Dear unachan,
I tried to send attachment but it looked very odd as though a link was being made to my computer! If you send me a personal post with an email I could send you the documents that I have..
My mother is a practising catholic and became aware of the Blessed mary mackillop link when she visited the Clan Donald centre in her attempts to track down her gg grandmother. She told them that her gg gm was a sister to Father coll and out came the red carpet....except of course although we believe this to be a fact ... i can't prove it.
The problem is there alot of geneologies floating around the internet on the Macdonalds of Cranachan , I'm no expert, yet I spot mistakes and inconsistencies, so I shouldn't be upset if Clementina isn't listed along side Father colls brothers and sisters..... however people use them as a primary source and the mistakes are being replicated.
The clan donald gave my mother details on catherine thinking may be she was the sister we were after...but she's not. However Interesting to note is that her first born child in 1842 was called clementina...
I have promised to take my Mother to Rome for the cannonisation....but feel it would also be prudent to establish that she was father colls sister first...
Mind you any excuse to visit Rome....
Best wishes, Helen