It is sad when people don't take pride in their heritage. Whether they are Scot, Irish, Japanese, Indian, what have ya, I think you should be proud of your roots. And above all, for us Americans who live in a melting pot, proud to be Americans whose relatives are from all over.
I was fortunate to have many family members on both sides of the family who took pride and did research on the tree. I was the inheritor of much of this information and now have it online for my sibs, nieces and nephews.
In fact it was looking at the family tree which got my nephew Seamus interested in his Scots roots and kilting. His dad, Turpin was next into a kilt and he dove in headfirst and never came up. Last fall he finally convinced me to get a kilt by dangling the promise of the gift of a Thorfinn sporran (bribery always works.)
Originally Posted by James MacMillan
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