In a message dated 7/17/06 3:38:12 PM, drorer@fuse.net writes: > Of course his brother Christian may have male descendants, in the direct > line, > but Robert!  I think not!! > Robert did not have any direct male descendants, but his father, Robert Bruce, Earl of Annandale, had several sons. One of them, Edward Bruce, King of Ireland and Earl of Carrick has male descendants at least into the 1500's where I stopped looking. He was the ancestor of James I, II, III, IV, and V, Kings of Scotland. Leo Pas website has many pedigrees of medieval gentry: http://www.genealogics.org/index.php Barbara Good

That of course was not the point. There may be male descendants alive of a Robert de Brus (after all there were six of them including "The Bruce") but did anyone look at the details of their so-called family tree? Click on the first line in the table then go down to #16. This line and the next few read as follows: 16. Lord Robert BRUCE, 5th of Annandale & Cleveland, was born in 1210 an died 31 Mar 1295. He married Isabel DE CLARE who was born on 2 Nov 1236 and died in 1295. 17. Their son, Robert BRUCE (DE BRUS), 1st Earl of Carrick & VIth of Annandale, was born in Jul 1243 and died in 1304. He married Countess Marjorie (Margaret) of Carrick who died in 1292. 18. Their son, Sir Thomas BRUCE was born in 1307. He married Mary ERSKINE who was the daughter of Sir John ERSKINE of Erskine Note: the claim is that Sir Thomas Bruce, b. 1307 was a son of Robert Bruce who died in 1304 and of Marjorie of Carrick who died in 1292! I've heard of posthumous children but this is incredible! Just my opinion but the credibility of this site and its claims fall somewhere between zero and none! David Rorer > -----Original Message----- > From: BWGood@aol.com [mailto:BWGood@aol.com] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 4:58 PM > To: SCOT-DNA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SCOT-DNA] MacWho and The Bruce > > > In a message dated 7/17/06 3:38:12 PM, drorer@fuse.net writes: > > > > Of course his brother Christian may have male descendants, in the direct > > line, > > but Robert!  I think not!! > > > Robert did not have any direct male descendants, but his father, Robert > Bruce, Earl of Annandale, had several sons. One of them, Edward Bruce, King > of > Ireland and Earl of Carrick has male descendants at least into the 1500's > where > I stopped looking. He was the ancestor of James I, II, III, IV, and V, Kings > of Scotland. Leo Pas website has many pedigrees of medieval gentry: > http://www.genealogics.org/index.php > > Barbara Good > > > ==== SCOT-DNA Mailing List ==== > Subscription and posting to the Scot-DNA list does not necessarily > indicate the poster is a participant in any DNA project. This list > is also for those interested in the subject, not just participating > in a project. > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx