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in reply to a message by Anne McDade Barrett
My mother's family came from Glasgow with McDade name. I'd like to know how it's both irish and Scot
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According to Black's The Surnames of Scotland, MacDade and MacDaid which are "found mostly in Glasgow are forms of Irish MacDabhéid 'son of Davet', diminutive form of David".
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