The surprising evolution of surnames in Scotland
To put the origins of the surname Cadzow in some context, it is helpful to understand how surnames in Scotland…
The Origins of Tartan
There are two main schools of thought on the origins of tartans. One view is that every Scottish family had…
The bloody emergence of Scottish clans and septs
The modern word clan came from the Gaelic word for “children”, which is more accurately translated as “family”. The term clan became accepted in…