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20th August 06, 03:21 PM
#14
 Originally Posted by SSgt Baloo
Let me see if I've got this straight.
- As far as family/clan tartans go, I have a connection to Woods and Cooper.
- I may have a connection to some Irish tartans, but I don't quite understand how those work. Is it by family or geography?
- I may be eligible to wear some district tartans but how do I figure the connection to those?
- I could wear the US tartan or the California tartan because I'm a citizen of both.
- If I had lived in a state with an official tartan I could wear that tartan.
- If I were a member of an organization with an official tartan I could wear that.
- If I want to honor my branch of the service, I could wear the USAF/USAFR tartan or the "Mitchell" tartan.
- If I wanted to honor my late father's service in WWII, I could wear the US Navy tartan.
- If I wanted to honor my nephew's Army service (and the fact that the USAF started out as a branch of the army) I could wear the US Army tartan.
- If I wanted to honor my sister's service in the Coast Guard (yeah, my sister was a coastie
) I could wear the Coast guard tartan.
So... Have I gotten it right thus far or do I need further instruction (apart from the questions posed above)?
--SSgt Baloo
Genealogy is one way to determine which Scottish district tartans might be appropriate for you to wear; if you can trace your lineage to a particular town, district, etc. then you could wear that tartan. For example, if your great-great grandfather was from Fife, then the Fife District tartan would be in order. The same could be said for the Irish county tartans.
I personally like to see folks wearing district tartans.
Check out www.district-tartans.com
Cheers, 
Todd
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