Quote Originally Posted by wvpiper View Post
I don't mean to be obtuse, or argumentative, but isn't it already known that peoples moved back and forth? Didn't we already know that the Scoti came from Dalraida (Northern Ireland) Is this DNA evidence, that the Scottish Celts and Irish Celts are related, really any surprise?
As I read the story, what makes it newsworthy is the fourth sentence, "Scientists said the study was the first demonstration of a significant Irish genetics component in Scots' ancestry." (Emphasis added)