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Re: Related to Caitlin?
You'll find the origin of Catlin at http://www.ancestry.com/facts/catlin-name-meaning.ashx
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Yup, so in a sense it's distantly related to Caitlin, since they both come from a form of Catherine, but Catlin is an English surname derived from Catherine and Caitlin is a Irish forename that is another version of it.
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