[Not sure if this is proper placement, move if needed please.]

I was raised to believe I was of Scottish heritage - particularly by both grandfathers. I was taken to Highland Games and given books of tartans to browse and read.

Then I caught the genealogy bug and found out there were English and Irish and Welsh and Dutch and Palatine Germans lurking in my family tree. Okay, I can deal with that. None were particularly thick lines.

Then my cousin Bob does the DNA thing and finds we're Scandanavian. Okay I can deal with that too...Sons of Somerled/Clan Donald...we knew that. We just didn't think about it.

Then yesterday I get a packet of information from my little sister who's been up in Cuba/Rushford, New York exploring a hot bed of our Gordon line. The information begins with a reminder that the Gordons are probably of French origin. That triggered my memory of a strong family English line, the Brett/Britt line which is also probably of French Origin.

So, with increasing knowledge I've gone from believing my family is Scottish to now believing we're French-Scandanavian....

More tartans to buy now....

Ron