Agree with Celia -- my 3XG grandfather was illegitimate and so named on baptism record. He was raised by his father's parents and held to that surname but -- had mom's folks taken him on, who knows? Dixie > I had a relation, circa 1850's, in Argyll, who had an illegitimate baby and > named the father. She never married but the child went under the surname of > the father. This could have been the case with your Robert McDougall. Maybe > when Robert got older he rejected his father's surname and took on his > mother's and grandfather's surname. A possibility?. Celia. > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > Here is a link related to tracing your ancestors on the Isle of Islay: > http://www.isle-of-islay.com/genealogy/index.html >