It might be more than you thought. With our Genetic Communities™ you can explore your connections to the region through your DNA going back a couple of hundred years. With more than 4 million people tested and combining over 80 million family trees, AncestryDNA gives you the opportunity to map where in the UK your family may have lived.
Discover The Highlands & Nova Scotia, Northeast & Central Scotland, Central Scotland & Ulster Ireland and The Highlands & East Nova Scotia communities your ancestors belonged to. Our groundbreaking science will pinpoint precisely where your family members have lived within the past 200 years.
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A name synonymous with the northern-most tip of the Scottish mainland, John o’Groats is a small but picturesque village looking out over the North Sea. Home to just 300 inhabitants, it retains national significance as one of the furthest points from London – 690 miles to the south.
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and the third largest in the UK. With a population of 606,340 in 2016, its peak was in 1936 with 1,128,472 inhabitants. Known as the “second city of the British Empire” throughout the Victorian era, historically the city was a major centre for chemicals, textiles and engineering.
Named after Queen Victoria’s father, Prince Edward Island became a British colony in 1775. With many ships embarking from Scotland, it was tied to the UK until it became part of Canada in 1873. Its population in 2014 was 146,283 – a significant increase on the c. 5,000 residents back in 1758.
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