A global search for direct descendants of the men who fought at the battle of Culloden has ended - in Scotland.
The National Trust for Scotland challenged young people to build a family tree, with those who could trace their direct roots back to either the Hanoverian troops or the Jacobite forces who faced each other east of Inverness that day in 1746 invited to the official opening of the trust's new £9m visitor centre at the battlefield.
Scott Hay, 11, from nearby Kincraig, and Philip Nicol, six, from Inverness, have been picked as the winners to help open the centre on April 16, the anniversary of the battle.
Philip is descended from both sides of the battle. His family tree reveals three brothers of the Farquharson family of Allargue in Aberdeenshire, two of whom were officers with the Jacobite army, while their brother fought with the government troops.
Scott's ancestor was William Hay from Glenbucket in Aberdeenshire, who fought under renowned Jacobite, Major General John Gordon.
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