I love this thread! Great stories, everyone!

When my husband and I first started dating 16 years ago, he had mentioned to me how he always wanted a kilt. He wanted to wear one to our wedding, but we never had an actual wedding (we're hoping to have a vow renewal someday and change that!). He finally purchased a SWK Standard in Black Stewart and loves the whole kilt/accessory thing (he also wants to start training for the Highland Games when he drops a little more weight).

One of his great grandmothers (I think, I have trouble keeping my own family straight) always said she had Scottish ancestry. We're still trying to look into his genealogy, but he did discover Welsh ancestry (he also has Danish, Swedish, Italian, and a few others like German, I believe). He was so thrilled to at least discover the Welsh, because although he knows he can still wear the kilt, it really bothered him that he couldn't find that Scottish connection yet (plus, it made it harder for him to find tartans he likes). He has seen some of the Welsh tartans and loves them! The great thing is, I would be more than happy to wear those as well because my last name (Griffith) is apparently of Welsh origin (I still need to research my genealogy mysteries, augh! Why do all of our trails just stop??).

Speaking of me.... My Dad told me that his mother and her mother both thought they had Irish ancestry. While looking into kilt information for my hubby, I decided I wanted to get back to my genealogy searches (I dive into it heavily and then take long breaks from it). I discovered one of the names (Grant) was of Scottish origins, and then I was contacted by someone researching their family. She not only gave me a few more ancestors that I didn't know about, but told me one of hers (McNeill) married mine! That totally had me hooked on looking into tartans of my own, aside from the Griffith tartan, of course. My Dad hasn't been in good health the past few months, and I wanted to get something tartan because I was feeling left out. SWK finally got some of the Irish National in my size in the Thrifty line, and I bought one. Although I haven't found my supposed Irish ancestors, the tartan makes me think of my Dad and I'm glad I bought it (I also sent photos to my Mom to print out for my Dad to see).

I would still love to trace my ancestors back so I can travel to the places they came from. I'm also hoping to find out for certain if the names I have are correct, where they're from, and add more tartans to my list. And I'm determined to find out the mystery of Christopher's supposed Scottish ancestors.

Until then, we have plenty of tartans we can get and enjoy. Now to just get more extra cash to buy them, and finish losing weight