Hi Juli:
Just to enlarge on your
two camps idea. I would not be quite so categorical that two
separate notions are mutally exclusive. I, for example, accept as
'fact' the McNokairds/Sinclair paradigm as you and Karen have
delineated. What we don't know is how many Argyll Sinclairs this
covers. Are you saying all? I would rather doubt that that is
what you are saying. What you have done is made a terrific case for
how a name change came about without quantifying it. There may be
Argyll Sinclairs for whom this explanation does not work.
I get a buzz from the knowledge that we are all on this
planet 52 cousins, no matter race or continent of origin. All who have
some form of British ancestry, are 11th cousins. I think it would be
neat if we and some of our Argyll brothers and sisters are related more than
by name but that is yet to be proven. But any satisfaction that comes
from that must be based on the research and in no way casts aspersions
on either side of the Highland/ Viking/ Norman divide.
Just another small thought. Yours
Aye,
Rory
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