Re: Whats in a name vs. Blood?
It's unanimous--you're in like Flynn--or MacLean--very good comments in this thread--family is family, and you are a MacLean--go back far enough and all you had to do to be a member of a clan was swear loyalty to the chief, so your desire to be a clan member seems enough, and finally, as always, Jock Scott provides the grounded view--don't take any of that too seriously, and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! Cheers!
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
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