Interesting name idea

[gilmore]

Example...?

My surname is Byrnes.

The way I understand it, that is Irish that came from Byrne, which came from O’Byrne, which came from O’Broin, which came from Bran, which means “Raven”.

There is a Sept of Clan Campbell named Burnes. Is it the same?

As I understand the proposal, you can make up almost any connection you can think of---etymological, phonetic or otherwise--- and then go "find yourself a clan."