The right to wear a clan tartan

[MacWage]

As Matt Newsome says: "There are no tartan police." Although there are some wannabes…

As a side note, just having the proper last name does not automatically make you a member of a clan, nor does having a different name prevent you from joining a clan. Most often the telling point is "Have you paid your dues?"

But if your last name IS McNugget, then you're too CHICKEN to join anyway!

There are "Tartan Police"-> US!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are some of the most knowledgable on the matter. Maybe we could make up a "Tartan police" version of our X Marks kilt pin/badge or patch.
(Matt Newsome is a chief detective.)

As for female lineage->
Many titles are passed down though marriage, including several chiefs. Also, the English/British royal family itself has passed though the female line numerous times.
In the Pictish world, kingship was through the female line.
Thee is a number of theories of which lines clan membership may go through.
Most of my own Scottish family names cross through the female line one time or another (or adoption), yet 90% is Scottish. My own name may be even made up around 1690/91 (significant date to Scots escaping a particular series of rebellions :rolleyes: ).

I feel I have legit ties to:
MacNeil (through the Neels in Newberry, SC)
Wallace (also through Newberry)
Wilson (again-> Newberry)
Todd (Georgia/Atlanta)
Akin (Early SC)

ALL through a female line.

My last name is VERY rare, all related, and of unkown origin, though the earliest I've seen as real/proven is a William Wages, 1691 (Jamestown, Virgina). His place of origin is unknown, just that he arrived by ship and was seeking land. ALL of the other names of those with him were Scottish. YET, there is no Wages or Wagers in any Scot name book. (I've been told by several Scots that it may be a derivative of Wallace, during a period that many Wallaces were held suspect of treason. Much like the Long/Laing above.)

Many clan societies members join through name/septs/wife's name/interest/friend. I've met a surprising number of highly respected members that have NO blood association. Membership is a matter of EACH society.

Clan MacNugget, must be a sept of Clan MacDonald :rolleyes:
Sounds like a bunch of chickens to me.
Slogan: "Cocle-dodle-doo" (meaning uncertain)
Crest: Bared Talon