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About 9.2 million Americans claim Scottish descent. When speaking of Scottish ancestry, it is helpful to separate the population into Highlanders, Lowlanders, and the Scots-Irish, as each group has a ...

DNA testing web site Ancestry has begun legal action to access millions of family records held by National Records of Scotland (NRS). The Scottish government body has refused to enter into a financial ...

When the genealogy company Ancestry released the latest update to its “ethnicity estimates” last month, a lot of people suddenly became more Scottish. Since 2012, more than 18 million people have ...

The professors have gotten to be good friends, and they’ve discussed where in Scotland the Maxwells are from. They’ve now had the opportunity to visit that very region together – each coming from a ...

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A maze in Scotland is shaped uniquely in a nod to a family’s decades-long history — and is today a favorite travel destination for many, especially during the spring and summer months. The Murray Star ...

In a straw vote Friday at a Scottish center in Troy%2C local Scottish-Americans voted two to one in favor of independence for Scotland%2C Out of the 300%2C000 people in Michigan of Scottish ...

The sound of bagpipes will be heard in the distance this weekend as men and women dressed in Scottish garb demonstrate their skills and agility at the 46th annual San Diego Scottish Highland Games.

VALPARAISO | No disrespect was intended, but when the double reed instrument started up, several third-graders jumped and covered their ears. That's just the effect bagpipes have on some people. The ...