Heritages
It his been mentioned in the Jack Mack books that many of the original Scotian colonists hailed from English-speaking nations on Earth—‘Canadia,’ ‘Oztralia,’ ‘Jamyca.’ To be sure, many also came from other places, both among the early colonists and those who came later. Despite many sharing a language, there was genetic and cultural variety among these settlers. In other words, they were by no means all of European appearance, nor were their descendants. Populations mixed quite a lot as humans expanded into the universe, and most worlds have a diverse heritage. Ones like Thule, which started with a small genetic pool and was somewhat isolated for a while, are not the norm. This mixing has increased the further humans have spread out from their home world. Newer colonies tend to draw from all over, whereas the earliest ones were frequently settled—initially—by populations from one region of Earth. Scotia, being one of the older worlds, has retained a little more ethnic identity. And...
