Just realized I did not really answer the original question, got distracted by MysticWolf's post. Boy, is Prester John starting a kilt revolution in Canton or what?
Anyway, back to the topic. I kind of did this backwards. Never was much into genealogy. Was at a Renn Faire last summer and thought it would be cool to wear a kilt. Looked into it and jumped in. No heritage, just the comfort. Then, I started getting interested in some of my heritage, mainly to see if I had any reason to wear a kilt from a heritage perspective. First thing I found was that our name appeared to trace back to Wales (on my birth father's side).Cool I thought, then when I attended the funeral of my uncle (adopted Father's brother) wearing my kilt, my other uncle mentioned that he had traced the family history all the way back to Scotland, the Dundee area! And when I reviewed what he had put together, I also found a grandmother from Ireland. So, started wearing it for comfort, and still do, but now also wear it for the heritage. I am waiting to get my first "heritage" tartan kilt. I can't decide whether to get a Dundee district tartan (the Irons family does not have a clan tartan), or one of the Welsh tartans to honor that connection. I will get both eventually, just trying to figure out which one to get first.
The kilt concealed a blaster strapped to his thigh. Lazarus Long
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