I'd like to mention that some do take the association between an individual, their clan and the tartan of that clan rather more seriously than some seem to think when communicating on this forum.

Too the idea that all tartans and their associations were created in the early 19thC is certainly in doubt. To illustrate this, there is a present debate as to the possiblity that the Black Watch tartan was an adopted clan tartan from area in which it was raised-which pushes back the notion of clan tartans a good hundred years.

Of course in recent years the makers of both material and kilts being anxious to make sales have been possibly over generous as to entitlement, so weakening the association between family and tartan.

I only mention the above because it is a sensitive area in some quarters, and there is a need on occasion to approach the matter with some delicacy.

James