Mrs Galloway has researched her family's history and says the vice president shares a surname with many people in her part of Dumfries and Galloway. "In this area there are still a lot of Vance connections. I was one of 10 and I've got lots of cousins and they all farm round here." "More than likely he's from round here because that's where they came from. "We sort of keep it on a low key. As soon as folk say, oh you're a Vance, are you related to the vice president? I say, not as far as I know." The alternative potential connection to the land at Donald Trump's Menie golf course in Aberdeenshire has been unearthed by the Vance Family Association, which has been researching their history for 40 years. The association says JD Vance is correct in his belief that before they came to the US, his ancestors were of a Protestant Ulster origin dating back to before the 1800s.