DNA can change everything

[neloon]

Clarification of an earlier comment -
"I think it has long been recognised that most of the far west and north clans are Norse rather than Celtic. "
It is possible to debate the origins of patronymics but the placenames in all these clan lands are so exclusively of Viking origin (however much they have been Gaelicised) that there can be no doubt as to the cultural identity of these clans.
Within Scotland, nobody pays any attention to DNA. If that were to be a defining characteristic then most current clan chiefs would turn out to be at least 95% English! I think most Scots go by accent; if a Patel or a Giulianotti or a Ng or a Mojsiewicz has a Scottish accent, they are Scots. End of.
Alan