: You are doing well Dean
: I was born in Scotland but spent many formative years in
: South Wales there I developed a defensive strategy of
: learning how to pronounce Welsh place names and
: modified my diction to make myself understood. I
: remember well at any early age learning how to say
: birrd instead of burrd to get peace from the incessant
: demands of my kindly schoolfriends. I remember Wales
: and the Welsh with affection as I found them good
: people. In all our time in Wales I don't think we ever
: met another Caldwell.

No kidding! I knew another John Caldwell here in Los Angeles who claimed Welsh descent. I think he was 2nd gen US born of his line.