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Am I real?

Now I am David Douglas. My father was a narcissist and carried out his inadequacies violently against my Mother.  I changed my name to her name, Douglas, out of respect for her (and because I hated hearing and seeing his name added to mine because it reminded me of the violent him).  My Mother told me many stories about the Douglas' and described to me how she was directly descended to our ancestors.  Am I really a Douglas?  Am I an "illegitimate" Douglas?  Can I hold high the Douglas…

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Added by David Alan Douglas on May 18, 2023 at 4:15 — 2 Comments

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Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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