.A recently discovered DNA marker suggests that 10% of Scottish men are directly descended from the Picts.
Many generations of historians have puzzled over what used to be called the problem of the Picts. Where did they come from? Who were they? Why did they seem to disappear from history?
ScotlandsDNA has found a marker that strongly suggests that they did not fade from the map of our history, and that in fact the Picts are alive, well and living amongst us!
How is it possible to know this? How does the science work?
We all inherit a great deal of DNA from our parents, 6 billion letters in all, but some of it can be very informative about our deep ancestry. Fathers pass on Y chromosome DNA to their sons and fatherlines can be reliably traced back through thousands of years.
Dr Jim Wilson, Chief Scientist for ScotlandsDNA, found…
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I have to admit that whenever I see the word ‘Picts’ I always think of Arthur Ransome’s book ‘The Picts and the Martyrs’, which I read in the Puffin edition as a kid… His usage, of course, calling more to the pop-cultural view of 1940 than the archaeological (and now genetic) reality. But it left an impression (and I DID enjoy Ransome’s stories, as a kid).
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Farley Mowat would approve this. He was big on the Picts and those he considered their lineage.
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I thought he was more into animals than humans Jnana 😃
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No, he does have another dimension. His work on the picts and albs or alps is fascinating.
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I didn’t know that – Thanks Jnana 👍
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