It is well known here that I am Scottish, I live in Ayr, Ayrshire. I was born in Kilmarnock in 1970, and have lived in Ayrshire almost all my life. Educated at Glasgow University and spent seven years as a ‘Territorial Army’ Para (Paratroop Reserve) based in Glasgow. Mum from Glasgow, Dad from a wee seaside town called Saltcoats.
All the above I have mentioned to interested Freepers during discussions on Scotland and Scottish ancestry here on FR.
I believe I may be the only regular Scottish freeper (actually MadMitch is Scots), but there are other British freepers such as Vanders9 and Winniesboy.
Online claims carry no weight whatsoever. I’ve proved my point that you cannot prove who you are simply by saying so; nor can you see through your keyboard into the lives of others who may have deep and lifelong involvements in the Isles, purely UK bloodlines, or simply an avid interest. Many freepers have family members there or have lived or worked in the UK, which, btw, comprises much more than Scotland. Surely there is room here on FR for other Brits and American Europhiles without having to endure chauvinist nitpicking by one who, this being the cybersphere, can only claim to have been born there. We might start to believe it online when you start to exhibit some — oh, dear, what do they call it? Breeding.