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The Scots: A Genetic Journey: Episode 3

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Episode 3

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Alistair Moffat discovers how our history is influenced by the geography of Scotland.

Historian Alistair Moffat discovers how much of our history as a population is influenced by the geography of Scotland.

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Historian Alistair Moffat traces the history of the Scottish people with the help of historical geneticist Jim Wilson. 
Today we discover how much of our history as a population is influenced by the geography of Scotland, and the natural barriers which dictated the gathering of clusters of types of DNA in specific parts of the country. 

And Jim Wilson explains the phenomenon of social selection which enabled Somerled the Viking, the 12th century Lord of the Isles, King Man and founder of Clan Donald managed to have 400,000 descendants living in the world today.

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Alistair Moffat discovers how the story of where we all come from is written in our genes.

In a series coinciding with the publication of the 2011 census, Alistair Moffat explores the history of where we all came from, with the help of new DNA science.

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