Family lore says it is French. The family did use French words for Grandmother and Grandfather too. From what I have read some Bowons of French descent left France for other areas in England and Scotland,etc. They were Hugenots. I strongly suspect that these were my family too. Karen On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:49:32 -0400 (EDT) rmb_1@q.com writes: > Question: Do you think of your Bowdens as Scottish or Irish? > > Bee > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOWDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >