Many clans

[celtic_cross]

I have many different clans... and i was wondering if there was anyone on here from any of my clans... My clans are: Sinclare, McDonald, McLean, Douglas, Scott, Irvine, Halyard, MacMillan, MacGill, Rogerson (more but these are the main ones)THANK YOU!!

[jacobitedreamer]

Originally posted by celtic_cross
I have many different clans... and i was wondering if there was anyone on here from any of my clans... My clans are: Sinclare, McDonald, McLean, Douglas, Scott, Irvine, Halyard, MacMillan, MacGill, Rogerson (more but these are the main ones)THANK YOU!!

Greetings, normally the clan of your father is the one relevant for you. It runs the father line always.

[celtic_cross]

Greetings, normally the clan of your father is the one relevant for you. It runs the father line always. [/b]

That i know but my dad died when i was 3 and all he wrote in the letter was that i should look up these clans. He never said which were his and which were not. So hence the many clan names.

[Polwarth]

It should be absolutely easy to find out which name was 'his' clan. His surname would have to be a Clan name or one of its septs.

[celtic_cross]

Big problem there Well a few. 1) i don't know his last name 2) my name has changed too much 3) my "mom" *shudders* never talked about him 4) my last name changed just as much as my first 5) according to my "mom" *shudders* his last name was changed and 6) i don't know where he's burried and the only way here you can find that out is with a last name

You can see my many problems here

[SherbrookeJacobite]

You certainly do face a challenge!

My grandmother was an Irwin - which is a different spelling of Irvine. You can learn some more about that family here:
http://www.clanirwin.org/aboutus.php

For the MacMillan Clan - Somerled MacMillan's book "Bygone Lochaber" is an excellent resource. It has been out of print for some time - but I believe there is a bookstore in Aberdeen that still has copies (I can't remember the name of the bookstore - sorry!). I picked up a copy at the West Highland museum in Fort William.

There are lots of on-line resources for the MacDonalds. It is a very large Clan with many branches, so for specific information, you would need to know which branch your family came from.

Buaidh gun robh leat!

[celtic_cross]

*laughs* wow yeah i heard of the book but my brother cannot find it. And yeah finding which branch of the MacDonalds i came from will be slightly hard seeing as the only family member (besides my brother) that i talked to was my dad and... well... yeah he's no longer around. But thanks for the site and the title of the book i'll make sure to look for it.