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Click on the link and see the history of your surname and where its most common :thumbs:

 

http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/default.aspx

 

Surprise, surprise!! mine "Chalmers" is Celtic and most common in Scotland especially the North East :whistling:

 

My clan, "Cameron" is also Celtic, also more common in the North of Scotland :thumbs:

 

Tom

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mines scottish! but then the old man can trace his family back to the mc donnalds!

 

mostly from around aberdeen and inverness way

 

cheers

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mines mainly concentrated in the Perth area wherever that is :laugh: my maiden names concentrated about 4 miles from here , very interesting

 

 

20 minutes from me kay :tongue2:

 

Mine is from Inverness mainly just as well since i was brought up there :yes:

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I need a surname especially if its Scottish or Scottish based to find out if you have a family tartan or clan affiliation, anybody else wants to find out let me know and I'll do a search

 

Tom

 

Ps: you can wear a clan tartan if your name allows?? Clan societies and Clan Chiefs validate your membership of a Clan, a rule like that probably only applies to me as I'm a boring old fart with traditional family ties and links

 

Mine is celtic aswel, more or less only common in Scotland especially Inverness,

How did you find out what ''clan'' you are?

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Tom, was it true that if a man married a woman from a clan with a higher status, he'd take her name? I think I remembered it from somewhere, or I'm thinking of something else! :icon_redface::laugh:

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I need a surname especially if its Scottish or Scottish based to find out if you have a family tartan or clan affiliation, anybody else wants to find out let me know and I'll do a search

 

Tom

 

Ps: you can wear a clan tartan if your name allows?? Clan societies and Clan Chiefs validate your membership of a Clan, a rule like that probably only applies to me as I'm a boring old fart with traditional family ties and links

 

Mine is celtic aswel, more or less only common in Scotland especially Inverness,

How did you find out what ''clan'' you are?

T 7

''McCreadie''

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