can i wear this

**pei Mac Donald** · 26th July 11, 07:38 PM

o.k lads and lasses my aunt married a macinnes can i now wear this tartan traditionally

**Chirs** · 26th July 11, 07:54 PM

If you wish to be very orthodox about tartans and clan affiliations, it is my understanding that claims are made through the father's lineage only.

**pei Mac Donald** · 26th July 11, 08:00 PM

its my dads sister if thats what you mean

**HeathBar** · 26th July 11, 08:16 PM

With all of the various MacDonald tartans you have available, why would want to wear another clan tartan?

**piperdbh** · 26th July 11, 08:27 PM

What Chirs means is that, "traditionally", you would wear the tartan that "belongs" to your father's, grandfather's g-grandfather's and so forth's line.

Now, "untraditionally", you can wear whatever you want, as long as it's not restricted. As the esteemed gentleman from Tennessee says, why not wear one of the multiple MacDonald tartans?

**pei Mac Donald** · 26th July 11, 08:29 PM

and that's clanranald to you lol again i sill am not letting a free tie go to waste i <3 hand me downs

**xman** · 27th July 11, 01:59 PM

MacInnes is a nice tartan. I'd wear a different tartan tie, but not with one of my Clanranald or Clan Donald kilts. Better with a tweed maybe. I gather it isn't traditional though. Nice way to honour your aunts (new?) husband. He must be a great guy. I'm still thinking of some Anderson tartan myself, my Step-Father's clan.

**madmacs** · 27th July 11, 02:41 PM

I thought "traditionally" it would have been based on area you were living, or the name you have... Which admittedly would follow the male lineage generally, but some of us have both...

If you like it, and youre not a dyed in the wool scot, then wear it...

**Father Bill** · 28th July 11, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by madmacs

I thought "traditionally" it would have been based on area you were living,

Folks, help me out with this: If you have a non-Scottish surname, but your people lived in an area with no specifically "regional" tartan, what do folks wear? Do they wear a tartan associated with the clan which protects them? That tartan would likely have been the one woven in the area before it became "assigned" to the clan wouldn't it? What if those people were not actually a sept of that clan?

I hear so many possibilities online, but help me to sort it out please.

Thanks a million.

**Jock Scot** · 28th July 11, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by Father Bill

Snip:

Folks, help me out with this: If you have a non-Scottish surname, but your people lived in an area with no specifically "regional" tartan, what do folks wear? Do they wear a tartan associated with the clan which protects them? That tartan would likely have been the one woven in the area before it became "assigned" to the clan wouldn't it? What if those people were not actually a sept of that clan?

I hear so many possibilities online, but help me to sort it out please.

Thanks a million.

Good question.

In truth, I have no idea. Why? Well, we in the Highlands just assume that the ONE clan tartan being worn has a connection somewhere and we would not be so rude to ask! District tartans are a rarity and most here would not recognise one anyway. There are one or two Poles, that have been here for decades that wear the kilt, and if I recall correctly one wears a Stuart and the other is a Black Watch---I think.

When more than one Clan tartan is worn then suspicions that we have a poser in our midst arise, but again, we would never ask and we would not want to listen a two hour justification lecture either. We really are just not that fussed. Mix tartans of different Clans, then local eyebrows will raise alarmingly!