On 06/10/2013 12:27 AM, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> I've been wondering whether I have a family tartan.  I've been told all my life
> that my surname is Scottish, but recently my sister told me that it is actually
> Welsh.  (How can I not know?  Because my surname doesn't reflect my ancestry,
> which is (mostly) African.)  My surname doesn't show up at either Web site.

I suppose it depends on how your family got their surname.
IIRC you are from the West Indies, I can't remember if it is Barbados or 
the Bahamas. It might have been taken from the white slave master as a 
generic one or from an individual. The latter would give you blood ties, 
of course.
As for Welsh or Scottish, it might be obvious to a Brit.
Jones, Welsh, Robertson probably Scots etc.

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Regards
     Stephen

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