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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Marco Suttie

UNCOVERED: Scottish travellers raise concerns over dangerous dna study - The Untold Story

Shamus McPhee grew up and still lives on a Tinker Experiment site (Image: Shamus McPhee)

MEMBERS of the Scottish Gypsy Traveller community have warned that a landmark DNA study could threaten their identity and hard-won legal protections.

The University of Edinburgh study, published in July, concluded Scottish Travellers are a genetically distinct population with "deep indigenous roots in Scotland".

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