This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DMQ.2ACIB/766.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I was born in Glasgow 1964. Note that Anderston in Glasgow is Anderson and Cowan's in Glasgow/Scotland are common names (closely related to Colqhoun). I too am starting to trace family roots and, for my own part, appear to come from Ireland.