Quote Originally Posted by PatrickHughes123 View Post
Hello everyone,

My surname is Hughes.

About a year ago I bought a book on my family name. In the book, it said that the Hughes's could possibly be a Sept of Clan MacKay. The reason behind this is that the surname in Irish is Mac Aiodh and this is the also Scots Gaelic form of MacKay.

Is there anyone from Clan MacKay that can verify that Hughes is a sept of Clan MacKay?

I checked ScotClans.com and it couldn't tell me anything.

Thanks.
Not mackay but I thought I might ask if you know where in the highlands your Hughes ancestors came from? That may give you better information on clan affiliation than name alone.

If your Hughes were from an area that is traditionally associated with clan mackay, then that would be a pretty strong argument if favor of them having been associated with that clan.