Well, traditionally the Scots in their legends said that we came from Scythia which is in that part of the world:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Scythia" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Scythia</a><p>From the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath:<p>&quot;<i>They journeyed from Greater Scythia by way of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Pillars of Hercules, and dwelt for a long course of time in Spain among the most savage tribes, but nowhere could they be subdued by any race, however barbarous.<p>Thence they came, twelve hundred years after the people of Israel crossed the Red Sea, to their home in the west where they still live today.</i>&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scotsman.com&#x2F;lifestyle&#x2F;the-text-of-the-declaration-of-arbroath-1-465230" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scotsman.com&#x2F;lifestyle&#x2F;the-text-of-the-declaratio...</a><p>NB One of the kingdoms that eventually became Scotland was the Irish&#x2F;Scottish Dál Riata:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;D%C3%A1l_Riata" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;D%C3%A1l_Riata</a>