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 forged one of their own, being a bit cut off from the inhabited universe by the ‘Wall’ dust cloud and a paucity of other star systems in some directions. Genetically, it is true that European heritage dominates, but not by much. There were plenty of colonists of African or Indian descent, and many who were of mixed heritage.

There is a strong Indian strain, culturally and genetically, in the old Corvan worlds, as there is an Hispanic core to the Aigleans. Both these trade groups expanded to include and connect a wide variety of heritages, aiding in the further melding of populations.