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After reading a past post regarding Robinson arms, I have to agree with Martin Goldstraw. The Robinson Arms clearly reflect a relationship to the Robertsons, not the Gunns. I have yet to find any reference to Robinson used in lieu of Robson as a sept of the Gunns. Furthermore, I would be hesitant to connect any of the sept names to the Gunns unless there were some kind of proof of origin in Caithness or Sutherland. As the Gunns were a small clan, I cannot imagine them adding numbers to the clan in the traditional fashion such as the Fraziers or MacDonalds did, by providing land or protection to those wanting to "join the clan". Furthermore, for the same reasons, I would claim that most Gunns from Scotland actually had blood descent from the chiefly line at some point. To use my earlier example of Frazier or MacDonald, there were a lot of these clansmen (arguably most)who had no blood ties to the original MacDonalds or Fraziers but acquired the name as vassels of the clan. The Gunns, however, being such a small tribe with little in land wealth and living in turbulent times (when it was hard enough to protect your own family, let alone unrelated neighbors), had nothing to attract unrelated clansmen to join them. For this reason I would offer my claim that most Scottish Gunns were actually descended by blood to the original Gunn chief. Also, some of your post, when closely read, fails to make any sense. I refer to a line you wrote about showing a connection to Braemore and Caithness. Braemore is in Caithness. Also something about the "in" in Robinson showing relationship to a second son. After studying this stuff for over twenty years, that is the first I have ever heard of such a thing. I also thought your reply to Martin was somewhat rude in nature, something a true Gunn would never do. Good luck on your pursuit of information. I recommend reading the History of the Clan Gunn by Dr. Mark Rugg Gunn.
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