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Quote Originally Posted by Pat Stephens View Post
Thank you all for your thoughts as it is most appreciated!
Sorry, something got lost in translation as they say. If you are referring to my reply I was suggesting that Stephens might have a connection to MacTavish. If you search Clan MacTavish you can see that Stephens could be a Sept of that clan. Of course, Sept is not without its problems in proving such.
No worries at all and I am sorry that I was thinking more of my Sooter side rather than Stephens in this case. However, I took a look at the MacTavish clans as I am not familiar with septs and it is neat to both find the Stephens name there but also a direct connection of the clan MacTavish to Ireland (http://clanmactavish.org/family-names-septs). Yet, as you note I would not know any way to verify a connection as a sept.

Yet, overall, I also still would not have any idea as how to narrow down the correct tartan for my family (Sooter or Stephens).

Ta!