Scythians were in my opinion R1b and closely related to Celts....
myth of origin of Scotish people written down in Declaration of Arbroath says they come from Greater Scythia
http://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk....nas.gov.uk/downloads/declarationArbroath.pdf
Greater Scythia is parts of Balkan.. there in
Albania we find tribe name
Chelidones (
Greek Χελιδόνες) see
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Illyrian_Tribes_(English).svg,
in Spain we find tribal name
Caladuni (next to Seurbi and Helleni see
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...enician_Colonies_in_The_Iberian_Peninsula.png) and in Scotland we find tribal name
Caledones or
Caledonii;
Greek: Καληδώνες,
Kalēdōnes) and alternative name for Scotish people is
Scottish Gaelic:
Albannaich while Scotland is Alba.
thus we have claims of Declaration of Arborath supported by tribal names Chelidones-Caladuni- Caledonii and Albania -Albannaich link
Scotish people that are proud to origin from Greater Scythia (extension of Scythia) are R1b so Scythians are probably also R1b
Scythians attacked Cimmerians in 8th century BC causing them to move from area north of Black sea to west becomming spread in whole east Europe.. Cimmerians were in my opinion I2a Din..they merged with R1a Thracians giving Thraco-Cimmerians with archeological findoings of their culture being spead all the way to Denmark and north Italy..this spread far away from Thrace means that name Thracian in wider sense included Pannonians and Veneti..
Sarmatians subjugated Scythians... Sarmatians were in my opinion G2a...reason to claim this is that Osetians are thought to be direct offspring of Alani the main Sarmatian tribe and they are speaking iranic language and are G2a.. Being iranian some Sarmatian tribes might have been R1a but not European clades like M458 and M558..
Slavic people and language come mainly from Veneti as Jordanes clearly stated it saying that Antes and Slavi are two biggest tribes left over from numerous race of Veneti... only part of Slavic people used Slavi as self name..like today only Slovaks and Slovenians do...they were Veneti..their halpogroups are R1a and they have I2a din admixture of Cimmerians...
Thracians (and related Dacians) were in my opinion very similar to Veneti in both genetics, language and culture.. so they were easily assimilated by Slavic people in 6th century ...
some Veneti/Pannonian tribes lived on Balkan north of Illyrians long time before Slavic arrival in 6th century.. Pannonians were in my opinion also among numerous Veneti race.. and in wider sense so were Dacians and Thracians..
Russian primary chronicle speaks of Danubian Slavs and among them Serbs, white Croats and Carantanians (Slovene) living around Danube (In nowadays Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary) prior to Vlachs (roman empire) invasion...after which they moved to Vistula river in Poland ...so south Slavs in 6th century move back to their previous settlement place....