Backgrounds Quote by Alan Hovhaness

My grandfather was Scottish, born in the slums of Glasgow.

— Trinny Woodall

My parents are from Scotland and my sister and brother were both born in Scotland so my heritage is from there.

— Sam Allardyce

My background is Scottish.

— Melissa George

My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana.

— Vic Mensa

If you want to go way way back, then I'm Scottish. My great great grandfather was Scottish, James Gordon Harriott, and a white Scotsman…

— Ainsley Harriott

I'm not particularly ethnically Scottish; I have one grandfather who is Scottish, although he's called Macdonald, and you don't get a lot more Scottish…

— Kevin Macdonald

My roots are Scottish. My dad's parents are from Scotland, and my mum's dad is Scots.

— Katharine Isabelle

My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much…

— Rupert Friend

My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother was an…

— David Lee

My mom came to the U.S. very young, and then she married very young. But she was never American. She was always Scottish and…

— Julianne Moore

I am half Scottish. My father is an expat from Glasgow, and on my mother's side there's a bit of French, a bit of…

— Adelaide Kane

My father is from Newark in Nottinghamshire and my mother is from the very north of Ireland. They've ended up in Scotland, where my…

— Ali Smith