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The Rankins come from a family of 12, all of whom would entertain the neighbours musically every third weekend as part of a ceilidh. The first Rankin Family band formed in the 1970s when siblings Geraldine, Genevieve, David, John Morris, and Raylene Rankin began performing at local weddings and dances in Cape Breton. As the older siblings went to college and university, the younger siblings Jimmy, Cookie and Heather took their places.[1] These five siblings (Jimmy Read more on Last.fm