Robson tartan?

[gilmore]

OK, I am sort of a Robson by "relationship"*, which is a Borders name. I tend to think its more Geordy (Northern English) than Scots. But Geordies will all point out that they are called "bastard Scots".

My other friend named Robson is about as Geordy as you can get.

So, I go with the private tartan.

Although, I want to go and protest with him since my Border roots are Hall (McLeod).


* Crazy ex-girlfriend.

Yes, according to the National Trust's Surname profiler Robson is/was most common in the northern English counties just south of the Border. They had a reputation as reivers, I have been given to understand. An interesting Y chromosome DNA survey was done recently of men of that name there. However, Robison is/was most common north of the Border in Scotland, especially in Galloway.

Not to hijack a thread I started, but, though some say Robinson, Robison, Robson, etc are septs of the Gunn clan, I suspect it is mostly tartan merchants and perhaps Gunn clan associations eager for members who promote that notion. Those who bear those names who are truly associated with it are very, very few in number, and by far and away most have no connection with that clan whatsoever, other than having paid their dues and joined one of the Gunn associations (and of course bought Gunn tartan.)This can be demonstrated both genetically and demographically. (I know this quite well. A relative made the mistake of looking up our name in one of those lists of septs, and assuming the validitity of that claim with no further evidence. It has taken some time to rectify it in all quarters.) If anyone is interested in pursuing this, we could start another thread on this topic.