"Rules" for wearing family tartan

[macwilkin]

My bold:

This isn't actually correct, surnames are not always a good guide to belonging to a clan.Historically,the clan chief would often take on other families under his care,or those he took as servants, or those who would fight for him, they became known as clansmen. It's quite possible that the original names of these people were very different to their "new chief" indeed it is known that various fights between clans included fighting between the same "actual" family on different clan sides.

There is no "entitlement" to wearing a clan tartan, there is tradtion, which is very important to many, but not all.

There are many people who only wear one family tartan, because that is important to them,there are others who choose several different clans because of family connections, and there are some who wear tartans of their own choice.

Any of these choices are equally important and equally valid.

I think it's good to know what tartan you wear , because there are bound to be asked, and whatever tartan you wear, wear it well

Very diplomatic, Paul.

T.