My great grandfather, on my granny's side, Donald Stewart (died 1913) was a Scottish piping champion, but then most of my relatives played/play instruments of some kind. My grandfather's eldest sister, Maria Stewart (prounounced like Mariah Carey) married Donald Robertson. Their daughter, my mothers cousin, was Jeannie Robertson, whom some of you may have heard of.

My grandfather's younger brother Jock Stewart had a son called Alec, who married Belle, eventually becoming the Stewarts of Blair.

My father's side of the family are almost unknown to me, but singularly lacking in musical talent of any kind as far as I know. My father only had one "tune" and sang everything to that, although he had a marvelous memory for nonsense poems, and recitations.