Quote Originally Posted by SlackerDrummer View Post
What is black and white there, Kyle, is how to obtain a grant of arms from Lord Lyon. Where there are numerous - countless even - shades of gray is whether or not one ought to seek a grant from Lyon in the first place. For non-Scots, the ultimate answer is really a personal preference much of which depends on where they fall on a wide continuum of heraldic traditions.
Quite right Kenneth! For one to petition the Lyon Court for a matriculation of arms, is very much a personal decision...I would argue most decisions are personal to begin with. I don't disagree with you. In most cases for American citizens, it would be considered a "cadet-matriculation", especially if it is a completely new granting of arms to a Scottish ancestor of the said petitioner. I am not discussing, nor have I thus far in regards to this topic, non-Scots.

Slainte,