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15th September 18, 01:06 PM
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Shaun,
I think you're over-thinking this. In the modern world, clans are "ideas", albeit official in the case of clans which have a chief recognized by the Lord Lyon. The whole clan/tartan/bagpipes phenomenon is culturally a Highland thing.
Historical, the Nixons were a reiving family in the Borders. Have you read George MacDonald Fraser's book, The Steel Bonnets? It would be a great introduction to the particular history of Borders families and their culture.
David
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