Quote Originally Posted by macwilkin View Post
One more thing to add to this post: don't forget that the best way to identify a possible link to a clan is a geographic location; ancestors who were from the traditional area associated with a particular clan. A Williamson from Fife, for example, would most likely not be a part of Clan Gunn, while a Williamson from Wick or Thurso would most likely have that necessary connection.

T.
The region thing is indeed a bit confusing to sort out, but worth it in the end. It's why even though I'm of the clan Ferguson, I wear a sprig of pine instead of the little sunflower. According to a few sources, my strain of the clan is from Strachur, and uses pine. Though from what I can tell, this seems to be a little followed custom. Most people (at least in my neck of the woods) are content in the knowledge of having a name that pairs up with a country and just go with that.