Ok. I can TOTALLY hear Fay saying that now, and it made me spit.

My Campbell side of the family has a habit of going....against the grain, if you will? If I remember my Scottish history correctly, the Campbells are not so well liked for siding with Bonny Prince Charlie in whatever Scottish/British war that was then with the Charlie and stuff.

My mother's gotten into the geneology thing - turns out that one direct ancestor (American) decided that he didn't want to get involved on either side and spent the entire revolution in Ireland.

My grandma was in the DAR, and the local chapter wanted my Mom to join up when I was a kid, but no go. The only groups she liked being in were various Democratic or public action type things--still does.

ETA--Aimee, we're Campbells too. My brother's name is Andrew Campbell {Last Name}, as a matter of fact. Cousin!

I think I'm eligible because someone back then DID fight (and for the Americans) but was never that interested in joining.

And my great-great-grandfather declined to fight on either side in the civil war. He's the one who died in a fight in a bar in New Orleans. (I'm assuming it wasn't the fighting per se he was against, just the organized war stuff.)

ETA--Aimee, we're Campbells too. My brother's name is Andrew Campbell {Last Name}, as a matter of fact. Cousin!

Cousin!

If I remember my Scottish history correctly, the Campbells are not so well liked for siding with Bonnie Prince Charlie in whatever Scottish/British war that was then with the Charlie and stuff.

Huh. Our ancestors may have crossed paths, as the Venters were originally Dutch mercenaries hired by Bonny Prince Charlie to aid in his war.

I knew it.

The Buffistas are all related.

they went to New Brunswick

Heh. I just finished re-reading Oliver Wiswell.

the Campbells are not so well liked

In part because it was a Campbell in charge at the massacre at Glen Coe.

That, too.

Not a popular bunch are we.

BUT! We are the biggest clan so fie! Fie upon the lottaya!