First fine-scale genetic map of the British Isles Date: March 18, 2015 Source: Wellcome Trust Summary: Many people in the UK feel a strong sense of regional identity, and it now appears that there ...

A genetic map of the British Isles has shown the Welsh are most closely related to the earliest settlers after the last ice age, ... Northern Ireland and Scotland then separate from Northern England.

Ireland is based mainly on the 1594 map, but seems to contain some original work. Mr. Lynam does not believe that this map was the general map of an atlas that embraced the anonymous county maps ...

Often disputed by our readers, the Republic of Ireland is in fact part of the British Isles. We examine which countries are included. Ireland is an island nation located in the northwestern part ...

The team got samples of DNA from more than 2,000 people living in rural parts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland whose four grandparents had stayed put in their home towns or villages.

A team of scientists is visiting Northern Ireland later as part of a bid to draw up a genetic map of the British Isles. "The People of the British Isles" is a Wellcome Trust funded project. In the ...

An international team, led by researchers from the University of Oxford, UCL (University College London) and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Australia, used DNA samples collected from more ...