Gary Geddes is descended from Scottish ancestors from the Northern tip of Scotland. He wrote me: "Just Scots fisherfolk from the north coast who fished in Orkney waters for herring, until they were all fished out. Then they came over here and did the same nasty thing to the salmon. The family name comes from the ged, a North Atlantic sea pike. The people of the geds, totem animal and all that. Nasty little bite they have, too."....    more »