Question: are scottish descendants of vikings?
Answer: These men are believed by the researchers to be direct descendants of the first Irish High King – Niall Noigiallach. ... Vikings are still running rampant through Scotland as, according to the researchers, 29.2 per cent of descendants in Shetland have the DNA, 25.2 per cent in Orkney and 17.5 per cent in Caithness.