Fellow Listers, We all are interested in where our ancestors originated in particular those of us now living overseas. Two children of Scottish born parents made the news in Australia this week. A major event was the Canonisation of Mary MacKillop as a Saint which took place in Rome yesterday. She is Australia's first Saint. Her parents were both born in Scotland. Also Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE born 7 November 1926 and who died on10th October 2010 was born to Scottish born parents in Sydney, New South Wales Australia. Dame Joan was described as one of the great opera voices of the 20th century. Her father, William McDonald Sutherland was born in Portskerra in Sutherland, the northernmost county of Scotland. He was a master tailor who would make his own kilts. Her Scottish mother, Muriel, was a mezzo-soprano. Scotland can be proud of her off-spring. Sam Heron, Brisbane, Australia