Your ancestors were fortunate.
Mine were such a PITA that the English crown sent an army to the highlands, rounded up the majority of the clan and shipped them here to the colonies.
Once here they hauled their butts so far inland the Kings taxman couldn’t find them.
They were pretty defiant devils.
A lot of my ancestors were Huguenots (Protestants) in
Catholic France. Treated horribly, murdered and run out
of France. Stopped over in Holland, ended up in England;
settled finally in the colonies, then fought the crown after
a while, divided up land grants until the land got really
diluted. Cherokees on both my parents’ sides of the family.
Scots-Irish, French Huguenot (Maupins), Cherokee, British.
A lot of different blood flowing through these veins. One
of my Cherokee ancestors was later a lightskeeper on the
Tinase (Tennessee) River & carried a Smith & Wesson
revolver in his job. Now I have the S&W for use just in
case any Jihadists attack out here. Still shoots good.
(Several Jihadist training camps all over the country.)
Hussein’s buddies, I guess.