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From: E & L Bernard <>
Subject: RE: GAELIC SURNAMES/SPELLING
Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 13:47:54 -0500


>This is all very interesting, but let's not let "politically correct" =
ideas
>keep us from making good deductions about our ancestors, even if it =
>leads us
>to some tentative stereotyping. This is how we learn.

>Caroline

Yes, Caroline, I agree, but we must also be careful not to stereotyping =
lead us away from the truth of our ancestry. My McDonalds fit the =
Scotch-Irish definition except for one thing--they weren't Lowlanders. =
If I had believed the books, and stopped investigating that possibility, =
I never would have known that they really were Scotch-Irish, and I would =
be at a dead end. BTW, I now understand that Scotch-Irish history was =
rewritten a bit to edit out the Highland connection, because they were =
of Celtic origin, and the historians/scholars didn't want to suggest any =
connection between the Irish and Scotch-Irish. =20

So, where's the truth? You never really know, so it never hurts to keep =
an open mind about things. I, for one, don't want to see this debate =
degenerate into a squabble over technicalities, but I'm glad that people =
at least present some of these issues, so we can all be aware of them.

Happy hunting,

Lynne Bernard

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