I've been looking and looking and just haven't been able to find tartans that I have a definite connection with. I served in the USAF, but I've only found one site that shows a USAF tartan, and it appears identical to the one I've seen all over the web identified as the USAF Reserve tartan. One cite is not definitive.

As far as clan tartans, I am descended from Scottish, English, Dutch, Irish, and Cherokee ancestors (that I am aware of, anyway) and I can't seem to find tartans associated with any of them.

My family name is Dunehew (a variant spelling of Donohue). I'll just provide a list of the family names from which I descend:

  1. Woods (grandmother's family name)
  2. Felts (other grandmother's (OG's) FN)
  3. Ford (great grandma's (GG's) family name)
  4. Pendleton (OGG's family name)
  5. Carpenter
  6. Hennessee
  7. Wood (no apparent relation to above grandmother)
  8. Thorpe
  9. Frost
  10. Merritt
  11. Cooper


According to family history, at least someone in this crowd is Scottish, and some others are Irish. I'm certain someone here might actually recognise one of the above names and be able to say "It's very simple. Family name "X" is a sept of the "Y" clan, and these links show their tartans." I've been looking for a couple of weeks and I've given up looking on my own.

Help me, Obi-Wan! You're my only hope.

--SSgt Baloo