The Scots
A Genetic Journey

Fascinating and frustrating. I read the book to prepare for an upcoming trip to Scotland and to learn more about DNA-based genealogical research. The book was helpful on both counts, but wasn't what I expected. The DNA information was scattered throughout the book like pearls before swine. If gathere......more

Moffat can be on shaky ground with his science. There just isn't that much definite one can say about specific y-DNA and mt-DNA markers as the science keeps changing so quickly. Also, while it is possible to denote specific genetic markers to certain groups when specific studies have been done for t......more

This is a fascinating book. Not only does it describe in easy language the genetic history if the Scots, it links it with the history of the country, language, place names and family names. It has rekindled my interest in Scottish history.......more

This book holds a lot of surprises. There are topics discussed (but still relevant to the subject matter) that I wasn’t expecting. For instance? The origin or Roman numerals, root languages: I.e. Sanskrit has its roots in Hinduism and Buddhism, which in turn brought about Latin and Greek- which both......more

I was initially going to say that this is more of a general history of Europe but gradually I got in tune with the theme of the book. I think that probably you would get more out of the audio book if you follow along with the maps and charts that I expect are in the text versions. Also, talk of the g......more