Todd, there is a certain fellow that you 'know' well (he has been active on a Heraldry site you frequent, is from Canada and is the chair of a clan society) who has the position that Wallace was a mere myth. Since there is no evidence of any birth records, the man is nothing more than a Scottish myth and never actually existed.

If I've given you enough clues to identify the auld git, you are doubtless banging your head against the desk as you read this.

It is going to be more than a little difficult to make a bloodline connection to a man who was born in either 1270 or 1276, in either Elderslie or Ellerslie, who may or may not have married Marion Braidfute, etc., etc.

Blind Harry may have woven a fanciful tale, the veracity of which can not be proven.

Interestingly enough, the little girl that played the part of Murron MacClannough in Braveheart was in Lanark to portray Marion Braidfute during The Homecoming. There was a brazier at the foot of the walk leading to St. Kentigern's from the street that we used to light our torches for the march and she was lighting the brazier, just as we took the Spirit of Wallace coffin up to the church. There are images of her, located here and here.

(I'm linking to these images, as I do not have permission to hot-link them from the photographer.)

While Ross has long been known as 'Big Davy', I find he's not actually so tall. The tall fellow, wearing the white shirt, in this image and in this image would be yours truly.

Here is an image of the pall bearers taking the coffin up the walk ahead of us. The gentleman standing on the left was Ross' road support, during the actual Walk for Wallace. He drove the van and prepared the meals whilst they moved southward.

A rather eerie image of another pal, piping us to the church.

I likely have some more images of the day floating about here, if anyone is interested in seeing them.