> that uncle that claim to be three-seventh Scottish

Bit of an aside, but I find it odd how hostile people are to Americans retaining any connection to their European ancestry.

If I tell people I'm half-Indian and half-Persian nobody bats an eye. If my wife tells people she's half-Irish and half-Czech she gets treated like she's not supposed to have any heritage or culture other than whatever people imagine as "white American".

One of the most prominent of these "laird" title providers switched from a scam for gullible people to green activities (saving unused plot of lands, re-creating wild-life habitats and similar) and now they make clear that the title is not worth the paper it is printed on and only a gadget, but a few years ago they promoted the whole stuff and people fell for it (just like they are falling for it now after the "greenwashing").

Lord Hicks of Lochaber would like to have a word with you:

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/essex-firem...