Hello Scott, Just had to send this attachment about the MacLeans and The Flood! Enjoy, Marj (McLean) Skulmoski Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada Surnames: McLean, McFadyen, Kennedy, McKinnon Settled: Ontario, Brandon Hills, MB Cheers, Scott www.tireegathering.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flint barbs found in the soil tell of primitive inhabitants, but most of Mull's history known to us is that of the Macleans who gained their footing through the marriage of one Lachlan with a daughter of John Macdonald, Lord of the Isles, in 1366. The Macleans, who were a clan as early as 1250, claim descent from an Irish king a thousand years or so earlier. So proud, indeed, were they of their ancient origin that when a stranger ironically inquired of a clansman how his ancestors had contrived to survive the Flood (re: Noah's Ark), he received the haughty reply, " The Macleans had a boat of their own." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------