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hi i have just started researching my ancestry which i was always told goes back to
scotland, in it the eldest daughter of each marriage is given the middle name of cairns. i
was always told it dated back to a gr gr grandmother in scotland called dorothy and the
surname cairns,the family then moved to the north east of england there have always been a
dorothy cairns in the family since then (my cousin, my mother, born 1921 her aunt, her
mother) thats as far back as i can go with the family knowledge i have, Im elaine cairns
and my daughter niamh cairns, i am in the middle of moving house and know there are boxes
of information which have yet to be unpacked. i shall let you know if anything turns up if
it looks like it might be relevant to your search. regards