It has been maintained that we married into the bloodline of Mary Magdalene
when
she and her child came to the Languadoc in the South of France. This was the
Sang Raal rather than the Sang Graal - the Holy Blood rather than the Holy
Grail.
We certainly married into the priestly Levi family through our connection
with the
de Bars (who were the Grand Masters de l'ordre de Notre Dame de Sion) but
that is
a far cry from claiming relationship to Jesus. The Earl of Dysart, who was
God-father to the late Dr Hugh Sinclair (who was my early guide on family
matters)
claimed that the Sinclairs were the lost tribe of Israel but, knowing of
our Viking descent,
that also seemed to be stretching credulity a bit too far.
We Sinclairs should stop looking for second-hand haloes. We may take our
name from
a saint but, apart from the blessed Margaret Sinclair of the Order of Poor
Clares (whose
beatification is being considered by Pope John Paul II at the present time)
few of us are
likely to attain sainthood - thank God!!
Niven Sinclair
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