Quote Originally Posted by Canuck of NI View Post
Normans, really. A bunch of nouveau riche arriviste pirates if you ask me. And those ridiculous helmets, don't get me started.

Ha ! Ha ! Of course ! Of course ! I perfectly get your point !

No, I wouldn't like to get you started on this matter.

Some would immediately snap back that neither the Scots invaders from Ireland, nor the Picts for that matter, were exactly gentlemen, etc. etc. etc.

These were rough times...

That wasn't the point of my OP.

Half my "prestigious" ancestors murdered the other half... They would wed off their remaining, surviving offspring together to make peace, and start all over again a few generation later... rough time really.

The problem is, this is what the people of Scotland as a nation is historically : a blend of imperfect human beings coming from Celtic Ireland, Pictish Caledonia, Savage Galloway, North men and Saxons off all places.

Should we be proud of our belligerent ancestors ?

I'm not sure this Forum is the right place to debate this subject matter.

In spite of the modern myth :”My ancestors were the good guys...” it is traditional though for Scots and their descendants to be proud of their ancestors, good or bad. May they rest in peace.


Best,

Robert