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 ...

If you have Irish or Scottish heritage, you might want to check out a couple of research guides that have been revised. Leading Irish genealogy expert Brian Mitchell covers a lot in the latest edition ...

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 ...

With a name like his, Stuart McGregor admits it’s hard to pinpoint the time in his own history when he learned of his Scottish ancestry. DETAILS: Featuring the music and culture of Scotland and ...