Picts origins, genetically found out

[celticdragongod]

So, it doesn't make me European just because I descend from Europeans. I'm glad that we agree now.

But you believe that the Scots-Irish/Ulster-Scots are Irish.

[~Elizabeth~]

According to the most recent Ancestry DNA ethnicity estimate, I am 37% Scottish and 2% Irish.

[Albannach]

From what I understand, the Dalriada Irish invaders were never anything more than a minority in Scotland. Kind of like how the Normans were a minority in Britain. The way I understand it, most Scots are descended from Brittonic Celts, not Gaelic ones.

I'm skeptical about such a huge culture change without significant population movement, and the fact that Scots and Irish are so close genetically would suggest there was a significant movement, but even if the Irish colonizers were a minority, they did a great job at totally wiping out the indigenous Pictish and Cumbric languages.

A genetic study by Trinity College in Dublin has the South Central Scots clustering with the Leinster Irish.

[robertb]

I wish people would stop using the term "Scots Irish". The so-called "Scots Irish" were Scottish people who stayed in Ireland for a few generations before moving on to North America. They aren't really Irish.

Pretty sure the Scots where a tribe from Ulster named the Scoti, so they just went back. lol

I prefer using Ulster-Scots myself. We rarely even call our self that and just say we're Americans.

[celticdragongod]

Pretty sure the Scots where a tribe from Ulster named the Scoti, so they just went back. lol

I prefer using Ulster-Scots myself. We rarely even call our self that and just say we're Americans.

The Scotti were a minority in Scotland. Most Scots are Brittonic Celts, not Gaelic ones.

[robertb]

We Guido Romans don't need a wall per se. We distract the Scots Irish by building Olive Garden, Hometown Buffet, and other bad restaurants that Scots Irish like. Afterwards they are too full to attack.

Hey that's not fair fattin us up like that. Hard to battle from our Rascal Scooter.

[robertb]

The Scotti were a minority in Scotland. Most Scots are Brittonic Celts, not Gaelic ones.

I'm not trying to steal your Irishness bro, I just claim being an American. I have zero desire to be any type of European.

[Anglo-Celtic]

But you believe that the Scots-Irish/Ulster-Scots are Irish.

Where did I say that? Crap, I must be posting in my sleep again.

[celticdragongod]

Where did I say that? Crap, I must be posting in my sleep again.

Actually I meant that as a question. I should have ended the sentence with a question mark.

[Leto]

So, it doesn't make me European just because I descend from Europeans. I'm glad that we agree now.

You did put "European", not "American" as your meta-ethnicity.