Historian Reacts - How did the Scottish clan system collapse? by HistoryMarche

[@warrenjarog8835]

One of the main reasons I support this channel on Patron is the exposure I get to history I would probably never research and study on my own. Whether it is reaction videos or original content Vlogging Through History is always something I look forward to every day.

[@jpbreeze44]

Fun fact: Jacques MacDonald, one of Napoleon's better Marshals during the Napoleonic Wars came from a Scottish Jacobite family who took part in the 1745 uprising and had to flee to France. He was closely related to Flora MacDonald who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie after Culloden.

[@brahimdiop5506]

I love how many genealogies read like Jojo parts. First arc takes place fighting for Scottish independence, the second arc is fighting to create a French Empire.

[@boopdino8053]

@@brahimdiop5506 i think its more that jojo parts read a lot like history in general Well,ut makes sense if you consider the lore and historical setting

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

Native Irish speaker myself, you pronounced it perfectly both was for us Irish and Scottish, Gealic for Irish language and Gaulic for Scotland. Both languages are very similar. We in celtic Ireland were the Geals and the native Scottish were Gauls after the Romans pushed them up to the Highlands then established Hadrins wall. Excellent video.

[@STL_Miah]

I am jealous! I have always wanted to try to learn Gealic (Irish or Scottish), but don't know if at this point in my life I would ever be able to get my mind and tongue wrapped around the pronunciations. Plus, no one with which to practice HAHA. One of the major flaws of the U.S. education system of not encouraging learning a foreign language MMMUUUUCCCCH sooner than high school. But have always found the Celtic languages so beautiful.

[@richardprocter8012]

We in Alba pronounce it as if the R in Garlic was removed.

[@JHNbazil]

@@STL_Miah Duolingo have a free learning package for both.

[@TheWizerd64]

Welcome back! Funnily enough, I’m an archaeologist and planning to do some Iron Age excavations in the UK in September so this UK content over the next weeks will be some excellent build up for me. Keep up the good work!

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Nice. Where in the UK are you headed?

[@TheWizerd64]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Wales! Specifically St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, the smallest city in population/area in the UK. There’s an Iron Age hillfort nearby on a cliff overlooking the coast. Then hopefully going to tour some other historic places in the UK once I’m done!

[@yeetjones927]

@@TheWizerd64 you should visit snowdon while your in Wales -(second biggest mountain in the UK)

[@connarkent282]

@@TheWizerd64 im in wales myself. We have a shit ton of castles here.

[@devildog7792]

Man. I always feel a tinge of sadness whenever I see maps that don't show my clan. The Cunninghams, who until the mid 1700s were the Earls of Glencairn in northern Ayrshire.

[@stephenparker6362]

Hi, Chris, I'm glad you enjoyed your visit here. I'm looking forward to more videos. This one was very interesting, the actions lead by the Duke of Cumberland after Culloden were brutal. The stories of the 1715 and 1745 rebellions are fascinating and as we are always reminded more Scots fought with the Duke of Cumberland than with Bonnie Prince Charlie. Looking forward to more.

[@shortlivedglory3314]

"If you ask anyone today what the first thing is that comes to mind when they hear 'Scotland', you will probably hear - from anyone outside of Scotland at least - is 'the clans.'" No. No, it probably isn't. It's probably 'whisky' and 'kilts'. Then probably 'Nessie'. Then probably a few other things before 'clans'.

[@tracymuckle8512]

I usually hear folks say bagpipes

[@itshenry8977]

Rebellion that's what comes to my mind!

[@Drewbydoobydooo]

I believe history is one of the most important subjects and the way you teach us all in both your reaction videos and on site videos are both easy to grasp and fascinating! Thank you so much for teaching all of us!

[@Rangers-lz5ly]

I'm from Glasgow and i went to Glencoe just a few weeks ago for the first time, it really does strike you how beautiful it is so its really cool to see my favourite channel experence it, hopefully one day you can experience a Glasgow Rangers match too ;)

[@pickle4422]

if you ever get the opportunity to come to Winnipeg, in Manitoba, I highly recommend the Royal Canadian Aviation Museum. It’s right near the airport for ease of access too lol lots of cool history on Canadian, and global aviation.

[@instantbadass]

I've been waiting for you, VTH. We meet again at last. Hope you had a great trip, but certainly glad to be getting content again. I've been distracted by other interests these past couple weeks, but ready to get back to learning!

[@TrajanT]

So happy you’re back, good to know the trip went great, can’t wait to see you do more reactions, I think it would be cool if you reacted to the Mongol destruction of the Khwarazmian Empire by History Dose, also another video by them is the story of Alexander Dumas.

[@imagewell5319]

This has quickly become one of my favorite channels.

[@torresmat10]

I just became aware of the fact that Prince William has Stuart blood through Princess Diana's line in the Spencer family, meaning he would be the first Jacobite on the throne since James II. Has this always been known or was this a recent revelation?

[@jeremiahspurgeon4645]

Welcome home! Can't wait to see the UK content! Super stoked myself as my husband, friends and I are in the midst of planning a trip to Scotland in March 2023! Researching my family ancestry, I was able to confirm I am related to Robert The Bruce (22nd Great Grand Father) through a marriage of one of his great grand daughters (Princess Mary Steward, daughter of Robert III) to William Edmonstone of Culloden and 1st of Duntreath. So I will FOR SURE being visiting Duntreath Castle which still exists. I have always been obsessed with Scotland and the whole Clan culture, so having found out who my ancestors are, the trip will have a ton more meaning for me now!

[@Proriin]

So glad to have you back! Missed you a lot and watched all your old content and gaming.

[@sonofhawaii4227]

Welcome back! Hope you and the family had an amazing trip to the UK!

[@jamesplatt3101]

About what you said on history going back to the 1060s it’s really true! Oakham castle in my town of Oakham, Rutland, was build in the 1080s or 1090s and is perfectly preserved original norman architecture. It is also the oldest courthouse still in continuous use in england holding a crown court every 2 years since 1229. Highly recommended a visit to Rutland even if it is a bit out of the way.

[@wxixlxsxoxn7321]

I'm so glad you're back and uploading videos! 😁 You add so much and make it exciting. I can't help but smile and be intrigued. Bravo, my good sir! 👏

[@BenniFresh]

He's back! Hope you and the fam had a great trip!

[@caesarion1399]

If you haven't watched it yet, you should check out Outlander

[@shanegodman1251]

Fantastic video as always

[@rossmasterton]

As a Scot, Gaelic for Irish, GAlic for Scottish. Both Q-celtic languages. Check out Langfocus’ video on The Celtic Languages. Very informative.

[@williamrichmond6219]

I would like to add to something related to James II. It is still a violation of the constitution for a Catholic to sit on the throne. The monarch is the head of church and must be Anglican, however, Catholics, unlike those other faiths, cannot convert to Anglicanism to assume the throne. Catholicism is permanent in the eyes of succession law.

[@wwciii]

I did have fun at a Scottish store in Williamsburg VA when a clerk told me I'm sure your name entitles you to a tartan, what is it? I replied William Cumberland and I'm entitled to no tartan or all of them depending on how you look at things. She went to look it up on her computer but the manager came out demanding to see my drivers license, and we had a good laugh about it.

[@professorwhat2704]

Welcome back! Good to see you so excited from the trip. Any advice on learning clan histories? I know of some branches of my family tree that originate in Scotland, and this has sparked my interest.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Most of the clans have wikipedia articles. It's a good place to start and then go from there to learn more.

[@headfirstdj]

On the pronunciation of Gaelic, There is Scots Gaelic and Irish Gaelic. Irish Gaelic is pronounced Gay-lic however scots gaelic is pronounced Gah-lic. The confusion seems to stem from the far more widespread use of Irish Gaelic. Been raised in the outer Hebrides and with a family that has spoken gaelic all my life the only time we hear the Irish way of saying it is from the Irish or from Tourists.

[@kobaltteal7139]

Im a McDonald and i can confirm every time we meet a Campbell we fight by seeing who can drink the most XD.

[@blanketsquares7607]

My grandad was from the isle of Lewis and he and his siblings all spoke Gaelic and didn't learn English until they started school, a few of my mother's cousins on the island are fluent and the secondary school there teaches Gaelic, but my mum is born and raised in Glasgow and was never taught it.

[@General-History101]

Gaelic is not really used anymore apart from a few small groups of people. We also use Scots and Scots-English in our daily life.

[@markbarlin2323]

You're welcome to come to the " Bonnie Wingham Scottish Festival" in Wingham New South Wales, Australia on the 27 August 2022. We usually have the festival on the closest weekend to the 1st June each year, however we had to postpone due to wet weather causing the local park to be unusable.

[@zechariahrauch4740]

Highly recommend Historia Civilis's video on Boudicca if you're gonna be doing uk roman history

[@kineuhansen8629]

3 thing i would love to see in scotland is the edinburgh tattoo and the harry potter train bridge ohh and loch ness ohh and glenbogle locations

[@anthonycurley5735]

Gaelic is the Irish pronunciation, and Gallic the Scottish. Though it was not the language of all Scotland. It is mostly spoken in the west Highlands and the Isles, though it spread south to the central belt with the clearances. The rest spoke different dialects of Scots. If you are interested in doing more Scots history check Bruce Fummey's Scotland History Tours KZbin channel.

[@MaskofAgamemnon]

My mom's family still wears the MacDougall tartan and a dagger for weddings and funerals.

[@bertmustin]

Let's be honest in the U.S. when people hear Scotland they think of Kilts,Bagpipes, Braveheart and bad Scottish accents.

[@nilaspg319]

Good that you are back!

[@johnhull6061]

When I was younger i was told Mc names are Irish while Mac names are Scottish. Scotland were Pics then later because Celts at some point. Ireland spoke Gælic (gay-lic) but France was once Gaul. I believe it was a Kings and General video that points out that the Celts were a giant group of peoples or tribes that migrated to various parts of Europe like Gaul, Iberia, Scotland, Ireland and parts of Germania. Lots of ties between Celtic & Germanic cultures. Love the channel

[@kelticowl9400]

And in the funny twist of historical irony, the British Wool trade would later be threated by the Wool trade from New Zealand, many of whom were relocated due to the Clearances. Our family left during that time and settled in Canada

[@yesiamawildflower]

Thank his you’re back! Lol I was super bored 😐

[@Jtobiwon]

Amazing! Including Roman history of the area would be awesome!

[@navajoguy8102]

During some family research of my father's side I found that I had a Scottish ancestor who was a Highlander from the Glencoe McDonalds clan. They had arrived in Canada sometime in the early 1800s and I imagine they were part of that Highlander immigration the video mentioned. It was fascinating to read about the McDonalds of Glencoe and that old clan system as the culture I grew up in also has a clan system that still persists to this day. However the Navajo clan system has a lot of differences such as its mainly used to tell who one's relatives are and didn't really have a wider political component to it. Though like the Scottish one it did lead to numerous petty conflicts inside the tribe that probably only helped outside powers like the US and Spain before it.

[@matthewlindsley3298]

As an American representative of clan Lindsay I thank you for bringing our Scottish history and heritage to the light

[@ciaranmcpherson6593]

Hope you enjoyed our country love the jumper excited for more scottish and general uk history

[@TheAlba2014]

There's an excellent book on the battle on Culloden and the aftermath by John Pembroke. Funnily enough many of the highlanders that fought against the Hanoverian monarchy during the '45 then fought for the crown (loyalists) during the American war of Independence. The '45 caused many splits amongst the country and even amongst families with brother fighting against brother. The predominant reasons was religious, restoring the Catholic Stewart monarchy and deposing the Protestant Hanoverians. In many ways this was the culmination of the wars of religion that had begun in Europe with the reformation, and is still felt today (see Northern Ireland).

[@mitchellhedden1978]

Welcome back, Chris.

[@hans9862]

I'm proud to have the name Campbell

[@General-History101]

Clan Mackay woop! though mt family was kicked out of the highlands during the clearances

[@connorc6500]

If you are currently interested in Scottish history, I recommend you react to the Scottish monarchs family tree by Useful Charts.

[@joshuawells835]

I recently did a semester abroad at the University of St. Andrews and got myself a kilt. It's in the tartan of Clan Hunter because my grandmother's maiden name is Hunter and my great great great grandfather through her is John Hunter, who helped make surgery the science it is today. Clan Hunter is a Highland clan with a long record of military service. Something I was taught in my modules at St. Andrews and than a tour guide in Inverness was impressed that I knew was to look at the Jacobites not as a 17th-18th Century Scottish nationalist movement, but as a British dynastic movement, as the aim of the Jacobites was not Scottish independence, but the restoration of the Scottish Catholic House of Stuart to the throne of Great Britain. Had the Jacobites marched on London, there were English people ready to rise up and proclaim Bonnie Prince Charlie as King Charles III of Great Britain. The guide asked me about former Jacobites in the American Revolution and, from a class at my regular university, I knew about John Murray, the 4th Earl of Dunmore (the Royal Governor of Virginia). He then told me about Hugh Mercer, who crossed the Delaware with Washington during the Battle of Trenton. As for Scottish Gaelic (which in Scotland is pronounced like garlic with a silent "r" to distinguish from Irish Gaelic), my guide said that Gaelic has always been a minority language compared to Scots, which is the Scottish dialect of English.

[@kalu4065]

Can you please make a reaction to Biographics video about Josip Broz Tito, I think It's a interesting theme .

[@JHNbazil]

Irish and scottish gaelic are completely different Gay-lic is irish gaelic and Gah-lic is scots gaelic the languages are similar but different I have been learning Gaelic for a while now and it's not an easy language to learn interestingly to this day there is a community in Nova Scotia (Alba Nuadh) that still speak the language as well. Scottish government is putting in place a lot of acts to revive the scots gaelic as much as possible. The best way to recognise scots gaelic compared to Irish Gaelic is the flick or Foras go in opposite directions in scotland they go to the right in Ireland they go to the left.

[@petey9232]

Scottish Gaelic = Gaa-lik Irish Gaelic = Gay-lik They're two different, if very closely related, languages.

[@mrg00m8]

A little fun fact is I am of Scottish decent from both of my parents, from the Keith and Campbell clans. In fact, my first name is Campbell (my Grandfathers middle name) and my middle name is Keith (my moms maiden name). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@justinbrutchen3811]

Return of the King!!!!

[@kiplingslastcat]

Welcome home! Let's dive into this!

[@crusader2112]

Welcome back man. Hope you had a great and enjoyable trip. I don’t mean to automatically annoy you, but can you react to Monsieur Z’s “7 Ages of America Series“, it would be really interesting to see your take on what Monsieur Z says?

[@savagedarksider5934]

I know this is off topic; but have you heard of the song: if the south would have won by Hank Williams Jr ?

[@crusader2112]

@@savagedarksider5934 No, I can’t say I have.

[@savagedarksider5934]

@@crusader2112 You should give it A try when you have some free time. It's pretty entertaining.

[@crusader2112]

@@savagedarksider5934 Thanks, I just did. It’s pretty damn Epic. Peace ✌🏻 and God Bless.

[@aldbgbnkladg]

Which area / landmarks would you suggest, in Scotland, for Canadian tourists that are history fans?

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Edinburgh for sure. A ton of great history there, especially at the castle. From there it's not far to places like Stirling, Falkirk, and the Bannockburn battlefield.

[@aldbgbnkladg]

@@VloggingThroughHistory definitively Edinburgh was in our plans, thanks!

[@rhett1029]

Clan Campbell yeaahhh 19:49 ooof this didn’t age well but hey none of my ancestors were there so clan Campbell yeaaah

[@timothyjachim2474]

I always find in interesting to listen and watch an account of the true history of something like this and then watch film or TV account (in this case, Outlaw King and Outlander) and see how much matches and where did the fiction move away from real life.

[@IKMCG]

Gaelic is how us Irish refer to our native language

[@tjersero2150]

You should try playing as a clan, in crusader kings 3 on the gaming channel.

[@Duke376]

Usually irish just call their gaelic language "irish", but scottish call their gaelic like you said "gaulic"

[@ericfarmer3360]

In Scotland, Gaelic is pronounced Gàidhlig (sounds like "Gallic"). In Ireland, Gaelic is pronounced gaylic, but the Irish language is called Gaeilge (pronounced gale-guh), or simply called "Irish"

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Thanks, Eric!

[@ericfarmer3360]

@@VloggingThroughHistory No problem, glad to be of service. I very much enjoy your content, I appreciate your work.

[@TheAlba2014]

Regarding the language, the Kingdom of the Gaels spanned the North of Ireland, the Western Isles and parts of Western Scotland. Eventually the Kingdom of the Gaels and Pictland merged and Gaelic became the dominant language. It is from here that Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic diverge, two separate but similar languages. They are both pronounced Gaelic.

[@epiccrusadr8583]

I really want to see the video on the massacre at glencoe being descended from the Macdonald of glencoe branch

[@franciskafayeszter4138]

It's funny, that you say, that your wife's grandfather was 100% Hungarian, because in Hungary, we also say, that there's no thing like 100% Hungarian. My father comes from one of the most ancient Hungarian noble families (going back to the Mongol invasion in 1242) and even he has definitely some Slavic roots. My mother is basically fully German. Hungary is also a melting pot of mainly Slavic, German, Turk, Jewish, Roma and Hungarian people (but I also know Hungarians with Swedish and Italian ancestry).

[@TheKnowledgeMan101]

Hey Chris, as one of your fans from the Philippines. Could you please do a video about American Imperialism especially in my country?

[@robbiemacauley8677]

Interesting fact: Whereas most monarchs are said to be King or Queen of Never-Never-Land [or wherever] I.e. the geographical place; Scottish Monarchs are said to be King or Queen of the Scottish people e.g. King or Queen of Scots. It’s never been about the geography but always about the people.

[@jontalbot1]

The Welsh had Princes not Kings, which is why there is no Welsh component in the flag of the United Kingdom. The Welsh word for Wales, Cymru, means all of us, the people.

[@MordechaiHershoffyoutube]

It's sad for me to see this for I always admired them for the clan system way back

[@superslice9158]

I was actually apart of the whitehouse clan who ran the Aberdeen aria then the laws against us took all my clans power so now in the modern day we are just people live everyone else with nothing to show except the village of whitehouse I hear all the clan lived there not sure ware the throne was tho

[@jacobchinn8593]

I have roots that trace to Clan Cheyne. The name went through several iterations of the Norman-French title De cheynne to Chein, Cheyne, Chynn, Chinn, the last being adopted as the spelling of the name in America.

[@jacobchinn8593]

Eventually clan Cheyne didn't produce a male heir in the 14th century, and the holdings were married off as a Sept to Clan Sutherland. In the 16th century the Cheyne castle was destroyed in a feud with Clan Hay.

[@jacobchinn8593]

I think the absorption of holdings partly influenced my family to move to the initial colonies of North America. I have a distant ancestors that wrote a book on the Chinn lineage, and I believe he said we had ancestry on the May Flower.

[@SmedleyDouwright]

The narrator sound like the host of the "WildCiencias" KZbin channel.

[@lialee3809]

You should check Real Time History channel, their content seems pretty great.

[@Gamer__085]

My family is descendants of the Stewart Clan. Ironically the town/county where my family currently lives was named after a region in the Stewart clan...just dropped the shire part

[@Ypsiroselee]

I have Armstrong (Lowland) clan. Border Reivers!

[@willthegeek1815]

Since you mentioned the massacre of glencoe, I was watching Scotland history tours video, what they don't say about the massacre of glencoe. Other clans were victims of the massacre not just McDonald's as not just Campbell's were following orders, as too some Campbell's were horrid what was happening.

[@Mackay95]

Im from the Highlands. I have always heard it pronounced Ga-lic

[@greenknightofwar7024]

My family is a directly from clan Thomson, or Thompson for the English. The clan was decimated during the unity and eventually most the clan fled to the Americas and Australia. Now the clan in Scotland is practically extinct.

[@blairkilgallon8741]

The different pronunciations I think represented the different branches of the language in Scotland and Ireland. Having been born and raised in Scotland I’ve always heard it pronounced “Gah-lic.” But the Irish always pronounce it “Gay-lic” I don’t know if there is any real difference though, if I’m honest

[@megamega5146]

Return of the king

[@levisimpson516]

What was your method of travel over there? Car, Train? Highland Cows? I'm planning on almost an exact trip next year. Some time in England, but then heading up to Scotland and hoping to hit up York if possible.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

All public transportation. We used the tube in London, took the train to York, Edinburgh, Glasgow. Did hop on/hop off bus tours in London and Edinburgh. Did a Rabbie's tour of the Highlands and Skye. Took a bus to the Glasgow airport to get home.

[@levisimpson516]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Thanks man, appreciate it. It sounds like I'm going to be following your footsteps pretty closely on our trip. Fly into London, though we want to head over to Oxford for a day or two and then make our way up to Scotland and as I said hope to hit up York on the way, then fly out of Scotland. Thanks for the advice, and thank you so much for your channel. You've played a roll in reigniting my interest and enthusiasm of history. Cheers.

[@beslim15]

Have you watched Outlander? If so, what did you think?

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Not yet. Wife and I are gonna start watching at some point

[@atticus._]

My family has Campbell ties and as a kid my mother remembers her history teacher, a macdonell giving her a especially stern lecture on how her ancestors killed men, women and children at night😬so interesting how these stories get passed down and remembered. I believe this was glencoe but I can’t say for sure it seemed a confusing time in Scottish history based on the Wikipedia page.

[@schaunross7970]

I like seeing my clan in tbe name, I've been doing so much research bought a book bought scottish prisiomers being sent elsewhere

[@thomashamilton1397]

For me, the Hamiltons were the far superior clan.

[@Stephen10188]

There is more than 1 Gaelic Language - Its a collective term for languages spoken by Celts. Scots Gaelic is pronounced as you heard in Scotland (With a soft a) 'Gaelic' with a hard A typically refers to the Welsh language. There is also Irish, Cornish, Manx (and possibly Breton though I can't say with certainty that Ive ever heard Breton refered to as a 'gaelic' language though it is indeed celtic.) As for why Gaelic (With a hard A) is assumed to be welsh unless specified otherise. I would hazard a guess that it comes down to the number of speakers in the UK: There are more welsh speakers than the others combined. Welsh national identity and indeed welsh nationalist politics focus primarily on Language and culture. While in Scotland nationalism is more a political oposition to Westminster, The SNP cares very little for the scottish language or culture. And Most Scots today See Gaelic, Tratans and Clans as tourist trappings for American visitors in search of some History to call their own (Using them in dialy life has as much appeal for a Scot as dressing up as Uncle Sam on a daily basis does for an American - its too Cringe/Twee).

[@JediSimpson]

Cornish and Breton are not Goidelic/Gaelic languages like Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Welsh, Cornish, Breton are all Brythonic languages. They are all Insular Celtic languages; they’re not all Goidelic/Gaelic.

[@jontalbot1]

Couple of things. I met a Breton speaker who came to Wales to speak with Welsh speakers. He told me it was not easy to communicate but was possible. Second, Walter Scott has a lot to answer for romanticizing Scotland to the English and then the world. On my first visit to Scotland in 1971 l remember being surprised at the loathing for The White Heather Club, Kenneth McKellar etc and that folksy view of the country, especially in Glasgow.

[@bubandavid9356]

Ohh... Maybe I missed that before. But good to hear that your wife has some connection to us, Hungarians. :) Hope one day you will visit us.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

We definitely plan to visit Hungary. My wife's family comes from the town of Sajoszentpeter.

[@bubandavid9356]

@@VloggingThroughHistory That part is a really beautiful part of the country with the mountains. 🙂

[@spangelicious837]

Welcome back! Knew all of this because of Outlander. 😂 Shaun, who is Scottish and posts travel blogs here on YT, got really into learning more about Scottish history after Outlander first started airing. According to him, Scottish people aren't really taught their own history anymore. ☹️

[@zacharygrouwinkel1534]

Welcome back to the US Chris

[@drrd4127]

When Americans call Great Britain and the UK, England, I am like: 😣😬😬😬😬😡🤬🤯

[@stephenelberfeld8175]

When I read about the Rosses and the history of Scotland it can be confusing when Officers in the North American wars are said to have come from the "Cadet Clan Ross". It would seem as in the past, the "Earls of Ross" were expected to lead the armies into battle. The Capt. Alexander Ross I'm descended from was in Frazier's one hundred, and sources say these soldiers were not nobility. Also there is a huge "History of Scotland" book I used to read in the Reference Library of the Boston Public Library. I read about the DeBrus nobles dividing up their kingdoms, and how the Earl of Ross became "Lord of the Isles", by marrying the sister of the two kings, and was one of the few Scottish nobles to retain a Celtic lineage and considerable influence after the Norman Conquest.

[@JPISME91]

Quick question for anyone who knows Scotland: I traced my family back to Orkney. Is there any clans from there or were they not under Scottish influence long enough?

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I don't think the clan system was really prevalent on Orkney.

[@jamie193h]

Scottish language is gallic, Irish is gaelic, they are slightly different languages, they're similar to Danish and Swedish, related but different

[@jacobgross5874]

You should react to the legends and lies about general marquis DE Lafayette during the American revolution

[@Animaster89]

Eddin-BRUH

[@ewan111222333]

Gay-lik, is the irish language, Gah-lik, is the scottish

[@debragee4269]

Chris, are we Mowerys Scottish? I think we are Irish/German?

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Mowery is an English last name but our Mowerys were originally Maurer. German, from a place called Goggenbach in southern Germany.

[@steveclarke6257]

Scotland's land function is almost based on it's underlying Geology. The Highlands are really the remnants of a of an ancient mountain range, the rocks up their and the outlying western isles have some of the oldest rocks in the UK and is made up from a high proportion of Igneous and Metamorphic rock. Where as Scotland 's lowland geology is much softer and has a higher proportion of Sedimentary rocks and much of the mining wealth of Scotland. The county is geologically in three parts, the northern most Highlands separated from the Grampians by major fault-line of the Great Glen (where you will find a line of deep lakes including Loch Ness) and the Grampians are separated by the fault lines of the central belt where you find Glasgow and Edinburgh.

[@crookdude]

Actually my mothers family, descended from the Randolph and Stuart Clans.