I guess I should ask this here.
So, how far back do most clan societies like/accept members? I.E.-> could a great, great, great grandmother (all maternal) on the mothers side be "just as good" as a father's mother? Do non-paternal line members tend to get a "second class" membership, even id not so officially?
I am curoius, as like many here, I have a lot of my Scottish blood though maternal lines. I have heard MANY variations of opinion on this topic over the years and was wondering what some of the clan society folks here thought.
THIS is less relevant in actual tartan wearing, but may be an issue in some clan societies.
My MacNeil links are through my mother's father's mother Kate Neel (who married a Wilson), while the Wallace link is HER mother. Yet, I favor (in many ways, including physically) that part of my family. When I visited the town where they lived, I was asked if I was related to the Neels, even before I said who I was. BUT, because they are maternal links, would I be "blackballed" from some societies?
(Yeh, I know I'd be fine in the Wallace group, as they are pretty open to all even interested in the Wallace family.)

In hopes, this thread may help others,