Finding "Your" Tartan

[GlassMan]

Based on the behavior of my recent male ancestors (from my father on back) I'd be willing to bet that I'm related by marriage or adulterous affair to most of the Clans of Scotland!

[Prester John]

That kind of leaves you free to pick your tartan!

[starbkjrus]

I also started the same search just out of curiousity.

I'm a Stewart (I don't care who says what about the spelling of that) so there are several to choose from even if they are almost invariably er....bright. Obnoxious comes to mind. Also Abercrombie, Armstrong, Thompson (even though the latter are finicky about who wears the tartan).

Also the Carolina district tartan (FedEx has the kilt just now...arghhh) Plus since my partner is Canadian I'll go with the Ontario tartan (in dispute just now but I like both of them) and the MapleLeaf. Not to mention the BC tartan which I really like (both the tartan and the province).

It seems that virtually anyone with a European heritage can conjure up several tartans that have a "connection" with his or her family.

Scotland Forever!

[bubba]

The tartans I know for sure are MacNeil of Barra, Hamilton, MacPherson and MacLean of Duart.

[Riverkilt]

One of the benefits of having many Scottish lines is that I can pick and choose the tartans I like and not feel "forced" to wear a tartan I don't like just because its a clan tartan.

And, don't forget, we're all X Marks the Scot Clan....so order up some of that fabric this go around

Ron

[Mike n NC]

I also started the same search just out of curiousity.

I'm a Stewart (I don't care who says what about the spelling of that) so there are several to choose from even if they are almost invariably er....bright. Obnoxious comes to mind. Also Abercrombie, Armstrong, Thompson (even though the latter are finicky about who wears the tartan).

Also the Carolina district tartan (FedEx has the kilt just now...arghhh) Plus since my partner is Canadian I'll go with the Ontario tartan (in dispute just now but I like both of them) and the MapleLeaf. Not to mention the BC tartan which I really like (both the tartan and the province).

It seems that virtually anyone with a European heritage can conjure up several tartans that have a "connection" with his or her family.

Scotland Forever!

Dee you might want to take a close look at the Thompson line especially if you are originally from the NC, TN, VA highland area. A very good friend of mine, last name Thompson, found that in this region the Thompson name resulted from a change to MacTavish. How that happened I have no idea but when I checked the Thompson branch of my family, that is exactly what I found.

Mike

[David Thornton]

I've been compiling names & notes, mostly Martin. A bit of looking indicated MacDonald or Cameron. Apparently that is correct with ties to both.
Now I find a Martin tarten, too green. And the Clan Donald group essentially said probably not, prove where they were born etc, so I am mainly wearing Cameron now.
The next order is USMC, no questions there.
David

[prattw]

On my father's side, Grant. (Pratt is a sept.)
Also on my father's side, my paternal grandmother was a Crowl (earlier, Crowls, originally Krulls). They immigrated from Dundee around 1710 (part of the Scottish Settlement around Oxford, in Western Chester Co, PA), so I could wear the Dundee District tartan.
Other ancesters on that line, the Pennocks were from Cornwall, so that would open up the Cornish general tartans. And the Davises were Welsh, so that would justify Welsh National, and maybe the new Welsh family tartans include Davis?
Bluebonnet (Texas District Tartan), of course, being a Texan.

On my mother's side, Grant (Allanson, a surname of the Allan sept). Also the Carolina District tartan.

And then I'm a longtime resident of Nevada, so I could wear the Nevada tartan (which is really nice looking.)

Mostly, though, I'm content to stick with Grant, which I was raised to think of as "mine" and Hunting Grant, which is so widely available.

Will Pratt

[Rob Wright]

Douglas and McBride for me.