Bagpipes are part of certain cultures and heritage. I'll leave at that as I might encroach on some future thunder. Snick! Snick! My paternal grandmother gave me a giant hard-bound world Atlas when I was age ten. In the center was a large section on anthropology. I was hooked. Later, when I spent many hours with her going deep into the family tree, I gained greater clarity of my Pict, Welsh, and Scottish roots. Nineteen of the Kings of the Scots were King Aed.