I've been doing a significant amount of digging lately into my family history. I've hit a few walls along the way. I "believe" that the Harbison branch from which I'm descended came from county Stirling. I can't substantiate it 100% yet, but I'm working on it.

Along the way, I've been lucky to have some relatively "famous" ancestors for which I do have hard documentation. Edward Doty, who arrived on the Mayflower is one. I managed to Trace the line from Doty to Doughty, Fitz William, Dymoke, Ludlow, Marmion, De Chillham, Fitzroy, to... omg... Plantaganet... Was beginning to feel sick when I saw this...

Hope springs eternal, though... If some of the genealogies to be found on the likes of wikipedia can be taken as more or less accurate when it comes to direct descent, one branch of the family that spawned John "Lackland" Plantagenet (to whom I can trace a direct line) can be traced directly to Kenneth MacAlpin (born in 810 on the island of Iona - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cináed_mac_Ailpín ).

I suppose that's Scottish enough... No?