Well this is fun!
Paternal side
Macdonald of Kingsburgh for my ancestor's living on the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye.
Macdonald of the Isles for my Skye lineage
Generic Macdonald
Isle of Skye for a district tartan.
Gordon modern, Gordon red, and weathered Gordon for a strong line that crossed the Bozeman Trail in 1866 amid the Indian Wars.
Cameron red and black for Catherine Cameron the wife of my 3 great grandfather who came from Skye to Cape Breton Island in 1856
Maternal side
Fraser for a rogue great grandfather from Glasgow
Buccleuch for its association with the Scotts
Scott modern red for my mother's mother's clan
Thomson gray for a suspected maternal line
Heritage
Scottish National, Ireland's National, saffron, Prince of Wales for my lineage to those three great lands
Service
Royal Air Force in honor of my father's service as a fighter pilot with the RAF in 1942 including the Dieppe Raid.
U.S. Army in honor of my father's service with the Army Air Corps in 1942-45 including being shot down at Kassarine Pass. Also his little brother Don's service with the 157th Infantry Regiment - The Thunderbirds - carrying a Thompson submachine gun across France and Germany and being with the first company to liberate Dachau.
Leatherneck in honor of my late little brother's service with the USMC including time as a drill instructor. Also my cold war efforts in 1965-66.
Groups
The X Marks the Scot tartan for the fun on this board
The Warrior tartan to get a lot of purple to wear for domestic violence days and functions since I'm on the board of directors of our local domestic violence shelter.
The other tartans I own were purchased just because I like them and they offered variety back when I was wearing kilts to work daily.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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