Digging Into Our Scottish Heritage ... and Model Trains
- S02E03
- July 12, 2026
Tracing their ancestral roots, Robbie and Jeff dive deep into their Scottish heritage and family genealogy. The guys discuss what it takes to design and register an official family tartan with the Scottish Tartan Registry, the hidden privacy traps of modern DNA kits, and why Jeff's ownership of a couple of one-foot plots of land in Scotland gives him a fancy title. They also tackle the unique challenges of tracing a family tree through centuries of phonetic name changes, share how a trip to the Barrie model railroaders show inspired a custom-coded smartphone app, and share the backstory behind Mel Brooks finally making Spaceballs 2!
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Links
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Jeff's Family Tartan: https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=15190
Orillia Scottish Festival: https://scottishfestival.ca/
Barrie Allandale Railroad Modellers Association: https://barm.ca/
Train Show Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oPA0xnkkrU
Lua Programming Language: https://lua.org/
Drone Taxis: https://volocopter.com/
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Email your thoughts, feedback or fan mail: datadrive@category5.tv
Data Drive is created by Category5 TV Network in Barrie, Ontario, and is broadcast on ROGERS tv Cable 10 in Barrie! Check out https://datadrivepodcast.com/ for weekly showtimes.
Links
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Jeff's Family Tartan: https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=15190
Orillia Scottish Festival: https://scottishfestival.ca/
Barrie Allandale Railroad Modellers Association: https://barm.ca/
Train Show Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oPA0xnkkrU
Lua Programming Language: https://lua.org/
Drone Taxis: https://volocopter.com/
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https://www.pexels.com/@altaf-shah-3143825/
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#ScottishHeritage #ModelRailroads #Ancestry
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