Meghan Markel ..Markle ?

Did Robert the Bruce have any children?

Loads of people can be 'traced back' to possible notable ancestors but the 'connections' are often of dubious quality. We had a Great Uncle who was keen on genealogical 'research' and apparently our family on his side has William the Conqueror as an ancestor. I doubt it!

On the other hand, by the time you've gone back, say, 6 generations (200 years?) you've at least 64 direct ancestors; if you're going back 800 years it will be into the 1,000s from all over the place. So a vague possibility that there may be a notable or two in the mix...

I wouldn't let it worry you, paddyann; it's probably not true

Yes, Robert the Bruce had a daughter, Marjorie, who married the High Steward of Scotland which is the origin of the House of Stewart and makes them ancestors of the royal family.

Oh, that makes her very well connected then?

Can we possibly allow a Stuart back into the royal family...?

(Please don't anyone say that the Queen has a tinge of Stuart blood; I do know. I'm just being facetious here..)

how very convenient though ..lol

I had a chuckle when I heard it on the news too paddyann

Doesn’t surprise me though as almost every American or Canadia I have met all claim Scottish ancestory

Many people are related to Charles 11nd but perhaps not in America! Why aren't we surprised that, hey presto, this lady has 'royal' blood in her veins!!

Then we are related!
MM must be a distant cousin

According to one optimistic view of the "facts" I'm descended from Utter Pendragon.

Agus I thought they were all related to an Irish ancestor ???

Well we all originate from Central Asia so don’t fret over it.

Cherry, do we address you as Ma am ?

Annie please don't Cherry is just fine.
It could just be family legend!

Aw, I wanted to speak to someone of noble birth. ?

If Prince Harry had chosen to marry Angela Merkel or Miss Marple I'm sure someone would have discovered they were descended from Scottish royalty, most of us are if you go back far enough.

I do know Miss Marple is not a real person, but when it comes to celebs, the boundary between fact and fiction is always a bit blurred.

We're all cousins if we go back far enough

So your all Welsh Jalima ?

BlueBelle, I’m sure had I been Irish and not Scottish it would have been the same claim grin.

I was asked once if I knew Hamish Mackenzie by any chance as he lived in Scotland! To be polite I replied that I knew a few called Hamish but none with that surname.

On holiday in the Bahamas some years ago some very sweet lads looking after dolphins asked me if I knew the Queen....

it was a strange announcement coming just weeks after the idea was mooted in local papers that they would be given the title of Duke and Duchess ...or somesuch nonsense of Dumbarton....Dumbarton being one of The Bruce's old stomping grounds with his "cave" and where his mansion house was built near Renton.Seems they want to make us think Ms Markle has claim to the title...lol .I think they should get Windsor ,it has a ring to it and an American divorcee who held that title before so seems more appropriate somehow .

Isn't Duke of Sussex favourite?

we can but hope lilypollen anything except Dumbarton .In the words of my late mother dont want it, dont like it ,keep it yourself ..(.Sussex )

paddyann
I don't think that title will be used again!!

Sussex, Sussex by the sea
It does go with the theme - we already have Wessex, is there an Essex?

So your all Welsh Jalima ?
Anniebach, there must be some Welsh blood from somewhere, my GGGD had a Welsh surname (border country though).

that's Great-Great-Grandad not Great-Great-Granddaughter!