History of Scottish clans: Every year (834-1707)

Legend:First/Darker color: Owned and fully controled land
Middle color: Vassal
Third/Brightest color: Occupied territory
(-) - Clan is fully annexed
(V) - Clan is currently a vassal of another clan or country
(O) - Clan is outlawed (Only MacGregor)
Mistakes in Legend:
Menzies shouldn't have "(V)" after 1306
Pollock, Fleming, Maxton, Montgomery and Maxwell shouldn't have "(V)" after 1314
Music in the video:
Celtic battle music - The King of The Highlands by Antti Martikainen Music

[@oakmapping68]

As this video has recently gotten tons of new views and with the views come comments I really can't read or reply to all of them, so I am making this sort of an announcement/FAQ comment which will hopefully answer your questions. I am not from Scotland nor I have any Scottish ancestry (at least that I know of) so if there is any bias in this video it's accidental. Most of my info I got from www.scotclans.com/ and similar websites to either double-check or to find the info which scotclans.com is missing. Areas of control are based on few maps I found and on the territorial descriptions of a clan. There most likely is a certain amount of info that about Scottish clans that doesn't exist online so this video is likely to have innaccurasies.

[@jeffreym68]

Thanks for the video. My clan is missing, so I guess I've got some detective work to do!

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@jeffreym68 Same for mine.

[@bibby949]

Definitely missing some clans

[@kimsutherland5061]

My clan is there. Loud and proud Sutherland.

[@jenmaryday]

Thanks 🙏 I am not Scottish but my soul and heart ❤️ is great music and great Job Jday

[@stevenmackintosh8160]

Still live in the exact same place my ancestors have for hundreds of years. Kinda cool.

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

You are fortunate. My ancestors, the MacIntyre, were kicked off their homeland in the 1700s and have no home anymore. Finding family tree info is a nightmare.

[@a11osaurus]

@@elizabethsullivan7176 my last name is McIntyre. MacIntyre and McIntyre are pretty much the same

[@po-qo7vd]

It means you're inbred

[@RehdClouhd]

Clan Mackintosh!

[@elizabethsullivan7176]

@@a11osaurus It's just a different spelling. 🙂

[@dancunningham5039]

Had the privilege of visiting Scotland in 2018 and seeing my ancestral homeland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@soleaguirre100]

me too in. Glasgow and Edinburgh nostalgic moments! my grandpa came to Chile 🇨🇱 because he studied in Cambridge University Mine Engineer and in Chile we have Copper .

[@Grug-Jack]

it was a shitehole wasn't it

[@cliftonchapma1]

My wife's a Cunningham , very proud of her scotch ancestry.

[@NordicBlackmetaler]

@@cliftonchapma1 Hey bud rule number one is never call a person from scotland scotch they are scottish, or scot they don't like being referred to an alcholic drink some may even take offence to this.

[@janice506]

It’s not offensive as being referred to a Jock or sweaty by the English.

[@mblecrmsn8068]

I can see the intense effort just from looking at the key box.

[@Rebelass74]

The most fiercest and badass fighters to come out of the British isles. Huge respect to the Scottish clans from your fellow Nepali highlander. Must be the harsh climate because us mountain people are made tough as nails.👍🏽

[@Buildbeautiful]

No The Irish broke away from englidh rule a century ago unlike the scots who are still ruled by the english in london

[@Buildbeautiful]

But english landlords tried to replace highlanders with sheep forcing many to move to America

[@brianbell4491]

Lol yeah some were sent to Ireland first then America as a bell I can say we still hold a gruge for a lifetime. Lol drink like fish and our blood still boils.

[@johnrambo99999]

To be fair. English ruined all of you so....suppose we're the most nails.

[@Rebelass74]

@@johnrambo99999 The English, Welsh, Irish and Scots are all awesome fighters, there is absolutely no doubt about it but in the British Raj, home to many battles and theatre of wars, the English believed the Scots to be best fighters out of the British Isles, and pound for pound the Gurkhas to be the best overall. This was the first hand experience and conclusion of the English when they were analysing their “martial race” theory. 👍🏽

[@craigh8602]

I attended Univ of Edinburgh for a semester and while visiting the Isle of Skye a proprietor asked if I had any Scottish blood. I replied I'm 3/5 Scot mostly from the Maxwell Clann. He paused and said, "Aye lad, a bunch of sheep thieves ya be." So I got that going for me.

[@amandamaxwell7370]

@Old Crow Could our lawlessness have something to do with our viking heritage? 🤔😅

[@JackBlack-cy1wp]

@@amandamaxwell7370 No, it wouldn't, because your heritage is Yankee and your immediate and most related people were Yankee cowboys and cattle rustlers, nobody is more genetically closer to you than your parents, each generation you become less related to the previous generation and most Yanks parents are Americans (also Yanks) so they're immediate ancestors are also Yankish, you're not Scottish or Viking, and Viking wasn't anything other than an occupation, you could get Vikings from many nations that shared the north sea, they weren't all from Scandinavia. A Yank trying to romanticise themselves as royalty (now there's a contradiction and a half) is laughable. A Yank is the total opposite of royal. Most Yanks ancestors are also Yanks and their ancestors were also mixed up Yanks who were related to equally mixed Yankee cowboy outlaws of the old west, whose ancestors were from Northern Ireland (not Irish) whose ancestors were largely Reivers - who came from the land known as 'The Debatable land'- which was neither Scottish or English, Reivers were their own people and identity and came from a lawless place that neither the crowns of Scotland or England had any jurisdiction over, it was the Kowloon of Great Britain - a lawless land that was rife in crime such as murder, rape, arson, theft and pillaging, they played by their own rules and thumbed their noses at both the crowns of Scotland and England, they attacked both Scots and English and the Scots and English likewise attacked them both in return on their way when they warred, they were considered the unwanted scum on either side. They became a source of national embarrassment to both the Kingdoms of Scotland and England and before the two kingdoms United in 1707 as Great Britain, that's why they were gotten rid of, the Reivers who were not executed for their crimes were deported as 'stateless criminals' as they did not belong to any nation so they were easy to get rid of as foreigners who committed crimes. And there distant descendants in Ulster to North America became outlaws in America whose descendants eventually fought against the Kingdoms of Scotland and England, so they always put their own families first as they attacked others but they were not Scottish or English, the Reivers were a stateless people of their own identity who were gotten rid of by both Scotland and England. So it probably has more to do with that, and explains the Yank obsession with backward inbred clans and their distancing away from their own native American national/ethnic identity.

[@RighAlban]

@@JackBlack-cy1wp Shite! For one Yanks were Dutch so your whole BS rant contradicts itself from the get go. Second the borders have never been known as the "Kowloon" of the UK ever! Stop making stuff up! Third, I'm going to refrain from poking about forty more holes in the BS. Just wow!

[@RighAlban]

@@amandamaxwell7370 Don't pay any attention to what that guy just wrote it's 98% BS the only things factual were the place names.

[@craigh8602]

​@Ramming Speed Aye!! James Clerk Maxwell, not only responsible for the world's first color photograph; but he was the most important physicists to have ever lived according to Einstein. A little trivia for your next cocktail party: Established electricity and magnetism are aspects of the same entity---electromagnetism; predicted the existence of radio waves in 1865, paving the way for radio, TV and electronics... s considered to the father of electronics.

[@cleophusA]

I would love to have a full size wall poster of the complete map. Very informative!

[@huntertaylor4424]

I have an old vintage one that my grandparents bought in the late 60s/early 70s. Its really awesome to see and it also includes on the borders a complete display of all of the coats of arms of all of the clans. Really awesome to look at

[@clementhy9638]

Greetings from France ! From a descendant of the Keith clan ! Protect your legacy dear cousins ! 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@micahistory]

Wow this video is absolutely AWESOME! I can't believe how much time and effort it must have taken not only to write all this clans but put them all on a map every single year. You deserve 1 million subs by now. This is the best mapping video of 2020 for sure

[@PredatorUpHill]

Shush Yank.

[@sharonhamilton8907]

Absolutely incredible! Thank you so very much for your dedication and tireless research!

[@paranihiaanaru4414]

Far as I can see, he has the number of subs that he deserves

[@manwithanamethystheart]

I love the bagpipes😀 Feels like a call to arms deep in my soul.

[@theScottexan]

McAlpine!!!! You have the 1st king of Scotland's blood! How amazing!

[@manwithanamethystheart]

@@theScottexan yes! I am blood related. Not much good that sort of thing does nowadays lol

[@theScottexan]

It's still cool!!!

[@manwithanamethystheart]

@@theScottexan well thank you! 😊

[@judy6734]

Thank you soo much for doing this Scottish Clans map. I think your work in phenomenal.

[@PredatorUpHill]

Shut up Yank.

[@AcademyMike]

Wonderful. I couldn't see the Davisons (Davidson), but then we were Border Reivers (basically cattle/sheep thieves. A fascinating history) killed off in 15th century! I was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and recognise so many surnames from school. I've travelled since then with HM Forces, but man alive, going home (gannin yhem) is a joy every time and lifts my spirit without fail. I once met a bloke in a bar in Katmandu, who had lived in the same road as me! I shit you not. Happy, blessed, days! Cheers Bonny Lad.

[@BeardOperator]

I’m a Davidson. We are in the Appalacian mtns. A lot of Scott and Irish people moved here to the mountains.

[@juleselliott7196]

What an amazing body of research! Hats off to you. Well done. The music is rather invigorating too.

[@angele1968]

Fantastic ! from France, i'm in love with your country, since I was 14, a looong time ago , and I've just started to learn scottish Gaelic. Félicitations! encore merci.Tapadh leibh agus latha math !

[@pianoflat]

Is toil leam seo

[@angele1968]

@@pianoflat Tapah leibh ! since I speak german too, not as well as english, it helps me a lot with "arch" sound , and I found some links with the french too . We have the "à" and the "de" too in very similar meanings ! When I think of Alba... my heart just melts

[@CommanderGeorgeLincolnRockwell]

It's a shame the French, the Scots, the Germans and almost all other Europeans are facing what amounts to a genocide that will take about 50 years to complete if trends continue as they are at present.

[@PredatorUpHill]

@@CommanderGeorgeLincolnRockwell Fk off Yankman, you're not Scottish.

[@JosephWilsonProductions]

Well done. It is nice to see more than a few of my lines on the map. Sinclair, Gunn, Mackay, MacLeod, Murray. Thank you! I'd love to see one for Ireland though that would be very difficult to do.. :)

[@olwens1368]

What an amazing piece of work. Thank you.

[@TheAFandAM]

Thank you for the time line. Much appreciated.

[@maryhughes6400]

My father's family were from the Houston clan descendents of General Sam Houston of Texas, which supposedly originated from Glasgow,Scotland. I would love to see Scotland.

[@jibberer]

Houston is a small village near Glasgow! There is an interesting Wikipedia article on it if you search for Houston Scotland...

[@maryhughes6400]

Thanks , I will.

[@colindarroch5057]

@@maryhughes6400 Houston was established by a Templar Knight whose first name was Hugh, Hence Hugh's Town.

[@brian3174]

Houston family came from Johnstone in Renfrewshire besides Elderslie birthplace of William Wallace they built a lot of Johnstone Houston nearby is coincidence

[@vittorioveneto4477]

Underrated af, great job

[@robertscheinost179]

Damn! That was cool! Somebody put lots of effort into this vid. Thanks!!

[@MarianaTrench6699]

This was pretty cool. Thanks for posting.

[@CherepashkaShusha]

Oh my God, amazing video!!

[@elisabethm9655]

Descendant of the Malcolms of Poltollach here. My daughter got to visit a couple of years back and was warmly greeted by the current Laird’s family, who remembered my late mother’s family visits before WWII. Thank you for this map and its historical presentation. In diversity there is Unity.

[@connieduke5828]

THANKS so much for sharing this information! I am of the Clan MacQuarrie, and see them in your list in 968. ~Blessings~

[@jaybruz.5688]

this is amazing, well done

[@valentinosky9435]

Clan Gunn Clan Gunn is a Highland Scottish clan associated with lands in northeastern Scotland, including Caithness, Sutherland, and, arguably, the Orkney Isles. Clan Gunn is one of the oldest Scottish Clans, being descended from the Norse Jarls of Orkney and the Pictish Mormaers of Caithness Father side

[@marylougoehring8794]

Clan Gunn here, father was very proud of it

[@Alex9Uk]

Also Gunn betrayed there own people and fought against the Jacobite's with the English

[@nsrfreak]

Proud Gunn here!

[@alamoflint7055]

Me before watching this video: The HRE is the most complicated and confusing thing ever Me after watching this video: Wow, what???

[@thekaiser7555]

What confuses you, sweetheart?

[@constantinethegreat6713]

I searched on Google that how many Scottish clans in 1700, it said that its 500 and now I'm shocked

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@thekaiser7555 Perhapts the five hundred different clans all allying and fighting each other.

[@mcrae5960]

Thank you for making this.

[@urgurlsaysay]

A huge hello from Miami! Thanks for the awesome video!~~ Clan Mackie here

[@JuliaDM]

Great job !

[@davehachey3888]

Wow, this really cool, and probably a lot of work to put it together. BTW, my 21st great grandfather was Robert the Bruce and my 19th great grandfather was Sir Alexander Lindsay, so it was nice to see the families listed on the graphic. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@davehachey3888]

@Old Crow I wish I did, most of this came from Ancestry and a few other genealogy sites. Once you get into a royal line the documentation is reasonably good.

[@davehachey3888]

@Old Crow Thanks Old Crow. I'm aware of much of what you say, and I've had problems too with Ancestry records, so I rely on primary sources as best I can. After a few generations the genes get scrambled quite a bit, but I'm reasonably confident of my recent (17-18th century) Scottish ancestry. Right now I'm focussed on my Greek ancestry, which is even worse than the Scottish side. It's a lot of fun, though I doubt the Royal family is keeping an open chair for me at the Christmas table.

[@danabuck6461]

Clan MacGillivray here and this is simply spectacular! Thank you!

[@ryanschram7266]

Thank you for including clan Skene!

[@brendaleverick3655]

I love Scottish music; so exciting and dramatic! 🎼🎵🎶🥁

[@greeneyedsheshe]

One of my maternal great grandmothers was a Hamilton, descended from the Hamiltons of Lanarkshire. On my father's side we have Robertson ancestors. Great video!

[@madr309]

The Robertsons are on that list as Clan Donnachaidh, their original Gaelic name.

[@greeneyedsheshe]

@@madr309 yes, I found that out recently as I have been researching my genealogy and discovering clans and septs along the way! Thanks!

[@sharonhamilton8907]

Iam a Hamilton; English: means bare hill. And Irish nobility, Scottish via Ireland.

[@deborahduthie4519]

Fantastic effort to put us all in our time and place. Duthie

[@garrettmantooth6832]

Absolutely love this!!!

[@TheTurnstyle13]

Proud to be a Somerville! Thank you for posting and putting this together! I love anything that will help me learn more about my lineage. If anyone has anymore info about the Somerville clan or sources where I might be able to find out more, I'd greatly appreciate it!

[@mrderek271]

Us herons,herring sometimes spelt gave the summervilles the lands of drum house in Edinburgh when a Summerville married sir John Hearing,herons daughter . I hope that helps you with looking up your ancestors

[@colinpatterson6585]

Have read that they came with the Normans from Normandy from the village of Somer in the invasion of 1066 with William Duke of Normandy. They are of Nordic origin , not Keltic. Vikings.

[@SmokingLaddy]

The Somervilles were Norman, not Scots, put down your kilt boy.

[@Ytzaakpiscator]

Very interesting to learn about the names of the Scottish clans.

[@michaeltaylor8835]

I love these. Thank you

[@inbuscus]

Hope to see some others from the sinclair clan in these comments! Great video!

[@Stingy_thingy]

Thank you for compiling and sharing this! Just a couple of problems I see is Irvine, Farquarson Mackintosh and Findlay/ McKinley should predate or occur around a similar time as MacDuff

[@brettfinley8041]

Findlay was a sept of Farquharson. Which I believe stemmed from Chattan. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[@Stingy_thingy]

​@@brettfinley8041 that's correct but Findley same as McKinley comes from King Macbeth Finley ( Gaelic: Fhionnlaoich (Finley) Son of Fhionnlaoich (Anglicized: McKinley)) I'm a McKinley (mother)

[@Stingy_thingy]

also can be spelt as Findlaích

[@brettfinley8041]

Interesting, I will have to look into that some more.

[@pmarlow818]

while trying to figure out how I was related to Ulysses S. Grant, I found my true ancestors: Clan Grant from the Highlands. I was always told all my life that we were related to Ulysses but have found no DNA connection to the man. My ancestor was the 12th child (a son) of the 8th Laird of Freuchie. Pretty amazing. I actually contacted Marty Grant who has a massive genealogy website of Grants, and he and I have a common ancestor who was the son of the 12th son of the 8th Laird of Freuchie. I am also Welsh and Irish so pretty much just Celtic all the way thru. I'm hoping to get to Scotland in the next couple of years. Nice work putting this together

[@janice506]

I’m Scottish born & bred but too done my DNA my dad was Irish my mum a Scottish lassie anyway am 83% Irish Scottish Welsh although I knew this it still brought tears running doon ma cheeks . My mum was born a Douglas . The rest of my dna is Greek & south Italian & Baltic . Ps my cousin married a Grant they’re a huge family from Coatbridge.

[@pmarlow818]

@@janice506 I have only traced my my maternal great grandmother’s ancestry. I had been so focused on trying to find the male connection to Ulysses Grant & couldn’t find anything and then I reached out to Mr. Grant and we compared our ancestry and found that we had ancestors in common and now here I am. It just takes so much time to go down the rabbit hole and trace down the past

[@kgrant3184]

We're also related to Ulysses S. Grant, and, to explorer Simon Fraser. Ulysses is actually on our family tree twice, as my great-grand-parents were 2nd cousins. "Craigellachie!" (Stand Fast - our clan motto)

[@ThundersSeven]

Thank you for sharing.

[@Scott.Elliott]

I wish this video would have shown up in my suggestions a year ago. I don't see any Elliotts in the comments so I'll represent. Great video!

[@bellemoon1008]

Ross clan here! Grew up in Cults, Aberdeen, before my dad moved us to America. It’s wonderful to see such intricate history playing out in an easy to grasp video. Thanks for much for reminding me of home ❤

[@SmokingLaddy]

🤮🤮🤮

[@andrewhenderson2496]

I love it thank you for it

[@truck6859]

Love the music!❤ Reminds me of Bruhnville.

[@polytheneprentiss1534]

Great and fascinating video! Imagine if all the Sept names were included too! 😮❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@clanyoung14]

Nice. I am the historian for the Clan Young, which has rarely ever been recognized. It is nice to see that they are here and that the location in eastern Roxburghshire seems to be correct. I have an Adam Young mentioned as a witness to the lands of Mowhaugh, in the Bowmont Valley, in the year 1195. I should note, however, that the English did not recognize these lands as a part of Scotland until the Treaty of York in 1237 when the current border was established. At the time of Adam the owner of the lands of Mowhaugh was Lady Eschina de Molle, as known as Eschina de Londoniis, since she dwelt in London, England. Here grandfather, Uctred de Molle, had left his property to her. The Youngs eventually were in possession, one way or another, of most of the valley between Mowhaugh and Yetholm and various nearby lands such as Otterburn, Hoselaw, Lempitlaw and Moss Tower. Good work!

[@theyounger8462]

Clan Young, hell ya.

[@Edp-ox8ei]

mine is Borders I am very confused about my bloodline and the clan origins do you know?My great grandfather grandfather and father said how it was a clan but do not know details I want to know bout my relatives and who they were.

[@richardroxburgh2984]

Roxburghshire is their a Roxburgh clan just by any chance

[@Turnbull62]

As a Turnbull my ancestral lands are not far away at Denholm. But personally I grew up at Attonburn farm and Cliftoncote farm, both adjoining Mowhaugh. All three farms (and most of the Bowmont valley) now belongs to the Kerrs, formerly of nearby Cessford, but now of course the Dukes of Roxburgh at Floors castle.

[@Turnbull62]

@@richardroxburgh2984 I worked at Roxburghe Estates, home of the Dukes of Roxburghe (Kerrs) who’s lands include the village of Roxburgh. I also worked with a guy surnamed Roxburgh (no relation to the Duke) and attended high school with his daughter and son, so it is a local family name linked to the Borders, but not sure if it is recognised as a clan?

[@MichelleBeahm]

This is AWESOME! I shared it with my siblings.. Boswell is my maiden name!

[@KathyAndrew]

My son played with his band in Glasgow a few weeks ago. He really enjoyed Scotland.

[@ecumenismwherearewe9571]

Excellent work!

[@dracodistortion9447]

People: Germany had so many tiny states before unification lol Scotland:

[@randyross5630]

They weren't States, a State would be the Earldom of Ross (what he puts up a Century Late as Ross) not to mention missing Clan Arias, which was our name before the Great Clan Ross which the present Clan Ross is the Gentry too. the Earldom of Ross was the 1st Scottish Earldom, with the War Master of Scotland, the Chief of Clan Arias, the 1st Earl of Ross Fearchar the Son of the Priest being second of anyone notable to give way to the new more Norse and Anglo political system after his Cousin the King Malcom (Malcom was a title, he was the 1st to bear it) with before the Earldom of Ross being the Mormaerdom of Ross, with the last Mormaer of Ross we have any record of was Macbeth the Mad King (different Bloodline) so maybe to him Clan Arias wan't on the map, but we predate the thing, and can be traced for outside scotland far greater back in the past. Before all that it was Pictland in the Northeast half, and the other half Full of Scotties (Irish), and as seen in Roman Maps before the Scotties, but after the Celts pushed the Picts up to the highlands there was quite a few states, Kingdoms, about as many Kingdoms as there are Counties now, at 1st Mormaers were like Kings, generally independent, and every cool place had one or something like. By the Start of this map we were hanging out in what shows as Ross, on the Western Half more towards the bottom near the coast, as the Hereditary Priests and Rulers of Apple Cross in Wester Ross, the Red Priests, and Clan Arias predates this map, and Clan Arias became Clan Ross, a Clan of Pedigrees, unlike the greater portion of the rest, who are more like copy cats atleast to us or the few other originals in their own ways... Just think about how many more he missed, this was all recorded in a different language than English, and I am afraid they didn't write much back than, and their was Clans when they even used an older Language, so this map is sorely lacking, and is like it was done for some college class...

[@thekaiser7555]

And Russia traded in Rubles as a monetary current for a period of time. WHAT'S your point? You often don't have a point. It's part of your charm.

[@JamesAlexander14]

Your understanding of Scotland and it’s chieftains are on a par with the ingredients of the stuff you are snorting!

[@randyross5630]

@@JamesAlexander14 Hope you ain't talking to me! Or I am going to tell mee cousin (1 out of about 150,000) the Chief of the Hereditary Coat of Arms of Ross, Barron of Balnagown David Campbell Ross of Ross and Formerly of Pictland to get out his Claymore and Beat your Arse with it!

[@valentinosky9435]

@@randyross5630 LOL

[@vbachman6742]

Love this information about the home of my ancestors Contrary to popular belief, not all Americans are careless of their family history even though ancestors left 200 or 300 years ago. We feel a deep connection to our shared past.

[@sharonhamilton8907]

Indeed!!!! Don’t let that slip your cap! - a McClain/ McGowen

[@francescapoteet5481]

Aye. Wanting to know more about my grandmother’s mom Kate Kincaid’s roots.

[@spaghettiking7312]

Holy crap, dude. Well done.

[@herculianthegreat]

Subscribed Amazing detail

[@cameronbaker97]

I'm a descendant of Clan Skene, which I only found out in mid-2020, when learning more about my ancestry and bloodline.

[@ethangrout3718]

My ancestors are part of clan mccorqudale

[@darkphantomz8978]

@@ethangrout3718 cool I’m an sevens of clan Mcculloch

[@gurkslunga]

I am born by finnish parents and live in Finland. On my mothers side the bloodline goes back to the Ramsays. Alexander Ramsay together with 5000 scottish mercenaries came north to fight for king John III of Sweden in his war against Russia in the late 16th century. When the war was over the surviving scottish mercenaries went on to fight for another king in another war, european monarchs knew where to recruit good warriors, but Ramsay stayed in Sweden, married and got a son who moved to the finnish side ( Finland was a part of Sweden then) and from there on the line goes doiwn to my mother.

[@madr309]

Traditionally, the Skenes were founded by the younger son of the chief of Clan Donnachaidh (Robertson). The Skene chief's arms seem to allude to this; they're three wolves' heads impaled on daggers on a red field. The Robertson arms are three wolves' heads on a red field. However, the first mention of a Skene is in the twelfth century, whereas the first Donnachaidh chief doesn't appear until the fourteenth.

[@Macoosy]

Very interesting and well done.I’m from Northumberland in England were we have an interesting history of reiivers A lot of these clans were Reivers and these names are still very common in places in the north east of England like Newcastle etc !

[@ronsutherland9191]

Reivers!

[@lynb2039]

Devils Dirty Dozen anyone?

[@gavingaming123]

No Dickson’s on the East March ? Good effort though👍Thanks for sharing. All the best from Reiver country. GD

[@debralarrabee4530]

Fascinating! I am descended from Cunningham, Middleton, McClure and Andrews (that I know of so far). And here I always thought Middleton was from England! Bless you for doing all the research and sharing it.

[@debralarrabee4530]

@Ann Pommer I have Andrews marrying McClure 1700s.

[@irenechamberlain7992]

Find this article very interesting. I am descended on my paternal side being from Hannah, and on my maternal side being from Bruce and Sinclair.

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

Really fun video! I hope it improves with time since it was about 300 years too late after the Kerr/kers actually appeared. The last man to die defending Wallace before he was captured was William Ker in 1305. That would have been hard to do had they arrived in 1450. Perhaps we have a secret clan time machine!

[@valoriel4464]

Wondering abt Carr history. Thx for sharing

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

@@valoriel4464 There has been much written, and much more to learn about the Kerr/Carr Clan.

[@xgomenx]

This is soo cool! I believe my ancestry technically is Schaw, as most fall around Central belt of Scotland and Ireland, but its really interesting to learn - I'm actually from the Glasgow area. I've been handed down the Macleod and Stewart titles from family also. I've been told the Macleods were from Skye, so this was really interesting!

[@theScottexan]

Skye is correct and the seat of Clan Macleod is Dunvegan Castle! It's beautiful 😍

[@steveburnside3242]

Your ancestry is Yank Doodle ancestry, of the Yank Doodle peoples of Yankee Doodle Dandy Doo land (USA), you're not Scottish (northern British), and you're not Irish, but are American with American ancestors like your parents (your most immediate and direct related ancestors). But either way, ancestry does not transmit nationality (native homeland) nor ethnicity (cultural upbringing), you are American by ethnicity as well as by nationality.

[@xgomenx]

@@steveburnside3242 can't be yank, as born in GLASGOW, SCOTLAND.

[@joewoods2155]

Schaw family with the particular spelling where a very powerful family in Greenock in ancient times or not so ancient times maybe up untill 17 or 1800s

[@aztralsea]

Thanks for this, I'm half Macfarlane and half Macgregor and I always see maps that have one but never both.

[@StewCrew72]

Im a Stewart, It’s crazy to think my ancestors and your ancestors were rivals of each other👍🏻

[@b.bradley6525]

An 100% a boring bastard too.

[@manwithanamethystheart]

Thank you for this! I tip my hat!

[@velozio]

Very awesome!

[@NeutronexMappingcentral]

Nice job

[@torinbrown8196]

Macnab descendant here. I appreciate the video if not actually too factually correct. A very well done effort and yes, I already read the disclaimer. I applaud you❤

[@davidskeen6404]

Descended from Clan Skene of Aberdeenshire. Thanks for the video!

[@Hvnzangl819]

Thank you for this! Clan Henderson

[@theeclectic2919]

Hello, cousin!

[@Hvnzangl819]

@@theeclectic2919 Hello there!

[@theeclectic2919]

@@Hvnzangl819 Where do does your current Henderson clan live? Mine are in Texas.

[@Hvnzangl819]

@@theeclectic2919 The east coast. Maine mostly.

[@derekheron5336]

My surname Heron the year 1325 on hear. We were first recorded in 1100s although started owning lands around early early 1300 . Great video

[@lewisherron6842]

Yooo we have (nearly) the same last name!

[@coppertopv365]

Cant Hardly see It.. very informative and interesting

[@ClanShaw]

I’m a Descendent of the Tordarroch Shaws it wasn’t until the 1400s that My Ancestors settled there ,they came from Rothiemurchus.

[@ianshaw6488]

Did my Family Tree few Years ago and my Great Great Grand Parents were from Scotland hense the SHAW family name, Didn't realise it was that old the 7th Family Clan to appear .on the Banks of Loch Ness

[@Heatherjo951]

Hello from SoCal, McFarland by father and McCallister by mother. Love seeing when my Clan was formed and my mothers as well!

[@wombatone5577]

Go the McEwan Clan. Never give up your land, we will never be defeated! Greetings from sunny Australia.

[@drhonknbonk5798]

Ta very much i want my castle back lol

[@yomammascan]

Tell that to the Aborigines!

[@cycleSCUBA]

G'day to the McEwans, from the MacLarens! Health to ye.

[@xIBEASTYFUNK]

@Old Crow being ethnically British is very appealing

[@Gizmomadug]

You've been Exported...

[@reddevilsadvocate7838]

In 1707 the Acts of Union formed the Kingdom of Great Britain NOT the United Kingdom. The UK was formed when Great Britain was formally united with Ireland in 1801. Apart from that one error, great video!

[@aqua6613]

Anyone know anything about Shaddens? The name is supposed to come from Ayre area. Im kind of thinking that the name may have developed from Chattan. I dont know what's more epic...presenting all this data or choosing some really sweet background music. Thank you for this!

[@rjones6219]

It would be nice to see an interactive version of this

[@BrillyYumWillyYum]

I come from the clans Campbell and Gunn and my great grandparents named their business after clan Gunn

[@scotth6814]

Excellent work. I didn't realize so many of these names that I recognize were Scottish (well all the Mc's and Mac's of course, but a lot more). The Scots were a major force in eastern Canada too. Nova Scotia = New Scotland.

[@munecaxoxo8930]

That’s where my family migrated to from Scotland, Nova Scotia and then Massachusetts. It’s really cool to see all of this it’s great work

[@MsG1ggs]

Thank you so much. Such a visual impact especially when it is OUR history. I must confess I was pleased when my family (MacDougall) appeared, but was upset when 1300 AD came and all of our land disappeared. I will find out what happened - obviously some of us survived. My branch came to Nova Scotia in 1819, so I am curious as to where they were for 500 years. I love a Treasure Hunt. Thank you again! I hope you are as proud of your work as we are.

[@SmokingLaddy]

A lot of these clans are Anglo-Saxon or Norman, don't kid yourself with romanticisms.

[@kpec3]

Awesome video!

[@sgtmayhem7567]

I liked everything about this video. The visuals were fantastic, the tartans of each Clan was displayed next to the Family/Clan name. Your choices of Bagpipe music was also outstanding. Here’s a fun fact for you, after the failed uprising in 1745 playing the Bagpipes was banned in Scotland by the British.

[@mushypeasplease8872]

??? Oi, the Scottish were and are British. In 1746, after the forces loyal to King George had defeated the Jacobites in the Battle of Culloden, king George II attempted to assimilate the Highlands more into the British system by weakening the clan system, though the oft-repeated claim that the Act of Proscription 1746 banned the Highland bagpipes is not substantiated by the text itself, nor by any record of any prosecutions under this act for playing or owning bagpipes. The Jacobites were just trying to help an exiled Catholic Stuart (whose family had previously held the British throne) who'd landed in Scotland to take Protestant George off the throne and put that Catholic Stuart on it. They'd invaded England as far as Manchester picking up (some) English support along the way well before culloden. And there were 1 Irish and 4 Scottish regiments fighting on George's side against the descendant of the Stuarts. Lots of the "soldiers" raised on the Jacobite side were just lowly farmers living on the landowners land pressed into "arms" by their aristocratic masters and were not really up for it and not equipped for it. It was more a claim and a bid for the British throne by a (by now foreign) aristocrat cynically using Scottish clans to do his bidding. A real game of thrones. All those slaughtered Scots for nothing. Heart breaking.

[@scott6926]

You mean the english it’s the island that’s called Britain so if you live there your Brit ish

[@sharonhamilton8907]

Strange! Where was the bagpipe originated? Makes my soul soar!

[@caelidhg6261]

I have a family name of SMITH.. that came from Inverness (one son traveled to America in the 1700s) and they were associated with CLAN CHATTAN (the clan of the Cat) . I got to meet the very young Laird (probably in his 20s and teaching English abroad) and the little museum his clan maintains and has a lot of Culloden stuff in there.. including the bed of Bonnie prince charlie...

[@whiteryno1989]

where is this museum? im a macqueen

[@b.bradley6525]

Smith is one of the most common native surnames in the Brtish Isles, the likelihood of you with that as a surname actually being associated with any clan is slim to none.

[@marydonohoe8200]

This is very nice info! Any chance you could do it for Irish clans as well? I’m part Maxwell on my dad’s side, but they actually immigrated to Canada from Northern Ireland. My husband is a Donohoe, and there are many families of that spelling in County Cavan as well as a few down in Cork. Big spread.

[@justinjefferson5831]

Very interesting. Reminds me of an article I once read in an Air New Guinea in-flight magazine about the New Guinea Highlanders: "They like children, they like their families, and they like fighting with their neighbours."

[@JoeBidenRealLife]

Amazing

[@aaronbrown2432]

Members of the Brown family, my father's line, sailed from Aberdeen to the American colonies in the early 19th Century before moving on to Australia. Our family histroy reveals to us how closely related the people of all the English speaking countries are.

[@lynslee5679]

My mother was a Brown, and I’ve recently discovered that all her father's family were all Scottish. His father immigrated to Australia before he was born. But since Brown is the second most common name in Scotland, we’re probably not related.

[@SmokingLaddy]

Not very closely after 200 years i guess??

[@MariAmmaSar]

The use of the "Mac" prefix in clan family names seems to die out somewhere around 1050AD from this video. The word "Makkal" in Malayalam - Kerala means the same thing - child or descendant of. To clarify further, "Magan" means son of, while "Maggal" means daughter of in Malayalam.

[@SmokingLaddy]

By 2000 it was again dominating with McNugget and McChicken.

[@SeaBreeze2247]

Surname Alexander (believe sept of the Clan MacDonald), middle name Innes (maternal great grandfather). Was interested to see the Clan MacInnes earliest name. Must have been a tiny spec as I rewound but couldn’t see location. You created an amazing map for the descendants of the sons and daughters of Scotland! Thank you.

[@keithwier6953]

The Weir clan originate in Prussia / Poland as Wier. The name comes from the irrigation flow control valve used in irrigation systems in the dryland foothills of the alps according to my grandfather, a Weir from Edinburgh Scotland. and a Wier in Colorado whose Grandfather built the water irrigation systems here in Colorado. The spelling of the name was changed in Scotland by William the Conqueror around 1166 AD so the French aristocracy could pronounce it properly.

[@MadMatTom7769]

*1066

[@betttrbeth]

This was fascinating to watch, then at the end I finally noticed my last name!

[@chazmascias4259]

Found out a few days ago I am a Schaw of Sauchie. Not sure what that particularly means but I found out they were the hereditary cup bearers to the king? Kind of ironic that I was born and still live in Scottsdale Arizona lol. Can't wait to visit the Motherland! lol

[@teresamh7]

Thanks so much!

[@jarom676]

I’m 7% Scottish according to my ancestry dna test.. (93% Irish). Hussey is my father’s family. My mother’s name was Christie and they are part of Clan Farquharson. My Paternal grandmother was a Moffatt.

[@PredatorUpHill]

No, that doesn't make you Scottish at all, that just means you are a Yank who according to a test (largely inaccurate) had 7% of far distant ancestors who actually derived from a piece of Scotland long ago, but it doesn't translate any 'Scottishness' into you, and they were likely not even Scottish, but Reivers who lived on the border who were neither Scottish nor English, and were deported as stateless criminals many centuries ago as an embarrassment to the Kingdoms of Scotland and England.

[@jarom676]

@@PredatorUpHill this from a traitorous Campbell?! 🤣 What’s that saying oh yeah ‘Never trust a Campbell’. I am actually Irish not American. My direct line never left Ireland! On my Moffatt line we have documented the link back to Scotland in the 1650’s. My Moffatt’s at that time came from Edinburgh. I’m not relying on DNA at all (alone) to establish my link to Scotland. 7% would probably correspond with Scottish Ancestry about that far back. My mother was a Christie.. We haven’t documented a Scottish link to that family, but it’s likely. We can get back to about 1800 with them here in Ireland. No need to be all dismissive and rude Mr Campbell. I’m a generous by nature anyway.. so I didn’t inherit the tight arseness of you Scots 😉

[@PredatorUpHill]

@@jarom676 LOL, look at you talking like a plastic about 'lines' and shite. First off, I have several names, I just use Campbell and there's so much BS in history about the name, that's why I like using it, because I know right away who the dunces of historical fact are. Secondly, you go off on a long tangent about 'lines', oblivious of the facts I have just stated, these do not translate anything tangible at all that would make somebody a certain ethnicity/nationality, yet you talk like Yank with this belief in the contrary, so go and explain how that works.

[@karalynne7616]

Wow this must have taken some time! I am working through my family histories and so far I have descendants (with potential ) of clan Sutherland (thru name Gandy, my maternal gr. grandma) & clan MacLean (thru name Patten, her mother, my gg grandma).. other family names with potential are McGavic (maternal gr. grandma) & Clark (my paternal grandma). I find it all very fascinating! I live in USA.

[@steveburnside3242]

No, you don't just live in the USA (citizenry), you are natively FROM the USA, that makes you a Yank native (American for short), you are American by ethnicity (cultural upbringing) as well as American by nationality (native nationhood). Citizenship (status) is not the same thing as Nationality (where you were natively born), citizenship can be granted and repealed at any time, Nationality cannot. The word 'Nation' is a cognate of the word 'Native' which together relate directly to their derivative form - 'Nationality'. This is why there is such a concept of 'motherland', as nationality is likened similarly to a biological mother, while citizenship is likened to a spouse, you are not related to your spouse like you are to your mother. You inherent your default 'citizenship' as part of your inheritance from birth ('heritage' etymologically relates to 'inheret' and 'inheritance' - i.e., what you are granted at a certain age), so you as a USian American native born of the USA inherited your American ethnicity and native USian American citizenry as part of your native American nationality.

[@bouncycastle955]

@@steveburnside3242 Different parts of the world see it differently, grow up.

[@chadplow824]

@@steveburnside3242 Ethnicity isn't determined by "culture", it is determined by your genetics. The families of European Americans can still be easily traced back to the old world, and now we have DNA science to easily prove that lineage too. Sorry if that hurts your feelings.

[@nikkijones4978]

Struggling to prove my Grandfathers research, which has our Grieve family as part of the Anderson (Ross) clan. Hopefully one day, I’ll get my head around it. Great film!

[@winstonsmith9533]

Anderson here! Best to you!

[@Edp-ox8ei]

I feel you I am trying to find out about my clan the “Borders” it is really hard to find info my Great grandfather grandfather and father have brought this down to there kids maybe even my great great grandfather brought this down(Iwill ask my Grandpa) Hopefully I can find info so I can bring it down to my kids when I am a father

[@iainw5081]

Fantastic video

[@lauriecandlelover]

I don't see how this could be 100% accurate. It Shows Stuart before Stewart Clan. Stewart Came from Walter hereditary 6th high Steward of Scotland changing it to Stewart as a Sir name. Stuart came after Mary Queen of Scotts was sent to France to be raised by her mothers side. She kept the French spelling when she returned to Scotland. Generations after Sir Walter Stewart. This is one of my Scottish lines including Bruce (my maiden name)and maany others.

[@bryanx7923]

We are related as I also go back to the Queen.

[@vivalashenanigans4306]

Blair, Colquhoun, MacDonald... I also have, but didn't see: Beattie and MacGonagall