The Scotsman Magazine has published a wonderful new series of articles by Alistair Moffat on y-DNA patterns in Scotland. With history going back to the Picts, Vikings, Romans, and early Britons, this is a great summary of the big picture. The first article can be found HERE and the rest link off that page.

Women of the Clan and Scottish Highlands may not have the easily-traced male y-dna markers, but they played (and play) an equally important role in keeping related groups together over time. Experienced genealogical researchers have often found that the way to discover more about the paternal line is to research the maternal line! Both male [...]

The Ardnamurchan (Àird nam Murchan) Peninsula lies west of the heart of Lochaber and stretches about 70 miles  into the Hebridean Sea. Its tip is the most westerly point on the UK mainland and was historically the dividing line between the northern and southern Hebrides (Groome, 1882). Some of the most detailed and earliest information [...]