My sister who is becoming interested in our family heritage attended a ren fest and spoke with a gent working for a vendor that sold a few stock kilts and through whom you could choose and tartan, get measured and order a kilt.

She chatted him up for awhile about clans and mentioned that we may have had a relative or two who were members of Clan Gunn. She said the guy kind of turned his nose up and said something about how "we" don't consider Gunn "one of the ancient clans" or "old clans." She didn't remember his exact words, but he seemed a little sanctimonious.

I'd never heard of anything like this before, but I'm still a noob. Can anyone venture a guess about what he was saying?