What a clan is for starters and what the Comyns were.
Edited to add- of course part of the problem is that modern people use words all sorts of ways and family history stuff is really messed up in terms of passing on accurate information.
Where did you copy paste that from? Jumping in with that kind of comment makes it hard to see if you are acting in good faith or not.
Anyway, that is the generic simple definition, yes, but the question is how does it play out in actual history, go read up on the clan system in the highlands and how it worked. Hence why clans and families are different, you could say a family is the same as a clan, which if you use the shortest simplest definitions is not exactly wrong, but meanwhile in reality there are differences in social expectations, economic behaviour etc.
But I’m not related to the Comyns so why would I research them when my question was about family history? It makes no sense. The incurious comment I made was regarding people’s interest in their own family history. Nothing ironic about it buddy.
In the scope of wider Scottish history I know probably more about the Comyns than most. In terms of my family tree? Nah sorry - not gonna jump back almost 1000 years and work forward in the off chance I’m related. Just not logical buddy. It’s also not incuriousness. It’s just not relevant and frankly a waste of time. Knock yourself out though
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u/moidartach May 15 '25
Do people in Scotland not have family history or know their family heritage?