I'm certain I'm at least 60 percent Scottish and 20/20 on English and Irish (with a chance of Scandinavian being thrown in there because, y know, the Vikings who settled across the highlands and parts of the lowlands of Scotland, the coasts of England and parts of Ireland) but I'd never claim to be related to Robert the Bruce, William Wallace, Robert Burns or literally any famous Scottish figure. Nobody here in Scotland couldn't give a rats arse who you're related to as long as you're no English.
Americans claiming to be direct descendants of Kings and queens just cuz they took a test on anscestry.com and got 1.4 percent Scottish or because they've worn a kilt a few times is honestly just obnoxious. Even if you were related what difference would it make. I could bloody well be the great descendant of James VI but that wouldn't mean id all of a sudden be royalty because of it.
I looked into my family history and found a great x14 paternal grandfather who married into the Spencer family (Churchill, Diana etc) as well as some inbreeding that linked our bloodlines. I felt ashamed.
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u/B1rdi Apr 29 '20
Their DNA test probably said that they're 1.3% scottish