I am a very newbie at wearing the kilt but look forward to doing so more in the future. I was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and now live in SW Florida. I teach reading in one of our local high schools and plan to retire at the right old age of 70 in just a few more years. I am on the council for the Clan Wood Society in Edinburgh Scotland and serve as one of their representatives in the United States. Our goal is to bring the history of Clan Wood to other fellow Scots. Sir Lord Andrew Wood, first High Admiral of Scotland, to King James III is a direct ancestor of our current chief Timothy Michael Herbert Fawcett Wood, Representative of the Ancient Family of Wood of Largo and Chief of the Name.
This coming August Clan Wood will be one of the invited clans at the Tattoo in Edinburgh, honored by invitation of Lord of Lyons. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend, however there will be a very large contingency of Clan Wood members worldwide in attendance.
My interest is in ancient history, leather working and fishing. I am an avid reader and my passion is for historical novels of the ancient Celtic and Norman times. I also am an avid genealogist of my family histories, most of which are from the Scot, Irish and Norman ancestry. My Scot ancestry is predominately Wood and Bruce. My wife’s clan is Cumming.
I look forward to participating in this forum and the new friends that I shall meet.
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