aaid Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 My surname is buchan, i think my great grandad (on ma dads side) was from aberdeen. Martin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 This is well worth a read, it changed my perspective a little bit on "who I think I am". It puts your genes in perspective by stating the bleedin obvious, but its framed in a way I hadn't actually properly considered. http://qz.com/557639/everyone-on-earth-is-actually-your-cousin/ I wonder if there's mischief involved in the example he uses, I'm sure there would be plenty of people interested in the Prince's DNA. By the way - its really really difficult to trace all your 128 Gx5 grandparents unless you are some sort of real inbred, in which case you probably can't count anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 This is well worth a read, it changed my perspective a little bit on "who I think I am". It puts your genes in perspective by stating the bleedin obvious, but its framed in a way I hadn't actually properly considered. http://qz.com/557639/everyone-on-earth-is-actually-your-cousin/ For the first time in my life, I think I now understand what a "third cousin twice removed" is. To be honest, I had never had enough interest to think about it before. A very interesting read, cous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bzzzz Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 To my surprise whilst doing some research I found out that my Grandfather on ma Da's side was born in "Tynecastle", I thought we were Fifers forever! other Grandad was born in Knightswood and there is rumoured to be some Irish connection way back in the 1700s but no looked into it yet, Mum is doing a family tree, pretty interesting stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 For the first time in my life, I think I now understand what a "third cousin twice removed" is. To be honest, I had never had enough interest to think about it before. A very interesting read, cous. The way I remember it, having a lot of cousins, is that their kids are my kids' second cousins. And my kids are their first cousins once removed.....I think! The one that blows my mind is the idea that billions of the atoms in your body once belonged to Shakespeare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) The way I remember it, having a lot of cousins, is that their kids are my kids' second cousins. And my kids are their first cousins once removed.....I think! The one that blows my mind is the idea that billions of the atoms in your body once belonged to Shakespeare! One of he physics honor year questions involved deriving what odds there is of inhaling a molecule that Caesar exhaled in his last breath. in one inhale. Edited December 29, 2015 by phart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I was inferring that you derived your family tree from the Internet. Apologies if this was not accurate and I offended you. Not offended, just didn't know what you were driving at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 I was inferring that you derived your family tree from the Internet. Apologies if this was not accurate and I offended you. However, I've just realised that you may be a Macgregor, and as a Maclaren I'd like an apology for your forebears massacring my poor, innocent ancestors at Balquhidder please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 The way I remember it, having a lot of cousins, is that their kids are my kids' second cousins. And my kids are their first cousins once removed.....I think! Aye, that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 One of he physics honor year questions involved deriving what odds there is of inhaling a molecule that Caesar exhaled in his last breath. in one inhale. Aye, I remember doing a similar one. But it was to do with how many molecules of water in your pint of beer had passed through Napoleon's bladder. Of course the first question was always "Are we talking McEwan's or Ushers". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampden_loon2878 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 The highest concentration of people with buchan for a surname is from a small village between fraserburgh and peterhead called st.combs, its not as consentrated as it used to be but still over half the village have the surname, peterhead has a very high consentration of buchans, local hisrory has it that the buchans of peterhead originated from from st.coms but im unsure how accurate that is,,, all the villages along the northeast "nuek" have their fair share of buchans,,, my guess if you father was from aberdeen with the surname buchan your heritage would have been in the fishing industry and a high chance it would have originated from the northeast fishing community. My surname is buchan, i think my great grandad (on ma dads side) was from aberdeen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcumnock Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Where does Jock Tamsen enter the fray ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobite Piper Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I researched my family History a few years ago, got back to the mid 1600's. All Scots on both sides. Fathers Side:- All from 3 fishing villages on the Buchan Coast - Cairnbulg, Inverallochy & St.Combs (Charlestown). Mothers Side:- Mostly from the NE - Rosehearty, Fraserburgh, New Aberdour, New Pitsligo, New Deer. Also - Eyemouth, Leith, Edinburgh, Inverness, Kiltarlity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I researched my family History a few years ago, got back to the mid 1600's. All Scots on both sides. Fathers Side:- All from 3 fishing villages on the Buchan Coast - Cairnbulg, Inverallochy & St.Combs (Charlestown). Mothers Side:- Mostly from the NE - Rosehearty, Fraserburgh, New Aberdour, New Pitsligo, New Deer. Also - Eyemouth, Leith, Edinburgh, Inverness, Kiltarlity. Bores? Introverts? Or just racist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I would honestly be feart to research my mob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hampden_loon2878 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Very similar to my own, add in gamrie(gardenstown),crovie and peterhead then thats me,,, if your farhers side were from charleston(known as soddam) then theres a good chance we share the same heritage I researched my family History a few years ago, got back to the mid 1600's. All Scots on both sides. Fathers Side:- All from 3 fishing villages on the Buchan Coast - Cairnbulg, Inverallochy & St.Combs (Charlestown). Mothers Side:- Mostly from the NE - Rosehearty, Fraserburgh, New Aberdour, New Pitsligo, New Deer. Also - Eyemouth, Leith, Edinburgh, Inverness, Kiltarlity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewolf_1980 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 My maternal side have been in the Hamilton/Quarter/Glassford area since the early 1800s but my maternal Grandfather had an Uncle in Oz when he moved there just before WWI. Some distant cousins still there I believe. Maternal grandmother had family from Antrim too. Paternal grandfather was descended from Irish Catholic immigrants to Glasgow's east end and married my Protestant granny, bringing their children, including my Dad, up as Church of Scotland. It caused quite a stooshie when my Grandfather was subsequently given a CoS funeral and that rift never really healed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 What one really counts? Your faither's line or your mother's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 What one really counts? Your faither's line or your mother's?I hope it's my Faither's as that's the Scottish side. My Mother's has Irish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 What one really counts? Your faither's line or your mother's? Neither. You are what you are. Nothing you can do to change it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobite Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Been doing this for years,Can get stuck for months and then one wee bit of information and your off again. Family name is a Galoglas name so originally Scottish before ending up in Co Cavan. Lot of ancestors from Galway,Mayo , Sligo and Dundee. Notable findings. One who served in the court of King James in Paris ,another who was a cavalry officer with Jacobite troops in the French army. One who was hung at the end of the 18th century for making pikes,and probably using them as well. However often it's the ones who have done nothing special who can be the most interesting to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I hope it's my Faither's as that's the Scottish side. My Mother's has Irish. Why are you ashamed of your Irish ancestry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Why are you ashamed of your Irish ancestry?I'm not at all. I was being light hearted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacobite Piper Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) Good chance we do share the same ancestors Hampden Loon. My Great - Granny was a 'Buchan' from St.Combs. Her ancestors included Buchan's of course, Strachan's, Greig's, Lawrance's, Cardno's & Penny. Found out some interesting stuff about some of these. Edited December 31, 2015 by Jacobite Piper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Born in Glasgow. My Da was born in Northern Ireland, Mum born in Glasgow,. Scottish through and through and proud as feck of ma Scottish blood... Alba Gu Brath.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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