Family Name and Clan

[gilmore]

So, what you're saying is, even if you have descent and heritage you can't be in a clan unless you're a real Scot?

Dude...

I may be mistaken, but I surmise that what is being said is that no one anywhere---regardless of ancestry---can at the moment be in a Highland clan since they haven't existed for several centuries, and when they did, they were only in the Scottish Highlands.