This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRUCE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XOG.2ACIB/1332 Message Board Post: For those who may be interested in another possible view of the origins of the royal Bruce line, type the below URL address which will link you too The Baronage web sight. The four part series (fifth part is summary) are thus: (1) The first earls of Carrick (2) The Bruces in Normandy (3) The Mysterious Blue Lion (4) The Blue Lion of Flanders (5) To summarise This series presents the very possiblity that the royal Bruce line and other great families of Scotland are of Flemish origins not of Norman origins. This series is based on the original research material of Beryl Platts whose has published books concerning this subject. Go to URL: www.baronage.co.uk/bphtm-03/bruce-01.html