It's not a skirt!

[shirenomad]

My aunt and uncle took a vacation to Great Britain a couple weeks ago, which I got to hear about yesterday. Most of it was uninteresting to me, but near the end of the trip they visited Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye. That's the ancestral and current home of the MacLeods, one of the few Scottish clans to maintain their roots from formation to the present. They're also my relatives via my paternal grandmother. (My great-grandfather was William Wallace MacLeod, named after, of course, Mel Gibson. :P) So it was kinda cool to hear about my heritage; as a WASP, I wasn't even aware I had much in my ancestry to be proud of.

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[thunderphoenix.livejournal.com]

MacLeod? You mean that you're related to Highlanders?! Cool!

(And I know even less about mine, except that back in the 19th century my ancestors were slaveowners. Not exactly noble there.)

[pretzelcoatl.livejournal.com]

Ooo, that's cool.

I know what you mean. I'm glad I can at least brag to people that I'm related to Sir Isaac Newton. Granted, it's only on my grandmother's side, but still. It's pretty cool. I just hope I don't become as neurotic as he did. :P