Scottish Travellers raise concerns over 'dangerous' DNA study

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".