Has this ever happend to you?

[Inchessi]

I love it when people, out of the blue, offer up bad advice. I have never had this happen to me regarding heritage, but it has happened numerous times in other realms.

[Detroitpete]

In a word--YEP. As if birth/christening records aren't enough

[Erikm]

Thanks everyone for the reply I found out why this guy is mad, he thinks I made a comment about Scottish independence or something? I have no clue really.

[Bugbear]

Thanks everyone for the reply I found out why this guy is mad, he thinks I made a comment about Scottish independence or something? I have no clue really.

"My Scottishness is bigger than your Scottishness!"

I had gotten the impression it was a chain Email or something.

[timseh]

LOL... sure, and all Irish names begin with O' and all Polish names end in ski. Sounds to me like his ignorance is showing.

[David Dubh]

The reason unsolicited comments and advice are often wrong is simple. If they were correct they would have a value and you would be charged for these comments or advice

[Lyle1]

The first time I attended a Scottish event (35 -40 yrs. ago), I stopped at a genealogical booth to see what I could find out about my family and clan affiliation. I only thing I knew at that point was that my grandfather had been born in Scotland and immigrated to the USA with his family at the age of 5. I was bluntly and dismissively told by the "expert" that he had never heard of the name "Lyle" and that it was certainly not a Scottish name, and he would not even look the name up in his reference books. Fortunately, another person at that booth overheard the conversation, and both of us that the Lyle family was an ancient Scottish family from county Ayr, and that a Lord Lyle was once the regent of Scotland. He also showed the first "expert" where the name was listed in the references that they were using. I ended up joining the group and found out that the first expert was a bag of wind who thought he was more Scottish than even the members who were born in Scotland. Ironically, I found that the guy who recognized my family name had no personal Scottish ancestry but became interested though his wife's family. I also found out a few weeks ago that the second guy designed one of the Ayr regional tartans. So who is more Scottish, and who do you bother listening to?

[macwilkin]

The first time I attended a Scottish event (35 -40 yrs. ago), I stopped at a genealogical booth to see what I could find out about my family and clan affiliation. I only thing I knew at that point was that my grandfather had been born in Scotland and immigrated to the USA with his family at the age of 5. I was bluntly and dismissively told by the "expert" that he had never heard of the name "Lyle" and that it was certainly not a Scottish name, and he would not even look the name up in his reference books. Fortunately, another person at that booth overheard the conversation, and both of us that the Lyle family was an ancient Scottish family from county Ayr, and that a Lord Lyle was once the regent of Scotland. He also showed the first "expert" where the name was listed in the references that they were using. I ended up joining the group and found out that the first expert was a bag of wind who thought he was more Scottish than even the members who were born in Scotland. Ironically, I found that the guy who recognized my family name had no personal Scottish ancestry but became interested though his wife's family. I also found out a few weeks ago that the second guy designed one of the Ayr regional tartans. So who is more Scottish, and who do you bother listening to?

I would bet the second fellow was Dr. Phil Smith, who designed an Ayr tartan.

T.

[piperdbh]

I would bet the second fellow was Dr. Phil Smith, who designed an Ayr tartan.

T.

If so, it was a real privilege. I had that experience a couple of years ago at Grandfather Mountain. Dr. Smith was very interesting, and I bought all three of his tartan books as a result!

You might want to delete and/or block any future email from this ancestry critic. He might send you a virus just to see if your firewall is good enough for him.

[ccga3359]

Well that proves it Stewart/Stuart is not a Scottish name. Campbell neither. But MacHine is.