Alistair Moffat and James F. Wilson

'A fascinating picture' - James Naughtie, Today Programme BBC Radio 4

'The fusion of science and the physical history – like an abandoned croft – allows people to trace their Scots ancestry with precision.’ - Sunday Herald

A remarkable new piece of research that vividly uncovers Scotland's DNA Map. Since the openening of the Scottish Parliament there has been a revitalised interest in Scottish history and national identity. New technology and the mushrooming of genetic studies is spectacularly furthering our knowledge of who we are.

'A fascinating picture.' - James Naughtie, Today Programme BBC Radio 4

'The fusion of science and the physical history – like an abandoned croft – allows people to trace their Scots ancestry with precision.’ - Sunday Herald 

History has always mattered to Scots, and rarely more so than now at the outset of a new century, with a new census appearing in 2011 and after more than ten years of a new parliament. An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies and we carry the ancient story of Scotland around with us.