New here - need help with understanding Clans

[YorkshireClansman]

As an Innes I have a little bit of knowledge on how the Mitchel name relates. Technically for Clan Innes we could say their are many Septs, However most of these are mere spelling variations (Ennes, Dinnes and Innis etc.) and throughout history many of us were a bit naughty and got "put to the horn" (outlawed) so they changed their names thus they became associated with Clan Innes (McTary, Reidfurd, Middleton etc. And even the name "Marnoch" is regarded as a sept, Not sure the history behind that though. However there are two exceptions.
Wilson: The Wilson's who descend from the Wilson's of Littlefield are related to the Inneses by Marriage, And have since been regarded as a Sept.
And the Mitchel's of the Northeast are also related to the Inneses by Marriage.
Sadly however I cannot tell you who married who, or when for I don't know. But you're very welcome to wear any Innes tartan etc, You can even join the Society or even just join the Facebook page.
If you'd like any extra Information on the Inneses just say and I'll send you over a PDF file of a book written by one of the guys at the Innes Society. Since she came from Braemar it's hard to say if she would have had any relation to the Northeastern Mitchel family, But it is possible I'd say 50% 50% chance, And since Braemar is technically in Aberdeenshire then the chances are higher but I have no idea where the Mitchel's originate from. And the last bit: Innes tartan is mostly red

I was gonna write more about the Clan System but im too tired tonight, Basically think of it as this:

In the Lowland's it seems to be based on Kinship mostly, Where everyone in a Clan was related, But it wasn't taken as seriously as Highland Clans, Although families did feud against each other (the majority of feuding in Scotland happend in the Lowlands) and Chief's were recognised.
Wheras in the Highland's it was taken very seriously, The poor folk of a clan thought of the land as clan land, Not the lairds land etc, Not all Highlander's were related to the chief but just sharing the surname was good enough and you could lay claim to this land too and such.
This can be seen in the late 18th Century during the Highland and Lowland clearances
The Lowlanders survived it, They had no problem leaving their land, And because of the mutual respect between them and their lairds they didn't cause any problems and just moved on to small towns that were built for rural people, The Clans remained normal as they were more a kinship thing (like a large extended family).
But in the Highlands because people didn't want to leave the land that they thought of as Clan land, Sacred land almost, Along with the fact how fast everything happend, It caused the Highlanders to suffer greatly.

nowadays we have a more Highland perception of Clans, Personally I just see my Clan as an extended family of sorts, Treat other Inneses how I would my Brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles etc, We're all mostly related in one way or another, be it incredibly distant or very close I don't care. But I don't speak for everyone who is part of a clan so eh. I'm not too bothered about tartan's and such, But we shouldn't think back to history and say "oh no we can't do clans like this because in history..." instead we should be proud of the modern version of clans, no matter how much rubbish was made up about clans in the last two centuries. Scotland has it really unique here and it gives the Higher class people and the average common people something to come together with, For example it's very rare even in the modern day to see those rich high class folk mingling with working class people, But I've seen many societies where the Chief although he might be a rich duke or whatever, Will just sit down and talk about the clans and stuff with common people it gives us something to come together for which I find cool.