Should husband and wife be in same colour family

[CollinMacD]

My wife at formal events will wear my family's Tartan, MacDonald Clanranald.

Traditionally, from what I was taught in my Nova Scotia household, the wife wears the husbands tartan as she has married into his clan, even if she is from another Scottish Clan. In turn the son's normally do not wear the tartan of there Mother's Clan, but of their father's Clan. This is per Nova Scotia traditions, and I am sure it came from Scotland. I wanted to buy a Chisholm Tartan Kilt, (my Grandmother's clan), but was STRONGLY advised against it, stay with MacDonald.

So that being said, my wife at Scottish games and other non-formal events wears the Nova Scotia Tartan to honor my MacDonald heritage from Nova Scotia. Why did she choose this? Mainly in remembrance of my Nova Scotia Family connections, but simply because she loves the blue plaid.

My wife has some Scottish through her father, but mainly is Polish, (Mother was all Polish), and Father English, German, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, and I am sure more European mixes per her DNA testing. So she wears the MacDonald Clanranald, or MacDonald Modern Dress, during formal events, and informal naturally the MacDonald, modern and ancient, and the Nova Scotia Tartans.

But who is going to argue when her first name is Margaret, now that is Scottish right?