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| | The Origins of the Beatons |
 | | John of Balfour is the grandfather of Cardinal David Beaton, an advisor to Mary, Queen of Scots. |
 | | It may be that, by the early 18th century, some of the Beatons forgot that their name had originally been MacBeth two centuries earlier and invented the connection as an explanation of why they had the same name as the Lowland Beatons of Balfour. |
 | | According to A.D. MacDonald, the Donald Beaton who went to Galena, Illinois was the son of Angus, son of Donald, son of John, son of Alexander of Skye, son of Donald, son of Ronald, son of Malcolm, son of Donald. |
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