Setting aside genealogical considerations for a moment, and strictly viewing it from the perspective of traditional Highland Dress, the mixing of tartans upon the same person was the norm.
Here are The MacDonald Children. Note that each garment is its own unique pattern. Highlanders of that time would not comprehend a discussion such as we've been having here, because each web of tartan that came off the loom was a unique artistic creation of the weaver with no significance whatsoever.
This old traditional way of doing things (like so many others) is maintained to this day in the Army:
Last edited by OC Richard; 2nd October 13 at 06:44 AM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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