sloan is a sept of which clan?

[ctbuchanan]

Most of the tartan 'MacName' thing is all romanticised, 'make believe' anyway. On the positive side, it's sure made money for Scottish industry and commerce and I do like wearing the kilt!

That is certainly a pretty shallow view of things. And while we all agree that the tartan name connections were all contrived at one time, that was started over 200 years ago. I would think that the length and depth of the conversations contained within the Xmarks forum would demonstrate that the current view has evolved well beyond the 'make believe'. Many Clan Chiefs (a well established and legal entity) would take great exception to your contention that named tartans are irrelevant. And I know of many, many of my friends and acquaintances (and myself included) who take great pride in the tartans that they wear regardless of how it all got started.

[Theyoungkiltman]

i am sort of in the middle as far as that. i believe that you should wear a tartan that you have a hereditary or bestowed right to in most formal situations but in a casual or at-home situation i do not think it matters much.

[TheOfficialBren]

It could be like my surname, Colbert (say the "t"). Originally found in Galloway but also Ireland, England, and other parts of Scotland.

Truthfully, my friend, most Scots have always been outside the clan system even when it was a political entity.