grandparents who raped and pillaged

[Kyler Laird]

claird at lairds.com (Cameron Laird) writes:

>>> > But the Lairds ruled their clansmen as absolute
>>> > despots in our area of the world.  Reading about it makes me think
>>> > that my ancestors resembled a motorcycle gang of roving arsonists,
>>> > robbers, and rapists rather than the picturesque laddies in 
>>> > kilts ...

>Incidentally, don't let my social surname fool you;
>as near as anyone can tell, my ancestors were the
>ruled clansmen, not lairds themselves.  We got the
>name as a legal formality in this country (prob'ly
>before it *was* this country).

Sheesh!  Give it all away.  I guess there's no point in me
even getting my motorcycle running again now...

--kyler