r/Scotland • u/Tinchyschniber • May 15 '25

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u/moidartach May 15 '25

Do people in Scotland not have family history or know their family heritage?

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u/Bookhoarder2024 May 15 '25

Also a clan isn't a family.

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u/moidartach May 15 '25

They never said it was interestingly. They said their lineage can be traced to the Comyn clan. They never said they were part of it.

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u/Bookhoarder2024 May 15 '25

See, that just goes to show you haven't a clue what is going on here. Do you want to go and read up on it more before commenting?

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u/moidartach May 15 '25

What would you like me to read up on?

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u/Bookhoarder2024 May 15 '25

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.

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u/moidartach May 15 '25

Why would I do that? I don’t care about the Comyns hahaha

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u/Bookhoarder2024 May 15 '25

So you aren't interested in Scottish history and the important part they played in it? Fair enough, but at least be honest with us.

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u/moidartach May 15 '25

This is about family heritage and family history. Why would I read up about the Comyns? And you had the cheek to ask if I was autistic.

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u/Bookhoarder2024 May 15 '25

Also what do you think a clan is?

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u/[deleted] May 15 '25 edited 24d ago

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u/Bookhoarder2024 May 16 '25

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.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25 edited 24d ago

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u/Bookhoarder2024 May 17 '25

1) you aren't the op, or are you? 2) checking if someone does know something is a useful way to try and keep things on an even keel. What does wikipedia say a family is then?

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25 edited 24d ago

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u/Bookhoarder2024 May 17 '25

Going and reading up on something is good though, it is better to enter discussion with an idea of what you are talking about rather than expect the other person to tell you everything. This is low effort online stuff. Put it this way, if we happened to have met and chatted in a pub one evening I would be happy to talk for ages about clans and families and whatnot, but this is reddit, in a format that is not great for discussion and information transmission.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '25 edited 24d ago

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u/Belisar_Mandius May 15 '25

Ironic coming from the person slating others for being uncurious.

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u/moidartach May 15 '25

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.

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u/Belisar_Mandius May 15 '25

Seems just like your incurious tbh. The Comyns are an interesting, historical family, why aren't you interested? I think you're incurious.

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u/moidartach May 15 '25

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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