Cathy: I do not think it safe to conclude that men with an alias of "Bain" had a mother with a maiden name of Bain. The alias of Bain often originated with some fairhaired person, since that is roughly the Gaelic equivalent. I think it more likely that their father went by the alias of Bain and they continued it, or they themselves were given the alias of Bain because of their fair hair. Ian in Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: Cathy Wagner Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 7:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SUT] MacDonald Thomas MacDonald of Armdale married to Mary Bain proven children so far Now on the list of men in Armdale are some MacDonald's that are alias Bain >From what I believe Malcolm told me some time ago....this would mean that their mother's maiden name was Bain?? Is this correct?? Cathy: ==== SCT-SUTHERLAND Mailing List ==== Our Member's Interest's site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~suthlist/index.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237