The company’s chief scientist, Dr. Jim Wilson, found a Y chromosome marker among direct descendants of the Picts in 2013. The Scotsman.com reported he said this marker is the “first evidence ...

The Picts created two politically and militarily ... Many scholars point to the ascension of Kenneth MacAlpin and his immediate descendants as the beginning of the end of Pictish culture in ...

The Picts have long been regarded as enigmatic ... It could be the Norse or the Men of Moray, MacBeth and his family. I think Portmahomack was captured by the Men of Moray. The Norse wanted ...

Together they created the Kingdom of Alba. The Picts took part in one of the most decisive battles in Scottish history - the Battle of Dun Nechtain (Dunnichen). If the Picts had lost, Scotland ...

A geneticist has created a DNA test for "Scottishness" that will tell people whether they are direct descendants of the Picts. The test, expected to cost about £130, checks a sample of saliva ...

Albert also visited the Sculptor's Cave where the family of decapitated Picts were discovered. And using high-tech gadgetry, plus some James Bond-style derring-do, Albert uncovers new evidence ...

These include a proposed origin in eastern Europe, as well as a longstanding idea that the inheritance of wealth passed down the female side of the family. We attempted to shed light on the Picts ...

The Picts, famous for their carved symbol stones ... In AD 839 the Vikings wiped out the Pictish royal family. Competitors emerged for the kingship, and, after a long civil war, Kenneth MacAlpine ...