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Well then Fiona we are definitely related and part of the same McLean family !

My father is James McLean b1931 died 1990 and his father was also James 1885 - 1946 who was the son of John & Eliza and younger brother of John ( born 1876 ) who is your great grandfather. We pretty much know about the various siblings of James & John apart from John and his descendants. So if you haven't had connection with this side of your family you have now - exciting !

So your great grandfather was my dad's uncle and his children were / are my dad's first cousins. He was close with other cousins. My mum 81 yo is still alive, fighting fit and knew the family apart from John.

That makes us cousins - I think you are a generation below me. There are a variety of other cousins dotted about Scotland & England with my sister in NZ.

For some reason your John became distant from the rest of the family and I was intending to do some research.

I hope this is good news for you !?

Where are you living - are you in Scotland / U.K. / somewhere else ?

I have also got research behind John & Eliza taking us back to Fife / Aberdour & Inverkeithing

Look forward to chatting further

Iain

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Hi everyone

This is my family !

The John McLean in original post is my great grandfather who had a brief sojourn in NY. Eliza Burnside was my great grandmother. I have some knowledge of both ascendants and descendants but not comprehensive.

Iain