MacDonald? or MacDonald of the isles?

[Riverkilt]

For sure the names get changed - if folks let others do that.

My great great grandfather John Macdonald, Nova Scotia immigrant from Skye, had his name spelled with a big D in a history book...but he taught his grandson, my Grandfather Murdoch Macdonald, who taught me, the importance of not letting others misspell or change our name from Macdonald to MacDonald or McDonald.

My family seems to be one where the little d was important and has been defended for at least 9 generations.