Quote Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC View Post
The possible exception I can think of is this.

Clan loyalty was not just by blood or fathers surname. Anyone could pledge loyalty to a clan by taking an oath and agreeing to serve the chief and clan when called upon.
This is exactly why I brought up the MacLeod analogy earlier. I'm a member of a Denver based MacLeod clan, and I will wear a MacLeod tartan as soon as I get one. Do I have blood relation to it? No. But they are locally my clan.