Quote Originally Posted by Mike1 View Post
And your evidence he did not follow this exact procedure is...?

Quit being so argumentative with those trying to learn their own family's history. Every time one of these posts shows up, you're pishing all over it and it has become more than tiresome.
I find Gilmore's posts on these forums to be cogent and well reasoned. There's a lot of myth out there that passes for history, which isn't to say that I don't enjoy the myth sometimes.

I just joined a clan society that lists my wife's family as a sept. Now my wife's family's name is a Gaelic trade name, and thanks to posts by Gilmore, and articles by Matt, and others I do so fully realizing that its unlikely that her ancestors were members of that clan. That doesn't matter to me all that much. As has been pointed out in the past, the clan system is in fact no more, and all the rest of this is something else.

Joining the clan society gives my family a place to hang their hat at the games, and a sense of belonging, and that's well worth the price of the dues. But a shared last name does not an ancestor make.

Best regards,

Jake