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Episode 4

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Alistair Moffat retraces the movements of invaders from Northumbria through our history.

Travelling from the ancient heart of Pictland to the Borders, historian Alistair Moffat retraces the movements of invaders from Northumbria throughout our early history.

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Travelling from the ancient heart of Pictland to the Borders, historian Alistair Moffat retraces the movements of invaders from Northumbria throughout our early history, and enlists the help of historical geneticist Jim Wilson to find out how much of the heart of Scotland is actually English today.

And Alistair Moffat fgets more than he bargained for when he finds out what DNA analysis reveals about his ancestors' origins.

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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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