Quote Originally Posted by NorCalPiper View Post
Can anyone tell me how it is determined that you are part of a major clan via your last name, even if its not that clan's name. Like my last name has its own clan, however, I'm entitled to wear the Lamont and MacMillan tartans. How is that determined. Does this belong in tartan&heraldry ?
The question should be to which clan or tartan is my name associated. There is no sure thing as 'entitled'. That pre-supposes that other are not 'entitled' to a paraticular see but that is fraught with historical difficulties.