This idea of changing the name, for whatever personal-choice reason, doesn't fit withhistory. The government records of the period show the surname as variously Grame, Graeme, Graham, Grahame. Not all people of the surname were of the lower classes: there was Dame Geiles Graham, Countess of Angus, Robert Graham, Archdeacon of Ross, George Graham, brother of the earl of Menteith, to give a few examples from the Register of the Privy Council, 1599-1604. Between 1584 and 1707, there were 16 men of the name of Graham serving as Commissioners (same as M.P.s) to the Scottish Parliament. At least two Grahams were members of the Society of Writers to the Signet in the 17th century. These were the top lawyers in Edinburgh, who did legal work for the king. It is evident that the surname Graham was not a drawback in Scottish society, so why should it be in countries like America which had no concern over cross-border crimes between England and Scotland? Gordon Johnson.