Quote Originally Posted by EagleJCS View Post
Sometimes researching the family tree will only take you so far...


Since my last name is Scott, I am a member of the Clan Scott Society (but not necessarily a member of the actual - Scottish - Clan Scott). There are three different Scott 'families' - Scottish, Irish and English people whose surname is Scott - that are unrelated. I would love to be able to determine for sure where my family actually hailed from, but it may not ever be possible.

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It should be realtively simple to determine which of the three Scott groupings you descend from through Y chromosome DNA testing. See the post on this above in this thread, or go to the FAQ at www.familytreedna.com. I see that the Scotts have a surname project here: http://www.familytreedna.com/public/ScottDNAproject