TOP 5 Outlander Clans in History
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Calling all Clans! Today we're breaking down the TOP 5 Highland Clans that feature in Outlander!
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Oh, this was so fun! Thanks guys, for this different kind of content. The stirring music was a terrific addition. Appreciate your work!
Our pleasure!
I am a descendant of Clan Fraser of Lovat, and also Clan Menzies. I am enjoying your videos very much.
I love your videos always learned something new about history of Scotland. I'm an avid fan of the tv series Outlander even though I born and raised from Asia now living in Canada . Thank you..🙂💞
So thrilled to hear this and glad that you're enjoying the selection! Stay tuned for more...spent 10 years of my childhood in Canada!
Great video love the historical part of this video. The MacDonalds, including the MacLeods can trace their ancestry back to a Norse ancestor Godred Crovan who ruled as the King of the Isles in 1095 A.D. Castle Leod was originally built by my great grandfather Leod Olafsson; (six or seven generations removed,) in the 11th century and whose descendants would become known as Clan MacLeod. Granted to John of Killin, 10th Chief of Clan MacKenzie (1485-1561) after he fought at the Battle of Flodden.
Aussie, here! I’m descended from MacDonalds & Scotts.
The MacDonalds have loomed large in Scotland’s history- & they were among the most powerful, & *definitely* the largest of the clans - in their long history, they fought many feuds over the ages- with other clans- like the MacGregors, as well as the Crown.
Their feud against the Campbells is the more infamous, but the feud between the MacDonalds & the MacLeods is *fascinating* reading!
Thanks for watching! :)
"Nobody likes the Campbells"
-My sister, who like me is a Ross
Boo on the Campbells
also an aussie from clan macdonald!
The distrust and dislike of the marauding Campbell’s comes up in a scene of Mad Men when Pete Campbell is thrown out of a prestigious head master’s office for being a Campbell.
Great stuff! 👏👏 Well presented, and stirring music.
Thanks!! Just trying a couple of new things with some quick intros to various subjects... ;)
I have seen few episodes of this show, but I know a bit about the Clans. One of the first inaccuracies is that the McKenzie Clan calls their chief “The McKenzie” not a McKenzie thing. Only the Chisholm’s refer to their chief as “The Chisholm” as “there are only 3 entities on earth deserving of the title “The”, The Pope, The King and The Chisholm” Still a vain prideful bunch, the Chisholms
And me bitch hahaha
Joking
I really enjoyed that! Loved the music too. Descendant of Clan MacLean of the Highlands! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@OutlandishJourneys Wrong about the Munro's Orignins! Munro means Mount Ross, and were known as Monross' during the breif age of the Laird of Isles, the Earl of Ross (mother was a Ross) the last True Earl of Ross although not a Ross by Paternal Line. The Munro's were not given land by the King, but by the War Master of Scotland, Chief of the Great Clan Ross, an Earl of Ross (not sure which one, 2nd or 3rd I think) for putting down a Rebellion in Easter Ross (eastern half the the Earldom of Ross) and were given a Fiefdom split in two parts on each side of Easter Ross and I am pretty sure they were there for a while, and are Picts, not Irish! The present Chief of Ross, Barron Ross of Ross (for short) before his Barronship to a Castle was called the Chief of Ross, Sir David Campbell Ross of Ross formerly of Picland, and most like the Mont Ross' (Munro's) coming from Mountains in Easter Ross, flanking the biggest open area in the Highlands, and the old heart and blood of the Highlands, and smack dab in Pictland, were not Irish! But Picts! Unless you know of some Irish Kingdom smack dab in the middle of Pictland? I am not aware of? The Irish invaded the Western Coasts, and x amount under Wester Ross (Wester half of Ross-shire) was their Kingdom, but on the Eastern Side the Border of Pictland was with the Anglos or Norse, not Irish, and by the Time Ross (before that name, as Clan Arias) moved from Apple Cross in Wester Ross to Easter Ross former the 1st Scottish Earldom, the Earldom of Ross from the ashes of the Mormaerdom of Ross, with the last Mormaer of Ross (& of 2 other places), being the Thane turned Mad Kind Macbeth! (No relation). The Munro's were giving their Fiefdom by Ross for Crushing a Rebellion in Ross, while the War Master and Chief, the Earl of Ross was away, with our Army and by the time the War Master heard news of the Rebellion, the News went, their was a Rebellion in Ross, and the Munro's Crushed it! the Chief of Clan Arias, the Son the Priest Fearchar crushed a Rebellion in Moray (now part of Ross County, the most recent addition) and his Cousin the King made him his Right Hand, and War Master of Scotland, and the Title of Earl of Ross, the 1st Scottish Earl, for King Malcom (redundant perhaps, Malcom was a Title) just gave way to a more Norse and Anglo Political Style and Fearchar! the Next in line to in any meaningful way, being the Kings Right Hand and Favored Cousin. Now I guess its possible the Munro's were "Irish" if in the Brief Age before that were the Scotti's Political over took the Picts, and formed the beginnings of Modern Scotland, and since that "Administration" was surely Scotti and not Pict for the most part for sure, I guess its possible during that time frame they migrated to Easter Ross and the Heart of Pictland. Now if you said Norse or something left behind from an ancient invasion I would beleive that, because that pennisula was named Ros, and that name extended to the whole area after a while, but who were the Ros'? Pesky Vikings mon? That's why we added an s, and sometime I think way back when that name was given because of them. Now Ross' maybe Irish, some say we come from some ancient O's I can't spell the name of, and we maybe Scotti's, its possible, but it is also possible we are getting over powered by Irish Culture, and they are very dismissive of the Picts, and would prefer a Royal Line of Scotland be Irish instead of Picts, so with their baises they simply suggest such more than we suggest pictish origns, which some think is a given in the Heart Land of the Picts, which is still in some Royals Modern Titles, formerly of Pictland! And the Munro's were certainly in the middle of it.
@@OutlandishJourneys the MacKenzies are from Wester Ross, its not a Clan of Pedigrees, but just anyone under their Thumb could bare the name. The MacKenzies were always nipping at the Ross' heels, but after a Countess Ross, Married MacDonald Laird of the Isles, and Produced the Laird of the Isles the Earl of Ross and we made War! On all the Kingdoms for years doing Viking Style Raids till Ross-shire was Decimated again, and Ross' slowly started to lose their power, and our Rival, the Chiefs of Clan Mackenzie always wanted the Title Earl of Ross, saying their Claim was that they were one of Fearchar's brother or a 2nd son or something, and were estranged relatives who were always envious, and did not have Claim over the Title Earl of Ross, less so than any Ross' within the Great Clan Ross, and it was a Ridiculous Claim, but over the Centuries they got their Chance to Stab us in the back and did! With our Cousins and Rivals the English Crown Full Support, and they Replaced us, killed us, forced us out of Ross-shire, and by order of the Crown, Ross' and Septs of Ross that could not prove their pedigree by paperwork became Mackenzies! But I don't know, maybe the hatchet is buried, even though buried the 1st time in our backs! And maybe mee cousin the Earl of Cromarty (spelling) is getting along just Fine with the Chief of Ross, Barron of Balnagown David Campbell Ross of Ross and Formerly of Pictland, a Ross is Ross-shire told me the Ross' Mackenzie's, MacLeod's and the Penndragons are getting along Great, however, it appears to me many MacKenzies are trying to hide their Great Shame of Killing us, and like to pretend their was no Earldom of Ross or Earls of Ross, and the whole lot of it... Still looks a little nasty to me...
Mackenzie, Mackinnon and Buchanan was my highland breakdown. Very good stuff here to learn more about
All powerful Clans! :)
Proud to be a MacInnis. My father was born in Sunnybrae Nova Scotia Canada and was John Russell MacInnis
I am a decendent of the clan Anderson, but I have many distant cousins that are Macdonalds,Stewart's,Frasers,Farquharsons,McKenzies,and many others,found out through DNA.
I Stand Sure as well from clan Anderson in Virginia I'm in desperate need to hopefully find some of my kinsfolk I'm 51 with 2 sons; we are eager to learn!!!🏴🇺🇲
Would love to hear about the clans of the Border Reviers.. Clan Bell in the U.S. here.
Will be travelling through the Borders this autumn, so stay tuned! :)
Not much o Scottish heritage is left in the area.
Those were my ancestors from Clan Mackintosh. They were sent to the North of Ireland after the Stuart was overthrown before making it to America where they settled on the Canadian border. I’m a Mackintosh through my mother’a side. Nearly 100% Gael. Saor Alba agus saor eireann mo chara.
Clans were of the highlands & nothing to do with the low landers way of life.
I’m a descendant of Grant, Gordon and MacMillan clans
I am a Grant too, my Grandad came from Golspie, I have traced my Grant family as far back as the 1700s, living in or around the Golspie area.
I'm a descendant of thousands of people that went before!
Very short but clear explaination of the clans involved. Such a complicated matter in a few words, that' s well done. The Fraser clans loyalties come up in the later books, and we see then that they matter enormously to the storyline in the States
And to answer: I belong to no clan, I am Belgian ( Flemish) with North German origins. In my name you see the relation to the " Welfen " a very old family , which you could call clan as well.
I'm somali and from the famous Darod clan family, who defeated the British and Italian empires for 21 years during the Dervish movement, and the Portuguese empire in the 16th century as part of the elite knights and archers of the Adal sultanate armies, the historical eyewitness book called Conquest of Abyssinia written in the 1600s, mentions septs or sub clans of Darod (Geri Koombe, Harti, Marehan) that were part of the adal sultanate army which defeated the Portuguese, captured and killed roderigo da gama
Today, the president of somalia, abdi bile the famous world champion in long distance running, the first Muslim congresswoman in American history, Ilhan omar, the former minister of immigration in Canada, and the former head of the ICJ Court, Abdulahi Yusuf, one of the leading lawyers in international law, are all ,embers of the Darod clan, medieval members include Garaad Wiil Waal, a famous poet warrior and King of the jidwaq sub clan of Darod, and Nur ibn Mujahid who killed emperor Geledwenos of Ethiopia in battle, Nur was from the marehan sub clan of Darodm
In Scotland being part of clan was about the way in which you lived your life as part of that Clan it’s not just about a surname & it was specifically in the highlands.
Diane galbolden did her homework of clan Fraser is a Scottish clan of the Scottish lowlands. Not to be confused with the clan Fraser of lovat who are separate Scottish clan of the Scottish highlands ( though with common Ancestry). The current Lord lovat is Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser 16th baron lovat. He has been the chief of clan Fraser of lovat since the death of his father in 1995.
Clans were from the highlands in Scotland not the lowlands .
John MacKinnon is my bloodline I’m freaking out ,also a Stuart just incredible.
My great great uncle Joseph MacKenzie painted Scotland landscapes in the 18th Century...some are wanted by the Clan of Chieftains as a record of Scotlands history....he drowned on the wreckage of the SS Wairarapa in New Zealand.
Not any of these mentioned by later on clan MacNeil is mentioned and some of my ancestors are Scots Irish and are mcgrails which is a sept of clan MacNeil .
Buaidh no bas 💪
I'm Burnett. All I know about them is they came from Normans and joined the Bruce in fighting the English then won lands and favour.
a proud Clan Lamont here
I'm a Lamb i think I've learned that were Lamonts that fled during the great Massacre
Glad to be a Munro 😎🏴
Thank you for the interesting facts. Please let the text a bit longer in the picture. :-) Eva
I’m in the Elliott clN
I’m a descendant of the Irvine clan.
According to, you can't wear a tartan you're not entitled to but us ( Houstons are a spept of clan Donald) so we can claim allegiance to the once Lords o' the Isles
I'm a Monroe in the US, roots to Munro. I would like to know, is it a good thing that Clan Munro sided with Britain?
What’s good or bad? I think it’s just a thing.
Hi, I’m a Munro as well. The Jacobites issue wasn’t so much an issue in politics as it was religion. They weren’t really siding with the throne, and they didn’t agree with the Jacobites and who they believed the throne belonged to. The clans basically argued over which king over that kinda religion.
@@seb5572 no, siding with colonialism is always bad lol.
@@MamaGator how is it colonialism to side with Britain you do realize that king James the first of England was Scottish they willingly joined the Union. The Union wouldn’t exist without Scotland asking for it. I mean I don’t give a shit cuz my clan sided with the Jacobites I’m just saying Scotland joined the Union therefore I don’t see how that’s colonialism I see it more just like England and Scotland going at it again lol.
Could you please do something on Clan Ross?
Will do, thanks and stayed tuned! :)
@@OutlandishJourneys can you do Clan McCormick
@@OutlandishJourneys with all the disinformation and anti Ross propaganda I have a hard time believing you'll have the discernment on the Subject to give us true justice, but you might as well still give it a go. You'll get atleast 10,000 Ross views over a couple years, let alone anyone else. Hit me up if you want a point in the right direction, like you could just call some places in the Ross Historical District in Tain Ross County for the more official modern narrative, oppose to sources from other Clans or people outside Ross-shire.
Carson nach do chuir clann Dòmhnallach 1st??!
I like to see a video on the Clans of the Starz Tv Series Outlander which is historicly about the Scottish Armerican Wars against England from 1639 to 1898 please 😊😊😊
Clan Galloway here 🏴
Clan Galloway hear as well 🏴
Clan Gunn goes back to the "Picts" or whatever they really called themselves, that scandinavian story is a just that, a story!!!
The clan Gunn were also cowards who distorted history with the help from the Gordons of whom they were related to.
Clan Gunn were not Picts, they were from Viking stock. The Picts didn't actually have a name for their tribes, they were named Picts by the Romans, it was short for "Pictured People" due to their tribal men and women having blue tattoos on their bodies.
proud member of clan grant! America has a Grant in their list of Presidents. Stand Fast
Do a elliott clan
I’m a descendent of the MacDonald clan
thanks for making this it says a lot about society, sad...
Clan Gregors Name Was Banned For 200 Years Because They Killed 140 People And Were Related To The First King Of Scotland And Had The Most Famous Clansman Rob Roy MacGregor Why Are They Not In The Video
They Are The Clan With Their Own Movie
The People That Kept The Name Would Be Executed Or Torched For Rewards I Am Proud Still Have My Last Name.
im directly related to the Oliphant clan Earl Laurence of Gask .
Oh, no Campbells??
I’ve just found out I’m from the maclaren clan in Scotland
Great, we've toured all over the Maclaren lands on our Ancestral Tours! ;)
Munro Grants and Frasers are not ootlander names and have recently been associated with the English army and its junta.
WOW! True Loyalist, Indeed. WOW!! 와우!!!
I'm Somali and from the famous Darod clan family, who defeated the British and Italian empires for 21 years during the Dervish Movement/Anglo-Somali War, and the Portuguese empire in the 16th century as part of the elite knights, cavalry and archers of the Adal Sultanate armies, the historical eyewitness book called Conquest of Abyssinia written in the 1600s, mentions septs or sub clans of Darod (Geri Koombe, Harti, Marehan) that were part of the Adal Aultanate army which defeated the Portuguese, leading to the capture execution of Roderigo Da Gama, the commander of the Portuguese armada musketeers, and the brother of Vasco Da Gama
Today, the president of somalia, abdi bile the famous world champion in long distance running, the first Muslim congresswoman in American history, Ilhan omar, thr most influential and trend breaking female Muslim model, Halima Aden, the former minister of immigration in Canada, and the former head of the ICJ Court, Abdulahi Yusuf, one of the leading lawyers in international law, are all members of the Darod clan, medieval members include Garaad Wiil Waal, a famous poet warrior and King of the jidwaq sub clan of Darod, and Nur ibn Mujahid who killed emperor Geledwenos of Ethiopia in battle, Nur was from the marehan sub clan of Darod
So many similarities with the Native Indians and Scottish highlanders. It sounds like Somalia does as well.
@@blairrobert3438 true, there are a plethora of similarities, especially between celtic people like the Irish and Scottish, and the Cushite Somalis
@@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 Yes I can imagine that. They've found Celtic art in Egypt. Somalia would have had a strong trading relationship with Egypt. Maybe they came from the Horn of Africa? I think people travelled far more than historians understand.
@@blairrobert3438 that's interesting to know celts travelled that far into the Mediterranean...and yes, modern day Somalia and Djibouti (two Somali countries) were very close trading partners with ancient Egypt over 4600 years ago, most scholars agree the Land of Punt was situated in Somalia. Also, according to all linguistic experts, ancient Egyptian as a language, and Somali (a Cushitic language) come from the same ancestral Proto-afroasiatic language family spoken over 18,000 years ago: its like how Celtic and Germannic are two branches of indo European, just like ancient Egyptian and Cushitic Somali are two related branches of Afroasiatic...we share the same E1b1b y dna haplogroup as well, especially. I'm not definitively certain whether ancient Egyptians originated from the horn of Africa, but the populations of both regions (namely the Cushites and ancient Egyptians) descend from the same ancestral group of people, and share genetic and linguistic ties
But you're certainly right, the horn of Africa and Egypt have been inextricably linked since time immemorial, not just because of close trade or military alliances, but also due to cultural, linguistic, genetic, craniofacial, and morphological similarities
@@hassanabdikarimmohamed2505 Thanks for that Hassan it was interesting to read. I wish we could have a time machine and learn it all. All the best from Scotland.
Didn’t know you could get a license to beg.
I am of Clan Carmichael! & Proud
Clan Gunn oh yeah.
Hello I am from Argentina. My last name is MacLachlan, I would like to know more about the history of my ancestors who came to Argentina, if someone could help me. Thank you!
We'll be doing some more Clan videos over the next couple of months, so stay tuned! Thanks for watching! :)
You should probably start with finding out the ship your ancestors migrated to Argentina on - look at your countries immigration lists 🙂
They came in the Falkland war.
@@vaughanpower4538 I bet you thought you were being funny when you posted that. Always the same you lot. An embarrassment to the rest of us.
@@blairrobert3438 Hey its possible aint it.
In actual fact there are two clan Fraser's the Fraser's of Lover are the junior branch their clan bags a n antla red stage head their motto Je Suis Prest ( I Am Ready)
CLAN Ross represent.My Mothers Clan.
Also a Ross... Spem Successus Alit!
@@KeithR-wk1uf My Grandfather,Ian Ross came to New Zealand in 1912 and raised a family of 15 children.
@@vaughanpower4538 My G-Grandfather Thomas Ross came to Virginia in 1740. I believe he had a family of 9.
I'm descendant from clan Fleming from Lanarkshire who originally came from Flanders.
I’m Scottish. From the Cameron Clan 🏴
LUCEO NON URO!!!! (I Shine, not burn), and my full name is Colin Edward Fraser MacKenzie, and my brother is Duncan....more Outlandish, anyone????
Por favor traducir al español.Gracias
Clan Oliphant
I'm a decedent of the Muirhead clan
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Are you related to any Scottish Clans? Let us know in the comments below!
Clan MacKay!!!
Munro...
@@MikeInClwtr Hello cousin
Clan Munro
I’m a Fraser of Lovat
Srioghal mo dhream MacGregor forever
Clan Davidson here = Drunks amd underachievers
LOL
😆😆
That caught me of guard.
I am part of the maxwell clan
Iv never heard enything about the Galloway clan?😂
Siol Alpin
Aye. Clan MacGregor are indeed Siol Alpin, along with Clan Grant, Clan MacKinnon, Clan MacAulay, Clan MacFie, Clan MacQuarrie and Clan MacNab. I disagree with this video saying Clan Grant are descended from the Norman's, they are descended from King Alpin.
Thanks for your comments...sadly, there is no hard, accurate, historic evidence for any of the 'old' Clan origins and many are wrapped up in myth and legend. While the Siol Alpin and the Clans associated with it are a popular feature of Clan histories, there is no primary historic evidence, nor any factual genealogies to track any families directly back to Kenneth I...many Clan origin stories are passed down in oral histories, which are certainly very important, but there is no written historic evidence to prove any of the supposed Siol Alpin links. In terms of the Grants, as you'll see if you rewatch my video, I didn't say they WERE descended from the Normans, I stated that they POSSIBLY were...likewise, they are POSSIBLY linked to Kenneth I...a third THEORY is that they are (again POSSIBLY) linked to the Viking incursions into Scotland. Primary evidence is virtually non-existent for any of the Clan origins, let alone 'Scotland's' early monarchs, so we have to do our best with the materials that we have. Sadly, none of it is easy too prove one way or another. Thanks for watching and have a great day! :)
My last name is Gibson
You are a Sept of Clan Buchanan! Congrats! You should join us! My 3rd great grandmother was a Gibson, and her husband was a Watson...its how I was able to join Clan Buchanan. If you need more info, please let me know!
Clan Gunn here- happy to fight any of you.
Fight Clan Gregor Related To The All Queens And Kings Of Scotland 🏴 And Had The Most Famous Clansman In The World Rob Roy MacGregor Their Was Also A Movie About Us And We Killed 140 People Versing Clan Colquhoun With Only Half The Amount Of People They Had
So The Name Was Banned For
200 Years If You Kept Your Name You Would Be Executed Or Torched So Still Want To Fight Because My Ancestors Did Not Changed Their Name For Crap And Here I Am
I Am Related To Conor McGregor And Rob Roy MacGregor
Clan Keith checking in. Where you from??
Now I know more about my family history from this video and I am one of the descendants of the Fraser clan
Sir Simon Fraser (The Patriot) was the bother of my 19th Great Grandfather Alexander Fraser, 3rd of Lovat and Brotherton.
Clan Keith and Campbell for me. I believe there are a few others. Just now getting to the 12th and 13th centuries.
I'm clan Graham
Sorry for triggering marry 🤣
INNESS-MITCHELL CLAN 🥰🥰 HONESTLY INWISH I COULD CHANGE MY MIDDLE NAME TO MY GRANDMOTHERS NAME! INNESS 🥰🥰
You left out Ross…
You went way too fast! I did not get a single sign completely read which really ticked me off - what I did get read, seemed like historical items I really would have liked to have read. I have been doing a little research and you items would have helped. I am going too save it soI can return to it later! Don’t be in such a hurry!!
Thanks for the feedback Judy! Tried to balance the pace of the video with the text, but appreciate your comments...will certainly take on board for the next upload...grateful to you for watching and have a great day! 😀
Why no just pause it instead of moaning?
@@kerridownsmckee ... EXACTLY! 👏
I wonder where Scotland would be today if England just left us alone.? Our ancestors slaughtered like cattle makes me so angry even all these centuries later .
ha. so it requires license to be a beggar back then?