WE know he created rock 'n' roll, loved his mother and gave away Cadillacs, but it seems one mystery remains about Elvis Presley - was his family from Peterhead? The fishing port was yesterday competing with a sleepy hamlet in rural Aberdeenshire for a place on the world map of music after claims that his ancestors came from the area. A Scottish author has traced Elvis's roots back to the hamlet of Lonmay near Fraserburgh, but a local man who happens to be a relative of the King yesterday insisted the author was wrong and that Elvis's forebears came from a few miles along the road in the Blue Toon. Whoever is right, the local tourist board believes the revelation Elvis is from the area could provide timely help for an area blighted by job losses and a downturn in the fishing industry. Author Allan Morrison turned detective to trace Elvis's ancestors back almost 300 years in order to write his book The Presley Prophecy. Records show Andrew Presley married Elspeth Leg in Lonmay on August 27, 1713. The author discovered the first Presley in America was their son, also Andrew Presley, who arrived in North Carolina in 1745. From this landing of the first Presley in America, Elvis's ancestry can be directly traced to 1933 when Vernon Elvis Presley married Gladys Love Smith. Two years later, on January 8, 1935, Elvis Aaron Presley was born. Mr Morrison, 61, of Greenock, said in Lonmay yesterday: "I started looking into Elvis's past in 1998 when I heard rumours of him coming from Scotland. "I was able to trace his family tree and when it got back to Lonmay it was like striking gold. "I am an Elvis fan myself, so it has been a joy to trace back their past and establish that the Presleys were of Scottish origin. Scottish genealogy is a high-profile, popular subject - and it gets no bigger than Elvis Presley. "Even today, some 26 years after his death, Elvis's works and life are continually featured in the media. Graceland gets countless visitors and now Lonmay will be another attraction. "I have written about the adventures of Elvis's ancestor, Andrew Presley, who lived in Scotland during an exciting period of history, namely the Jacobite rebellion." Using the extraordinary tale of Elvis's ancestry, Mr Morrison has expanded the information into a yet-to-be-published 90,000-word novel that follows Andrew Presley through the dramatic events unfolding in Scotland in 1745. However, The Herald yesterday tracked down one of Elvis's relatives, who disagrees with Mr Morrison's theory and argues that Elvis's family is originally from Peterhead 12 miles away. "It's not Lonmay he comes from and although we thought for a long time it was the Broch (Fraserburgh), it's really Peterhead," said 88-year-old Jack Pressley. Mr Pressley also revealed his grandson Steven "Elvis" Pressley, the Hearts and Scotland footballer, has maintained the family link by calling his son Aaron. However Mr (Jack) Pressley believes that while most of Mr Morrison's information is accurate he has got his Andrews confused. Mr Pressley, who has researched his family tree over many years, said: "I probably ken a lot mair aboot it than this guy." He said there had been several misspellings of the name, which had caused confusion, but the original Andrew Preslie was a tailor from the Whitehill area of Peterhead who was born in 1764 or before. He had two sons, Andrew and John. John emigrated to America in 1720 and he had a son called Andrew and a grandson also called Andrew. The tailor's son Andrew remained in the area farming at Hythie, which is in the parish of Lonmay, and is where he believes the Lonmay connection arises although his family did not emigrate. "I was never an Elvis fan", said Mr Pressley. "I would have liked him better if he had played the saxophone or the clarinet. I played sax in a danceband in Glasgow but that was before Elvis was on the go. I hate his stuff. I don't like guitar music at all. Duke Ellington and Artie Shaw - that's my kind of music." So does Mr Pressley plan a visit to Graceland? "Not on your life," he said. Steven Pressley said: "I was aware of the connection and although I inherited the nickname my son's name was no link, just a preference. "My grandad has the family tree and he told me about it. A few years ago someone was tracking Elvis's family tree and tracked it to Scotland but couldn't make the connection. They got in touch with my grandad and he helped. "I like the music but I'm not really a fan. I think there is more chance of me being in Lonmay than Graceland." Elvis fans could solve the problem by visiting both Lonmay and Peterhead, which are just 12 miles apart. Ian Dunlop, Aberdeen and Grampian Tourist Board's chief executive, said the news could be great for the area. Paul Downie, 43, of Scotland's Elvis Touch Fan Club, said Elvis fans would be delighted with the news. He said: "For years, fans have thought there was a connection with Presley and Scotland and I have always thought his roots were in the Aberdeenshire area."