Quote Originally Posted by Ripcode View Post
After talking to my wife's Mom, she said she is of Irish descent. My Mother-in-law's maiden name is Rice. Her father came from Kentucky (Which I have found has a large Irish population). This has my wife and I very interested and we are going to keep on digging for more information.

Checking a few online clan/tartan locators it says that Rice was part of the Buchanan or Gordon clan?

Is that possible??
Kentucky has a large Scots-Irish population. The Scots-Irish were largely Lowland Scots who immigrated to Northern Ireland (Ulster) before pushing on to North America, where they settled in the backcountry and pushed through the Cumberland Gap to KY and TN. You will also find a mixture of English, Welsh, Highlanders, German and French Protestant blood intermingled with them. They are "Irish" only in the fact that they formerly resided in Ireland, but not necessarily in culture or religion.

The best way to determine the answer to your question is to trace your genealogy back to Scotland to see when your people came from.

T.