[. Horrendous story but interesting - most Southerners have a lot of Scottish DNA - turns out I'm over 70%. I didn't know for instance that no Scots were allowed into the Colonies until 1707 and almost none came until after the '45 - actually French and Indian War time when the crown decided Highlanders would be good canon fodder. It's written in journalistic style but is a great story.
You have to remember that Scotland was a foreign country until the Act of Union in 1707, when a bankrupt Scotland had to be baled out by a rich England.
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