Hi my name is samantha hepburn.I have birth and marriage certificates that can trace my hepburn line to john hepburn born 1537. Then I have nothing. ..I have noted many people have linked john hepburn to adam hepburn, the earl of bothwell, as being his son. My difficulty with this jump is that adam hepburn had no sons named john only james (the famous earl of bothwell who was connectee to queen Elizabeth. Maybe john was james? Dies anyone have proof or anymore information?