Quote Originally Posted by wvpiper View Post
Sorry, but I don't see it as newsworthy. It's common knowledge, proving it with DNA doesn't make it any more significant, in my eye.
The trouble is that much of what has been assumed to be "common knowledge" concerning migrations and origins has been shown to be myth.

For instance, it was "common knowledge" until the latter part of the 20th century that the Anglo-Saxons had driven all the Britons (Celts) out of what was to become England into what was to become Wales, thus leaving the English as being almost entirely descended from the Anglo-Saxon Invaders. However, this has been shown to be a myth, as firstly archaeology and then population genetics has conclusively shown that the present day English population is still predominently descended from the Britons (Celts).

It is therefore instructive to know for certain that the arrival of the Dalriada Scots from Ireland was definitely not a myth.

For anyone who is interested in the origins of the peoples of the British Isles, I can thoroughly recommend the book "The Origins of the British" by Professor Stephen Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer not only uses Y-chromosome and mtDNA markers to determine origins but he also approximately dates the migrations using Phylogeography and exact gene match techniques.