District Tartans

[arrogcow]

I'm not fishing for a tartan I can wear. I am "entitled" to wear the Army tartan, California (by birth) and Kentucky (due to the fact that I have lived most of my life here). While I would like a tartan that I am connected to, I am of the camp that as long as you are respecting it, wear it (though if the chief of Clan Montgomery ever asks, I'll swear fealty).

On the other thread we've already discusses what you are "entitled" to wear as a tartan. I would wear Thompson (my mom), but many of the tartan police don't approve of a matrilinial descent, and based on geanealogical research, we aren't related to Clan Thompson anyway (at least not for at least 350 years).

I was mostly just cuerious as to how my surname got linked to Aberdeen. Seems to me that someone just made a list of all Brittish sounding names (cause Tollus, my only verifiably Scottish ancestor, isn't listed anywhere and they were in Fife since at least 150 AD - at least according to some geanealogists I have seen - you'd think they would be), and started randomly giving them a district tartan to wear.

Anyway, thanks for the info.

Adam

[macwilkin]

The egg is on my face, Matt! I WAS thinking of "District Tartans" and instead typed "Tartan for Me!" Oops!

I knew you could explain "Tartan for Me!" far better than I could. :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd