History has always mattered to Scots & rarely more so than now at the outset of a new century with a new census appearing in 2011 & after more than ten years of a new parliament. An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies & we carry the ancient story of Scotland around with us. The mushrooming of genetic studies of DNA analysis is rewriting our history in spectacular fashion. In Scotland: A Genetic Journey Alistair Moffat explores the history that is printed on our genes & in a remarkable new approach uncovers the detail of where we are from who we are & in so doing colour vividly a DNA map of Scotl&.