Quote Originally Posted by sirdaniel1975
Yeah, I noticed that a few clans are missing. Sometimes these sources stick to the Highland clans that were featured by Robert McIan and such.. Many more familys and such are more recognized as clans today and have active Chiefs.. Some were clans and were not feartured by writers like McIan.. according to some..

Personally, I think many sources should start to update their lists as to whom are actually clans... The funny thing is, there are those who do not consider some clans "Clans!" I get a big kick out of this... If there is a Chief, it's a clan! Some have Commanders appointed in the absence, and that I think is the exception. Anyway, I'm rambling.......
Fasinating thoughts. I would like to add a little in a Devil's Advocate mode and not as my opinion.

Is the fact that the clans are missing or is it a fact that they weren't clans in the first place?

The clan structure is based on historical fact (alledgedly ). There is a contention that "new" clans are not clans at all so therefore your contention of an update doesn't hold water as you can't rewrite history. The other contention would be that the clan structure is ever evolving so therefore the "new" clans have as much right to be included.

So I suppose it depends on whether you are a traditionalist or a modernist.

Quote Originally Posted by Tattoobradley
It's odd how many so called lists of clans often do not include "Henderson." Anyway, Henderson is cotton grass or "bog cotton." I think it'd look quite nice on a bonnet. I do need some more traditional headgear.... hmm... Great thread BTW. I'll post up some piccies if I ever get to that...
In my some of my references Henderson was not a clan. It was a sept of Clan Gunn so that is why you may not see it mentioned as a clan. In other publictions it is mentioned as a clan in its's own right. Very confusing. From reading my references there were Hendersons all over Scotland with the main Highland ones living in Glencoe who claimed decent from a semi-legendery pictish prince, Eanruig Mor Mac Righ Neachtain (big Henry son of king Neachtain). I did find that the Henderson line did terminate through marraige of their heiress into the MacDonald clan. Could this be the reason that they are not considered a clan anymore as their line closed?