The Browns Are Here!

[Jack Daw]

Hello, Brown, and welcome from Houston, TX. I hope you enjoy it here like I do. Is it easy being Brown?

[RockyMount'sClanBrown]

It was interesting reading the history of how names are conceived and that the Brown name could have likely been influenced by the family features. We almost all have brown eyes, brown hair and a dark complexion. I read somewhere that we had been refered to as the "brown Lamonts". I guess it's not so bad being brown. I also read a similar background related in the following story:

The story is told by Cuthbert Bede in "Argyll's Highlands and the Lords of Lorne" (page 47):
MacMillan was a great man in Carradale Glen. He had three sons who were very strong like himself. At that time, the Atholmen used to come to Kintyre for the purpose of plunder and to drive away the cattle of the glen. Once, they made a raid an MacMillan's cattle, when he was from home; but when he returned and saw that his cattle were away, he armed himself and his three sons, and pursued the plunderers. A fierce combat ensued in which MacMillan was victorious and drove back his cattle; but his younger son, instead of returning home, continued his pursuit of the enemy. His father was afraid that he was killed; but, in a few days, he came back, carrying a great load of the Atholmen's heads. Seeing this, his father cried out,
Mo laochan, mo ghille donn! 'S tu fhein an sonn a chuireadh riu!
("My little hero, my brown-haired lad! You're the champion yourself, to master them!").
The descendants of this man were called Brown; and that was the origin of the name in Carradale.

[Jack Daw]

So, 'donn' is gaelic for brown. Now, I know where 'dunn' (as in dunn-coloured) came from.

[mbhandy]

From the Mts. of Utah




MrBill

[sharpdressedscot]

from Charlotte/Gastonia, North Carolina!!

See you at the games.

[Standard]

Welcome to the rabble from Illinois. Nice to see that your family is all getting interested with you. It's always good to have an interest that you can all enjoy together. Sounds like the kilt addiction is just beginning at your place too.

[oregonscot]

Welcome to the rabble from Oregon. I'm a Brown on my mothers side, yet we from the Clan Lamont. So donn is brown in gaelic? That's my first name, and spelled that way as well. So if I was to take my mothers maiden name would that make me Brown Brown? Too early and too confusing for this one

Welcome never the less,
Donn(brown)

[Cawdorian]

From the Highlands of North Atlanta!

My Grandmother was a Brown, family oral tradition is they came to the US from Scotland.

I'm anxious to see a picture of a kilt in the Brown Tartan, I think it is a beautiful tartan.

[SteveB]

My patrilineal line is Brown. To America from England in 1637. From Ireland before that and from Scotland yet before as a sept of Clan Lamont. My Spouse is is a MacLucas, which is also a sept of Clan Lamont. My mother's side of the family is very diverse as well. I have traced back the McNeillys to MacNeil of Barra, and some of the intermarriages to both Lamont and Campbell (Ouch). Add in a little bit of MacLaren, Macdougall, Graham, Thompson, Miller, etc. The genealogical research is the fun part. Now I need/want a kilt in each of these tartans......the jonesing is already getting scary.
Steve Brown

[RockyMount'sClanBrown]

I am amazed at the response to this thread. I am really excited to meet those of you that are planning to attend the Loch Norman and GF Mountain games here in North Carolina. It's obvious that this forum is a very active and close community.

I am also interested to talk more about Clan Brown with those of you that have any interesting information about our history. I think I will start a Clan Brown thread for those that are interested.