A quick question for y'all

[cessna152towser]

Well I'm Scottish born. Father was from a Scottish family, but my mother's ancestry goes back to Ireland and Holland.

[Eujeankilt]

It's interesting to see these old thread resurrected.



My father's family name ancestor came over from Normandy in the 1650s. Since then, I've gathered a whole host of English ascestry, with a smattering of Scots/Irish and a little German (Pensylvannia Dutch or Deutsch). A grandfather from the 1750s was Irish (Means) and his wife was Scots/Irish (McDonell, which changed back to McDonald, then back to MacDonald from Glencoe). My mother is 2nd generation Slovak. In other words, I could be 100% Celtic. Or I could be a mutt!

Dale

[Navyguy]

The problem is that I don't think that my last name is Scottish. As far as I know, Burke, my last name is an Irish name, as is O'Donnell, my mum's maiden name.

My Grandmother's maden name was O'Donnell maybee we are cousins or something. Oh wait isnt O'Donnell irish for smith? LOL :rolleyes:

[Frank MacDuffy]

For me the ancestory is Macfie. The family moved to Canada in the 1800's from South Uist in the Outer Hebrides. My Dad then moved down to the United States in the 60's (or maybe it was the 70's, I can't quite remember). On his side it's Scottish and Hungarian. On my Mom's side, all kinds of stuff. Some Scottish though on her side (name of Oren as I recall). My Dad's citizenship in Canada was as a "Scottish Canadian" up untill the 1950's when Canadians had their british citzenship taken away. He grew up being a "Scottish Canadian" and so he's passed it down to me. I've always been told that while my citizenship is as an American, at heart, I am really Scottish.