Tartan Help - Probably way to much info, but now I gotta zero in on this option

[figheadair]

This topic has come up here on XMarks a number of times, and it's one of several topics on which I've noticed a dichotomy between Scots and USAians.

We here in the USA tend to look at our family as a whole, male and female lines, for tartans to wear, whereas Scots have often expressed the opinion that one's tartan must come from the direct male line.

I've found that ironic due to one of the few things known about the Picts is that they traced descent through the female line.

That (Pictish matrilineal descent) is now discounted as a later myth. The recent BBC Podcast on the Picts is an interesting listen - link.