singers are talking about a land bridge perhaps 10k years ago called Doggerland?

Oh found this very interesting 👍🏻

So, what were the YDNA halpogroups found? Ancient DNA, of the type found in Neolithic pre-Celtic Britons, would suggest they must be I2, and like the Britons, adapted the civilization/culture brought to the islands by the later Celts- and their remoteness and ability to hide in the highlands, likely produced the later legends. Perhaps this remoteness may have also meant a lesser adaptation of the Celtic culture, making them seem barbaric to even the Celts, who themselves were viewed as barbarians by the Romans.

What is the YDNA haplogroup of these Pictish burial site samples?

The Scythians are also in old Yugoslavia and other areas of Europe.

Where's the link to the paper?

Just found out from mytrueancestry I have Pictish in me lol

Excellent commentary. I come from an Abernathy/Abernethy line and have been involved with in depth genetic genealogy studies of my lineage. [live in the USA] To my surprise my YDNA was traced back to the Pictish People living in the area North of Aberdeen from some 4000 years BCE. If one has not done so yet, check out the Declaration of Arbroath 1320AD. That crucial document contains the ancient story of how Scotland [Picts] came to be first inhabited by people migrating from the (Russian) steppes...Sarmatia area. Amazing to me is how closely the Scott's migration story follows the modern DNA trail across Europe to Scotland.

perhaps second born daughters left their homeland while first born stayed. this would be the same as with some patrilineal peoples.

be nice if can go even deeper as 6 mins or so dosent give hole story

Pict DNA shares with Basque, Minoa