A little walk into the Scottish Highlands ;o)

“Scottish poet and author Sir Walter Scot called them “The Children of the Mist.” This was a fitting name for a people who from 1488 to 1775 (1775? What a coincidence!!!)  were stripped of all rights as Scottish citizens, and had to avoid all areas of population. The name MacGregor comes from the Gaelic “MacGrioghair” meaning “Son of Gregory.” With the motto “Royal is My Race,” this proud clan continually boasted of their ROYAL ancestry. They claim direct descent from Griogar, the son of KING ALPIN (833-841 A.D.), and have never failed to assert their seniority in the Alpinian “family.””

An Act of the Scottish Parliament from 1617 stated:

“It was ordained that the name of MacGregor should be abolished and that the whole persons of that name should renounce their name and take some other name and that…