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Hi, Kathryn.
Yes, we are part of the same family!  I am only aware of my grandfather, Finley, being one of 6 brothers. I never knew there was a girl called Anne🤔. My mother was Anne (Nan) Cairnie ( married name Broderick), and her sister was Catherine (Cathie) Cairnie, married name Carr.  Looks like those two names, Anne and Catherine have continued on through the generations - I am Anne and one of my sisters is Catherine😊( not your spelling). My mum died in 2004 and my Auntie Cathie a few years later. They are both buried in Dundee though Mum lived most of her married life in Manchester, where I was born. My brother, Stephen (another of the family names☺), my sister Catherine and I were all up in Dundee in late September for Mum's anniversary. I live in Perth, Australia, so can't make it every year, but my brother and sister go annually. I even discovered, earlier this year, another Anne Cairnie, living in St Bride's (?) Parish, Dundee, who is also part of our family.
I am one of 5 children, my older brother, John, lives in Germany, both my sisters, Catherine and Julia live in Manchester, and Julia's twin brother, Stephen lives in Norfolk.
I have 4 children, and 7 grandchildren all living in Perth, Western Australia, though I am still here in UK on holiday staying with my sister, Catherine.
Lovely to hear from you.
Kind regards
Anne

Hi Martin
I travelled from my home in Western Australia to UK last December and spent a couple of hours in the Dundee Family History Centre.  They had just recently opened and everyone was extremely helpful.  With the help of the Registrar, I was able to find 5 brothers/sisters of my mother that neither I nor my brothers and sisters were aware of!  I was also able to trace other ancestors from the late 18th century. A Reporter from the local 'Telegraph' came and took my picture as it happened to be the day when the Centre was being featured in that newspaper.  After leaving the Centre, I then went to meet for the first time, cousins on my grandfather's side of the family, that I had found through my internet research.  Since my return to WA, another cousin from my grandmother's family has made contact through her internet research and I recommended that she go to the Centre.  She didn't know about it and lives in Dundee!  It was a memorable day - I just wish I could have done more, but only had a 2 day stay in Dundee to do it all.
Anne

Thanks, aghadowey!  There's no sign of these twins in the Scottish records in the 1881 census.  Your suggestion of looking in Church records - does this mean I have to visit the area or is there another way of doing it ?  It's a long way from Australia!
Anne

Hi
Can anyone help me with information about my GG grandmother/father, please?  Both of these ancestors moved from Carrigallen some time after 1871, to Dundee, with their 7 children. 
Bridget Reynolds m John Kiernan c 1854 in Carrigallen.  This is given on John's death cert in 1889, Dundee.  (I just found this, yesterday!) They had their 7 children, Margaret, Mary (my G grandmother), Bridget and Catherine (twins I think) Elizabeth, Francis, Patrick in Leitrim and then another son, James, later in Dundee.  On John's death cert he gives his father's name as Francis Kiernan (farmer) deceased and his mother as Mary Quinn also deceased. 
On the marriage cert of my G grandmother, Mary, her maiden name has been misprinted from Reynolds to Rinslit!   Hence, I have never been able to track down any further information about her until today.  By finding her husband's death cert I was able to also find her correct maiden name.  I would be grateful for any info about either of their families. 
Thanks
Anne