Quote Originally Posted by Kilted Sapper View Post
Didn't quite see this thread anywhere so I thought I would try my luck?

Since I would be taking my mothers maiden name to tie in to the Scottish Heritage my question is this;

How does one state their name?

My surname is Stiverson
My mothers maiden name is Andrews
Andrews is associated with Clan Ross

I imagine something to the claim of Barry Stiverson of the Andrews Clan of Clan Ross????
That's a mouthful.

Most Britons would hyphenate, I suspect, e.g., Barry Andrews-Stiverson.

What is the context in which you will take or use your mother's name?

Are you sure your Andrews are the same Andrews who are associated with Clan Ross? Some degree of certainty might be useful, lest you find some years down the road, after you have spent quite a bit of money and gone to much effort, that things were not as you thought they were, that your family is associated with a different clan, or with no clan at all. I went here http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/default.aspx and discovered that most Andrews in the UK are from the south of England, and very, very few were Scots.