Thanks Slohairt,

The interesting thing about my surname is that it is thought that the Rowland spelling(my spelling) is an older Lowlander spelling possibly coming from one of Strathclyde Briton families and used to distinguish them from Norman/English families who typically used the Roland/Rolland/Rollant spelling. At some point the names became fairly interchangeable though. On the bright side, my Rowland line came from Surrey County which was one of the area that the Stratchlyde border clans were "persuaded" to move to and the oldest relative I can find goes back to just before 1600 which would be the right time for the move. As for Seàn, I actually prefer Séan which means "lucky omen"...I know...it's a noun...but hey, maybe it'll catch on. ;-)