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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of my ancestors, Crinan of Dunkeld, rose up against MacBeth and died in the ensuing battle in 1045.

Also, my lineage goes back quite a way on the Cherokee side of my family, so this isn’t a purely white thing.  One of my Cherokee ancestors married a Tory who was put to death for treason after the Battle of Kings Mountain.  There are pictures of the couple easily available on genealogy sites.

After around the 10th century it gets a bit dicey with repeats and whatnot.  It is said the lines go back to Agamemnon through Scotland, Gaul (where family was Roman) and eventually Greece.  But I am not convinced that is accurate.  The lines to Scotland are clear.  But that side of my family were affiliated with the Crown, including Lord of the Exchequer in the 1500s, so much easier to verify.

The funny part is that I come from a recent line of hillbilly Appalachians you DCUMers look down on extensively.  I guess we fell on hard times![/quote] sorry, the pics are of her daughter and her husband, late-1840s.  Daguerreotypes actually.[/quote]

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