Which Clan?

[creagdhubh]

Kyle,

There is no need to get your hackles up I assure you. Your signature line reads "Kyle Andrew Smith Macpherson" but on facebook and on the Clan Macpherson Association website you are listed as simply "Kyle Andrew Smith" and "Kyle Smith" respectively. Given that and the nature of this forum, I think it's pretty obvious to see how I might have made the assumption that you had only included "Macpherson" here to show your Clan affiliation. Once you mentioned (earlier in this thread) that your father was a Macpherson it became clear that that was why you have included it in your signature line here. But clearly other places you either go by or have gone by Smith, so it was not clear that it was your legal name. I don't care one way or the other if your parents share the same name or, if they don't, whose you took. My wife didn't take mine. But wives not taking their husbands' names, children with hyphenated surnames or the names of their mothers is all fairly recent. They are some of today's naming conventions. Do you have a better way of saying that? Any time you have a child with a hyphenated surname or who has his mother's surname, seeing connections to things that are typically patrilineal in descent becomes more difficult. That was all I was saying. I wasn't trying to make a big deal about anything and there was no slight at you intended and no harm meant to anyone else.

Regards,

Kenneth,

No worries mate, I wasn't being defensive and certainly did not have my "hackles up" - I'm sorry you took it that way. Honestly, it does slightly concern me that you are conducting research about me, that's a wee bit strange and disconcerning in my opinion - I don't know, perhaps I am overreacting - but that's my gut-feeling. In regards to my most recent post explaining the detailed information and provenance concerning my full-name, I was merely discussing the actual "breakdown" of my name in order to address your question and earlier post - I certainly didn't have to go into all of that detail, but alas, that's just the kind of person I am (perhaps one of the reason's why I am an educator!).

If you have any further questions or concerns with my full-name, please PM me; let's not waste other people's time on this forum with the continuance of pointless dribble. By no means am I attempting to be negative, condescending, pretentious, or "on the defensive", so please do not misinterpret my tone. However, I will say that I am uncomfortable with you conducting outside research about me. Again, if you have a question, why not just PM me on this forum? I enjoy my time on xmarksthescot immensely, have made many friendships, and have most certainly learned quite a bit about the many different and interesting facets in regards to bonnie Scotland, and more specifically, in regards to the wearing of Highland attire. I do not wish to be a apart of any negativity, or toxic conversations on this forum - I directly steer clear of any of that nonsense, as it is completely unnecessary and boring. I feel blatantly afronted that you would "look into me" further, yet I suppose that's the price we all pay for the ease and efficiency of today's technology. I am not upset, I am simply responding to your latest post. Let's move on to more intriguing topics mate.

Slainte,