Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Not Bells by any chance? Also a sept of McMillan I think. These Borders families were never really clans and never wore kilts in reality but have been resurrected as clans, mostly by emigrants overseas.
Actually there are two different Bell families- those from around Loch Tay are generally regarded as a sept of MacMillan; the border Bells are a different family, and their last recognized chief -- whom, I am led to believe, was so styled in 17th century Scottish legal documents -- was "Bell of Blacket House".

I, for one, wouldn't be too quick to sneer at those "emigrants overseas"-- they spend a lot of money in Scotland, as evidenced by the recent Gathering of the Clans (and I suppose "Border Families", too). And while it is true that the border families didn't historically wear kilts, one shouldn't loose sight of the fact that the kilt has become the national dress of Scotland. That being the case, it would seem only reasonable to accept that it is a fit and proper thing for border families to adopt wearing the kilt -- and designing their own tartans-- if they choose to do so.

I can't see where anybody should have a problem with that.