Something I don't know about after all these years...

[Tobus]

Thanks, MacMillan of Rathdown. That's what I thought the case might be.

In closing, the important bit is the "be descended from" part. If you really want to know if you have a connection to a particular tartan you have to do the research!

I don't know if Josh is in the same boat as me, but it might be possible that he's asking the question because the research leads nowhere. That's where I am with it. I've been poking into family history, and my maternal grandfather who died a few years ago had done a lot of genealogical work. But he ran up against a roadblock. There was a church fire in Alabama in the 1840s, I believe, where all the county records were housed. It is impossible to follow the research any farther back than this, as the records were destroyed.

So all we have is my mother's surname (which is listed as a sept of two different clans) and verbal tradition which points to one clan, with no possible way to follow the evidence to be sure.

[davidlpope]

So all we have is my mother's surname (which is listed as a sept of two different clans) and verbal tradition which points to one clan, with no possible way to follow the evidence to be sure.

I'd pick the "clan" that you most enjoy spending time with at local highland games.

Cordially,

David

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

So all we have is my mother's surname (which is listed as a sept of two different clans) and verbal tradition which points to one clan, with no possible way to follow the evidence to be sure.

If, as you say, there is a strong oral tradition in your family that points to a specific clan-- I'd follow that tradition.

[Ancienne Alliance]

If, as you say, there is a strong oral tradition in your family that points to a specific clan-- I'd follow that tradition.

Aye ! Strong oral tradition is often that witch we can relate to the easiest.


Best,

Robert

[Tobus]

If, as you say, there is a strong oral tradition in your family that points to a specific clan-- I'd follow that tradition.

That's what we've always done, and I'm comfortable with it. But it always stays at the back of my mind that it could be the other clan we originally came from. Or heck, the name is also associated with County Antrim, in northern Ireland! With no way to find out for sure, the only thing we can do is go with oral tradition.