When asked, I tell them I'm American, raised no more than ten miles away (I rarely get out of town).

I think, if you took a poll among the members here at XMarks, You'd find that a lot of us have very tenuous connections to Scotland, if any at all. I, for instance have only my mothers step-father, a man at least a generation or two removed from Scotland to my credit - no blood, just heritage, as he was the only grandfather I knew.

In my opinion (gotta stress that), I would say, from the way you phrase your question, right now, no, you're not "Scottish", although there are others who wiil define it as a simple question of descent and say you are.

But to truely answer your question for yourself, you'll have to define what you mean by "Scottish". If you mean, do you have a visceral connection to the history and origins of your family, then you could, in the future, consider yourself "Scottish", as that is something that can be developed through an engaged research and celebration of your findings.

Like Rab said, "If you feel Scottish."