Hi Dale, The short answer = (b) - i.e. connected with the Macphersons of Clunie. You might try tracking down Alan G Macpherson's 'The Posterity of the Three Brethren: A Short History of the Clan Macpherson', published by the Canadian Branch of the Clan Macpherson Association (I'm sure they'll have a web site) or, failing that, available at the Clan Macpherson Museum, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Did your father have any other stories of your Macpherson ancestors? Best wishes, Paul. > Would SKS please explain to an ignorant Sassenach what it means to be a Cluny Macpherson. My Father always told us we were Cluny Macphersons and I am not quite sure that I fully understand what this means. Is it a) that one of our forebears was Cluny Macpherson or that b) we, as a family, belong to the Cluny branch of Macphersons? > > Thanks > Dale > geodale@bigpond.com ==================================== HIGHLAND HOMECOMINGS PROJECT http://www.scotweb.org/homecomings homecomings@scotweb.org Highland Folk Museum Duke Street Kingussie Inverness-shire PH21 1JG Scotland Tel: (local) 01540 662435 (international) 00 441 540 662 435 Fax: (local) 01540 661631 (international) 00 441 540 661 631