Quote Originally Posted by longhuntr74 View Post
OK...I'm going to ask a newbie question here. Is there a good resource out there to research surnames as they relate to clan affiliations. It is my understanding that my surname is of English origins...Bavis now, but originally perhaps Baevis or something similar. It's a very uncommon name so I would never expect to find it on a list. There are some other family names (it seems mostly on my wife's side of the family) that I have found Tartans for such as Cooper and Young. I'd be willing to bet that somewhere a Webb (also English) would appear somewhere in a name list, though I haven't seen it as a pattern on any tartan sites. I guess I've already made up my mind to buy kilts that have some signifcance to my career of that I just find attractive. I have plans to get an Army Tartan kilt at some point...but I just recently put a downpayment on a Young Tartan kilt that has a combination of my specific Army branch colors in the weave. Should I be shunned for wanting to wear a kilt if I can't verify any Scottish heritage??

No, no, no. Kilts and the army go hand in hand. So what if you don't have Scottish ancestry. Wear your Army kilt with pride.