Quote Originally Posted by Don Patrick View Post
If I'm correct and if my ancestry possesses the family name that matches a sept or a clan, I submit I'm empowered to wear the tartan of that clan. I understand this to be true from the Clan Chief's web site and believe I can safetly say that several if not many others on this site agree.

Is there some flaw in my assumption?

The clan system is dead, the clan system has ceased to exist for many, many years. Clan societies etc. nowdays are nothing more than a club for people with similar sounding last names. In scotland people pick out tartans by what colours and patterns they like. ANYONE can wear any clan tartan wether they are chinese, english or scottish.