To get a succinct answer to your question from an officer of The Court of The Lord Lyon, google "What is a Clan? by Crispin Agnew."

I was briefly a member this year. Found nothing of interest and most of what I did find concerning my family was full of errors. I spent most of my time correcting those errors. I was hoping to have...

The badges on the sporrans are much clearer with the enhancements to the photo and I can see the device now, that of the Gordon Highlanders. Excellent work to get the question answered.

There is a sett in the tartan so it is not hodden grey. I tried to scope out the badge but there is no detail, of course. So, got out John Gaylor's book on badge collecting and leafed through some of...

If there is a badge on the bonnet, that would help but without a photo there is no way to answer your question.

Let me help you with a couple of things in your statement that need to be reconsidered as far as timelines go:
1. It is not likely that John MacDonald, father of Samuel was in the Jacobite cavalry...

A "plaid" is an article of clothing. The pattern of the material used to make the plaid, is tartan. I think that is what Terry is saying and he is not being picky, just accurate. The use of "plaid"...

Too bad they did not get the blessing of the authorities before doing that. Apparently the people who run the battlefield looked the other way for awhile and something must have happened to trigger...

You will have a great time at Stone Mountain. I have been attending regularly for almost thirty years and still look forward to it.

I met your chief at Grandfather Mountain in 2005 after hearing a...

There are Scottish Robinsons and the name was used in Scotland, recorded in various records, since the early 15th century. There are, as mentioned by the other respondents, numerous spelling...

Sure Tom...

There are quite a few folks who wear Wilson tartan with their Gunn crest badge and it is perfectly appropriate. Henderson used to be worn quite a bit, until they found their chief and...

Not so at all. The Chief of Clan Gunn has a son who has three daughters. Unless something changes, the eldest girl will be chief at some point.

A derbhfine is actually a meeting of leading...

I have been in touch with John Gunn the Younger, son of the Chief, regarding the Clan Gunn Crest Badge. John says the question of whether the badge would be changed, since Iain's badge is different...

Sorry to hear it. I met Danus at Loch Norman some years back. He was an interesting person and very forward thinking. He will be missed.

My son and daughter-in-law got married at Homewood Castle in Asheville, NC on July 30, 2005. They had the ceremony outside in a kind of amphitheater. It was warm but not excessively so but the...

It is my understanding that all this crest badge business has little antiquity relative to the antiquity of the clans of Scotland. Just when it became the custom for clansmen to wear their chief's...

The first step for a clan without a chief would be to hold a family convention to elect a commander. The Clan Gunn did so many years ago when it elected the current chief's uncle as commander. That...

This book has been published before, in the US, by SCOTPRESS, and for a lot less money. You might contact them to see if copies are still available. It is pretty interesting and covers some obscure...

I read a similar article in The Highlander. Interestingly my clan, the Clan Gunn, which has always billed itself as the Viking clan, is seeing mixed results from DNA testing. There are quite a few...

Here is some news in which all Gunns should be interested:

"On December 22, 2014 Lyon Morrow accepted the Petition and appointed John Malden Esq, Unicorn Pursuivant to supervise a Convention and...

I am a member, past president of the CGSNA, Honorary VP in the UK Society and US Liaison Officer for the UK. Great group of folks.

You look just fine and I am sure you feel as good as you look. Some times stuff just happens and it is hard to find a reason for it. I became diabetic at 64, 13 months ago for no apparent reason; no...

Sept is an Irish word meaning family. It is used frequently prior to the mid-19th c. but before that time nobody considered that there was or should be a list of family names related to the Clan or,...

I have read the first book and am almost through with the second. My wife has read all three. We are certainly not the age group they are directed to as we are both "senior citizens", but we ain't...

I really do not care Albannach very much. I have had to listen to that drum pounding too many times while vending at the games to enjoy them. If you would like to hear some very good traditional...