I'm new here but not to Scottish history, archaeology, genealogy, heraldry etc. In contrast to many other Americans whose Scottish ancestry is several generations back, mine's easy. My last name is Cummings, from my father. My mother's maiden name was Frazier (Fraser.) So all my life it's been right there; I didn't have to search! Even finding my (Fraser) immigrant ancestor's lineage wasn't TOO difficult because he was a younger son of one of the Lords Lovat / Clan Chiefs who took part in "The 15" with the Aberdeenshire Frasers and got transported to the Carolinas. Some lines are easy and others are dead ends.