In the mail, Sir Walter Scott's ROB ROY--a MacGregor Cousin of Mine

How pleasant to have a family legend, wished for by envious folk, turn out to be true. Our Magruder cousins told themselves that they were MacGregors, the long-outlawed breed, but comes DNA and says they are not. So the McGehees told themselves that their first American ancestor was a MacGregor, at the time that the Kings of England (and Scotland) were determined to obliterate the name of MacGregor and as many living MacGregors as possible. Ho ho, I thought, people will believe anything that makes them feel good. Wrong! Comes DNA and the story tellers are vindicated. We are MacGregors, even unto Gregor of the Golden Bridles and beyond. And Rob Roy, whom I have never read about and whom I have never seen portrayed in a movie, is a 6th cousin, a few times removed. Time to read ROB ROY.