Firstly saying that I don't know anything about the actual history so not adding to that and Bob may well be right in suggesting the condemned man wasn't part Romany. Who knows!! However whilst it is probably true most people wouldn't have known the difference between travellers in general and Romany travellers - it of course doesn't mean there were no Romany travellers in Scotland. Also whatever his last name was it would not be relevant to whether his mother was Romany or not!