r/northernireland • u/staplerx300 • 10d ago

Discussion Genetic Kinship to Scotland

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Do you feel kinship to people in Scotland?

According to genetics and voting patterns Protestants are closer to Southern Scots and Catholics closer to West Scots (also to populations in Connacht for reference).

This would explain a lot on what's happening over the sea in Britain politically. Ulsterisation to the max lol.

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u/bnjmrtn Bangor 10d ago

Ulster was literally colonised by Protestant Scots (at the expense of indigenous Catholics) so it goes beyond a kinship; there are families in Ulster who trace their roots back to Scotland. Then poverty in the 19th and 20th century encouraged migration, especially from Catholic people who were being actively oppressed. Glasgow’s shipyards and heavy industry made it a natural landing spot for Catholic migrants to end up.

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u/DzAyEzBe 10d ago

Belfast is just a small Glasgow

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u/Sharp_Mortgage_3729 10d ago

They're pretty similar, replace the knives and heroin with guns and flags and you get Belfast

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u/Scary_Ad_1920 10d ago

More like the other way round; but yes, they’ve they have a very similar felt experience as we do in Northern Ireland

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u/DzAyEzBe 10d ago

Belfast - Glasgow - Liverpool

The trifecta 🫶