Quote Originally Posted by Robbie


Re your query about what we Scots think of non-Scots wearing kilts, I think the honest answer would be slightly puzzled admiration but secretly pleased. Canada, Australia, New Zealand we can also understand because there are historical migration links with Scotland but, for example, the American Mid-West?
Robbie:

Sounds like you haven't considered that there has indeed been considerable immigration to the USA Midwest--my Scottish ancestors date back at least to 1789 and although they only worked their way to the Midwest via Virginia and Kentucky, by 1945 they were in Illinois, where I was born. I do not have a Scottish name, because they were all on my mother's side, but if my paternity/maternity were reversed I'd be a McLean. There are a lot more Scots around in a lot more places than you think.

Dave