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Surnames: Cain, Kain
Classification: Query
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Hi Ron,
I've been trying to research my husband's Kain lineage. His grandfather, John H.
Kain, was born in Kirkcudbrightshire in 1839. I may have found him in the 1841 Scotland
census, but his name was spelled McKeand. LDS records have the name spelled Cain, and
some of his siblings went by the name McCain/McKain. Does the Clan Donald recognize the
Mc's or just Cain/Kain? I'd like to know if the McCain's/McKain's &
McKeand's are of the same family or different lines. Would it have been a personal
preference as to how they wanted to spell their name in translation from Gaelic to
English, much like many other surnames?
Thanks, Conni