The Scottish Clans......What's Yours?
There are many of us here ,on PS,with Scottish roots that follow,study,are aware of our clan,have studied it and are involved with it. We attend numerous Scottish/Celtic events in the USA and in Scotland,too when we can. I am Clan Gordon,my mom was an Aitchison,a sept of Gordon,who originated in France. Our clan chief was/is called "Cock 'O The North".as the Gordon's have/had a reputatiion for the fight,banter and adventure. Wg]hat clan are you? What do you know of your clan? Are you interested in it?
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Permalink Reply by Bloom the Tipsy Bunny on -
Hmm...my Dad has all the genealogy charts, I could email him and ask him for details...but we're Norse, not Scottish, so I'm not sure how interested you be, regardless....
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Permalink Reply by Austin Prince \|/ /|\ on -
Sadly, I know little of my genealogy, and I don't even know where to begin when it comes to finding that shit out.
I've been mulling over the idea of paying someone to trace my roots, as I'm quite curious as to my actual origins.
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Permalink Reply by Myrddin Mac Art on -
I stand in the confluence of two rivers of Celtic blood...as to the Scots, I am Clan Bruce on my mother's side and Clan Buchanan on my father's side. Since my parents divorced, I claim and own my Bruce heritage more. Of course, it's got some flashier history along with it, and I sort of cheat because I do the ancient Celtic method of determining descent through the mother. While I have an interest in it, I cannot say I am an expert in our history and family. But, the goddess knows, I'm damn proud of it!!!
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Permalink Reply by Celticlass...FAERIE QUEEN on -
Very fine clans!! Both of them!! We see them always at many of the highland games
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Permalink Reply by James on -
Hi Faerie Queen,
I thought it might interest you. I have a supernatural thriller novel set in 13th century Scotland. Inspired by MacBeth a dark tale full of witchcraft and murder.
Also a very thoroughly researched insight into many a Scots clan.
The link to the promo is as follows
All the Best,
Jim
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Permalink Reply by Fred in the Green on -
There is no "Clan" Cairns, although we do have one or two tartans, and we are armigerious, although I am too Scottish to spare the tuppence to find out what our Arms looks like.
My uncle, who moved to Canada, attempted to trace our ancestry, and his reply to my question was "I believe a Cairns came over with William the Conqueror". I understand this to mean he drew a blank. Since the Cairnses are up in Scotland and Norn Iron, I think any connection to William the Bastard is unlikely.
We have an Edinburgh connection, although I'm content to believe our direct Cairnses lived in Galloway.
The one Cairns I was able to find connected to a historical event, was one William Cairns, a member of the legal profession, who was put on the last boat out of Londonderry as it was beseiged, with instructions to carry the news of the plight to King William, and seek for aid. There is no news of his success, which tend to mean he was not successful.
I have a fancy, without any material foundation, that the name came from the occupation, and the original holders of the name were drystone-dykers. (Builders of stone-walls without mortar.)
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Permalink Reply by Scarlet on -
Donnachaidh (Robertson) by marriage. But since I don't count ancestry solely by the male line... oh, wait... I actually don't KNOW his father's line... that's his mother's line anyways...
That's one reason that I never bothered much about keeping my given last name... what did it mean? It was just the name of ONE of my grandparents and had little to do with the other three.
-Scarlet
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Permalink Reply by Mistral Hart on -
I am Swedish and Irish and Welsh. Pretty much all of Briton, but not Scottish. I married into the Moffat clan. My husbands maternal grandmother is a Moffat. The following is cut and pasted from the web.
Moffat History
As far back as the time of Sir William Wallace, the Moffats were a powerful and influential borders family, who most likely gave their name to the town of Moffat in Dumfriesshire. The progenitor of the clan was a Norseman, William de Mont Alto, who came to Scotland in the tenth century. By the twelfth century the family was important enough to be designated as "de Moffet", proving that their standing was high within the district.
Like many other borders families, the Moffat clan were raiders and reivers, and conducted long-running feuds with their neighbours. Their greatest enemies were the powerful Johnston clan, and the numerous squabbles between the two families culminated in the murder of Robert Moffat, the clan chief, by the Johnstons in the sixteenth century. The Johnstons went on to burn the building in which most of the Moffat family notables had gathered, and slaughtered all those who tried to escape. In one blow, the powerful Moffat clan was all but wiped out. Some seventy years after these events, the Moffat lands passed to the Johnston family, as a result of the Moffats' overwhelming debts.
In later years the Moffats were considered a leaderless clan until 1983 when, after many years of research, Francis Moffat was recognised as the hereditary clan leader.
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Permalink Reply by Celticlass...FAERIE QUEEN on
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Fine and bonny Clan MacKay!! I know them well.any of you looking to find your clan history try Electricscotland.com
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Permalink Reply by James on
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My novel Celtic Blood deal with the early history of clan MacKay and many other highland clans. Set in 13th century Scotland it is a supernatural thriller that is extensively researched. A tale of witchcraft and possession, murder and blood soaked battlefields, tattered standards and valiant warriors, none more so than Morgund the progenitor of the noble house of MacKay.
Link to promo
A tale that celebrates Scotland's heroic history and tells of the twilight of the old Gods. The grey Gods of yesteryear.
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Permalink Reply by Celticlass...FAERIE QUEEN on
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HOW grande!! I read many Scottish Adventure novels.....Thanks for sharing
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