I posted this in the genealogy forum but wanted to see what was said as far as the Clan forum as well.

I had someone helping me with my ancestry search and she uncovered that the Lowder namesake is actually Clan MacLeod. They hailed from the mountain region in the North of Scotland and made their way to Ireland. Apparently I’m Scots-Irish. She said we derived from Clan MacLeod. The Lowder and Haley blood is my mothers. Her maiden name was Lowder and her mother’s maiden name was Haley. According to my friend they both came from Clan MacLeod. Anyone have any info that they can share on these names and of Clan MacLeod?