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Subject: [R-M222] Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 11:47:49 EDT

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At the end of the last Ice Age the British Isles were still connected by a
land bridge with the Continent of Europe. The area between Dover and
Calais was easily crossed by people and animals migrating between feeding and
hunting grounds. Some of our most distant ancestors entered the British
Isles across this isthmus around 10,000 years ago. They were primarily
hunters and gatherers. The wild North Sea beat upon the _chalk cliffs_
(http://www.drttours.co.uk/Pages/Sections/dgallery.html) of the land bridge and
finally tore through it gradually shaping today's English Channel.
Some of our tribal ancestors lived in Southwest England and in Wales. We
may speculate that they participated in building some of the ancient
_stone-ring structures_ (http://www.sacredsites.com/2nd56/133.html) found all
over the British Isles and in other locations throughout Europe. Among the
most famous of these are Stonehenge and Avebury in the Salisbury Plain of
Southwest England. Several waves of immigrants entered the British Isles by
small boats from the continent. The first _Celts_
(http://www.ibiblio.org/gaelic/celts.html) came from the continent around 400 B.C. Like many
immigrants to the British Isles they landed in the Southeast and spread slowly over
the land. Our family's Celtic tribe in Pre-Roman Briton was that of the
_Silures_ (http://www.tutorgig.com/encyclopedia/getdefn.jsp?keywords=Silures)
in the area of today's Wales and Gloucestershire.
When the _Romans invaded Briton_
(http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Roman_invasion.htm) in 43 A.D. led by the _Emperor Claudius_
(http://www.conwaypages.com/family/connect/images/Claudius%20Coin.jpg) our Celtic
ancestors in Wales and Southwest Briton resisted valiantly but were eventually
conquered by the _Roman General Agricola_
(http://www.britainexpress.com/History/roman/agricola.htm) . Our people learned to speak Latin, some lived
first as Roman subjects, and later as Roman citizens. Some could say as the
Apostle Paul once said, "Civis Romanus Sum, I am a Roman Citizen." Some of
the Silure Tribe served in the XX Legion known as _Valeria Victrix_
(http://www.livius.org/le-lh/legio/xx_valeria_victrix.html) and we can assume that
our Roman military kinsman were used throughout the Mediterranean world to
fight Rome's battles. Our kinsmen may also have served in the forts along
_Hadrian's Wall_
(http://www.great-britain.co.uk/regions/scots_english%20border/hadrians.htm) which protected Roman Briton from our own wild _Pictish_
(http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/presspr/picts.htm) and Scots relatives.
We believe that _Christianity was brought to Briton_
(http://www.britannia.com/history/bb63.html) as early as the first century A.D. Roman soldiers
and merchants became Christians in the East and traveled freely throughout
the Empire. Christianity was planted very early among the Celts of
Briton and Wales. Several _Roman Villas_
(http://www.camelotintl.com/romans/villas.html) in our Silure tribal region have yielded Christian artifacts
which are now on display at the _British Museum_
(http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/) in London.
Roman rule ended in Briton in 410 A.D., and the country lay open to
invasion by Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frisians, and other Germanic tribes. Briton
underwent a period of tribal warfare and struggle against these new
invaders. In the years between 410 A.D. and about 900 A.D. foreigners and locals
struggled to establish small kingdoms. This is the time period which gave
rise to the legend of _King Arthur_ (http://www.legends.dm.net/kingarthur/)
and his Knights of the Round Table. Our ancestors took part in these
struggles.
One of our direct ancestors in the line of Anna Emma Duncan was an Irish
Christian missionary named Colum or _Columcille_
(http://prayerfoundation.org/favoritemonks/favorite_monks_columcille_columba.htm) (521-597). He
became the apostle of Caledonia (Scotland). Columcille was born in County
Donegal in the far northwest corner of Ireland. His father was a kinsman of
princes then reigning in Ireland and western Scotland, his mother was also of
royal blood. Columcille founded Derry, now the city of Londonderry.
Setting out in 563 A.D., at the age of 42, and accompanied by 12
disciples, Columcille established a community on the island of _Iona_
(http://www.isle-of-iona.com/abbey.htm) on the west coast of Scotland. He then attempted
to convert to Christianity the Pictish tribes that inhabited the area.
Columcille's missionary activities were highly successful. He and his
disciples seem to have traveled the mainland of Scotland, the _Hebrides_
(http://www.visithebrides.com/) , and the _Orkneys_
(http://scotlandvacations.com/Orkney&shetlandIslands.htm) for over 30 years.
Columcille was the founder of the Clan Duncan. The Clan has split many
times and produced the Clans Roberts, Robertson, McRoby, and Stuart. We can
be reasonably confident that we are descended from Columcille because of
his direct link to the Duncans of Scotland. At the Duncan Clan Museum near
_Blair Atholl_
(http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/blairatholl/blairatholl/) in the highlands of Scotland, I learned that all Duncans trace their
direct lineage to
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