On 16/10/2013 17:26, Goldie & Lido Doratti wrote: > Since I'm married to an Italian, it was my first thought.....shipwrecked > Italian family.......then I laughed at myself. But Ray's explanation of the > name being Spanish or Portuguese makes sense. I'm afraid it doesn't. The name is recorded in Scotland centuries before the Spanish Armada. Many Italian names may end in "-o", but that does not mean that all names ending in "-o" are Italian (or Spanish or Portuguese). Gavin Bell