Quote Originally Posted by sirdaniel1975 View Post
Yeah, I noticed that a few clans are missing. Sometimes these sources stick to the Highland clans that were featured by Robert McIan and such.. Many more familys and such are more recognized as clans today and have active Chiefs.. Some were clans and were not feartured by writers like McIan.. according to some..

Personally, I think many sources should start to update their lists as to whom are actually clans... The funny thing is, there are those who do not consider some clans "Clans!" I get a big kick out of this... If there is a Chief, it's a clan! Some have Commanders appointed in the absence, and that I think is the exception. Anyway, I'm rambling.......
My Scots cousins belong to a lowland clan whose tartan was registered only in 1986. I will leave off the clan name for obvious reasons. Traditionally they were a sept of another clan (I can't recall which one), but now there's an elected chief and a clan association for their last name. I don't suppose their surname is listed as a clan name everywhere either.

One of my cousins wears the kilt in family pictures, but I don't know which tartan. Given what I know now, I will have to dig out a picture and try to ID the tartan. It would be interesting to see if it is the tartan of the newer clan matching their surname or that of the older and bigger clan of which they are a sept. I suspect the latter, if only because it would be cheaper to get a kilt made in that sett. Mind you, it's not for me to judge, I'm just curious.