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Andrew McFayden was born in Dryden in North Western Ontario on August 25, 1973. He went to primary school in Sioux Lookout, Ontario and to secondary school in Dryden. After his graduation in 1991, he enrolled in the Bachelor of Education program at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba from which he graduated in 1995. After a brief return to Dryden in 1995, he moved to Prince George, British Columbia where he remains.

While in Kindergarten in 1978, he began to learn French and continually learned it through school, taking all available French courses in secondary school. He won the French awards in grades 8, 12, and 13. In university, he majored in French and became fluently bilingual by the age of 21.

After his move to Prince George, he discovered that his great great grandfather spoke Scottish Gaelic as his first language. Having heard the singing of the Canadian group "The Rankins", and the Scottish group "Capercaillie", he dec...