Every family is full of history and one man from Hampton, Virginia has tracked his familial roots back to a rug weaver from Paisley.
Jim Sheaffer is passionate about understanding his heritage and now hopes to find out more about his Scottish links.
He told Glasgow Live: "My interest in it started when I was a kid. My great grandmother, who was a Lamont until she married, I would hear stories from her. I remember a little bit about her, she died when I was three.
