My Family Archives

Anne and Seamus MacKinnon with crew and family members. Image: Sandy McCook/DC Thomson

Misty Isle Boat Trips: The multi-generational Skye family business, ages 11 to 75

The MacKinnons of Elgol have links to everyone from Bonnie Prince Charlie to Alfred Hitchcock.

By Sarah Bruce

Steve and Elaine McLenan at home in Bucksburn. The couple have been through a lot in the past two years. Image: Darrell Benns/DC Thomson

What happened when this Bucksburn couple were diagnosed with cancer less than 24 hours apart

Elaine and Steve McLenan were diagnosed with breast and bowel cancer within a day of each other — and faced treatment side by side.

By Andy Morton

Pictured from left to right are Donna Beamish with her siblings Roger Catherwood and Diane Sutherland.

The Music Shop: Meet the 3 siblings at the beating heart of Inverness

For the past 39 years, Roger Catherwood and his sisters Donna and Diane have been bringing the joy of music into people's lives in the form of their family run music shop in Church Street.

By Rosemary Lowne

Peter Jones at home in Aberdeen. The former police officer is battling through his cancer diagnosis. Image: Kath Flannery/DC Thomson

This Aberdeen man faced incurable cancer — then his wife and daughter got diagnosed too

Peter Jones was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer just days before Christmas. But for his family, there was more to come.

By Andy Morton

Sophie Kinghorn's racing career is on the brink of taking off.

Meet Sophie Kinghorn, 18, the Rothienorman racer blazing a trail in a man’s world

The 18-year-old sat down with The P&J to discuss how she fell in love with cars and racing, her career success so far, future plans, and the difficulties in overcoming sexism in a very male environment.

By Calum Petrie