As I understand it Anderson isn't technically a clan with a chief, but a sept of Clan Donald, the tartan simply a surnamed fashion tartan that Andersons have adopted. My step father is a Paton which I'm told is a sept of Anderson though. My natural father and I are MacDonald of Clanranald which is a clan with a chief (styled Captain), but Clanranald is still within Clan Donald. Can a clan be a sept of another clan? How does that work? What are the correct terms involved here?

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