Stars dig up surprises with their ancestors
Thus you had Ayrshire-born supermodel Kirsty Hume and her actor husband Donovan Leitch (clad in full Highland dress) turning up for the New York launch of VisitScotland’s genealogy site, www.ancestralscotland.com, where they were joined by other Scottish or Scotophilic celebs. Among them was Twin Peaks and Sex and the City star Kyle MacLachlan – a man so possessed by his Scottish roots that he changed his name from a “Mc” to a “Mac” prefix because he felt it was more authentic, while his website bears the MacLachlan clan motto, Fortis et Fidus – “strong and faithful”. He has visited his clan heartland in Argyll, saying that it was “magical to return to my homeland”. for more click here
