Question for those who only wear tartans in their bloodline

**duffy794** · 1st November 12, 01:37 PM

to clarify. Once I figure Gunn or Colquhoun out I will get a nice kilt made from that.

The red was merely for casual occasional wear.

**Grizzly** · 1st November 12, 02:23 PM

I presume you have looked at the Wilson Tartan itself that is red based and is available in Lochcarron Strome or in DC Dalgleish fabric. Both are red based tartans.

Lochcarron Strome

Dalgleish 15oz

Both the above are in modern colours but Ancient varieties are also available.

**Tam Piperson** · 1st November 12, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Grizzly

I presume you have looked at the Wilson Tartan itself that is red based and is available in Lochcarron Strome or in DC Dalgleish fabric. Both are red based tartans.

That is the tartan I would go with if my surname was Wilson. It's a large sett, but it is wonderful to look at, visually very stunning.

**Tam Piperson** · 1st November 12, 02:24 PM

I agree with the opinions of the above gentlemen. I have quite a few ancestors who bore various different clan surnames several generations back; but since I don't bear the same surname as my Forbes or Henderson ancestors for example, I wouldn't feel comfortable wearing a kilt of those clans' tartans, since I am not a member of those particular clans, even though I am descended from ancestors who were by blood; which is why I wear tartans that are associated with my surname, having inherited that through my direct paternal line.

**Tobus** · 1st November 12, 02:27 PM

If your surname goes to the Gunn clan, then I'm with Father Bill. That's your clan. I'm not sure why a clan association would refuse to have you if your surname is tied to it. (?)

That said, I'm a Colquhoun (on my mother's side, as my father's name is English), and we'd be happy to have you.

**cessna152towser** · 1st November 12, 02:39 PM

The Wilson tartan is not strictly speaking a clan tartan as there is no Wilson clan as such. As far as I am aware the surname simply means son of William or Son of Will, and the tartan was invented by Wilson's Mills of Bannockburn in the nineteenth century. Of course it is a beautiful tartan and as I have an Irish great-grandmother whose maiden name was Wilson and from whom my mother's middle name was Wilson, the Wilson tartan is one which I wear from time to time and I don't need to ask any clan chief or anyone else for permission to wear it.

**duffy794** · 1st November 12, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by Tobus

If your surname goes to the Gunn clan, then I'm with Father Bill. That's your clan. I'm not sure why a clan association would refuse to have you if your surname is tied to it. (?)

That said, I'm a Colquhoun (on my mother's side, as my father's name is English), and we'd be happy to have you.

Oops let me clarify. No society has said no. I just was looking at the different societies and I noticed some of which I had distant blood ties to required a 3 generation rule for membership. I did not talk to them at all.

I fall into the category of wanting to wear tartans I have some tie to, but I don't think I will be of the one clan, one man, one tartan crowd. I want to wear different tartans but I want them to mean something.

I had not seen that color of the Wilson. I need to look at it more. THANKS!

I am trying to figure out what i would consider my "primary" association, but I want to talk to my family members before deciding that. (maybe a dna test) but i thought it would be ok to buy a p/v kilt for knocking around in until I could figure Gunn or Colquhoun for a tank.

The red came in because both of those are blue/green and I wanted a contrast, so I was looking at my ancestors with an associated red kilt. I want to ask permission for distant relations so I looked at the associations, and saw the rule. And well yall are helpful so I thought I would get the opinions of the folk who wear various kilts of who they have ties to.