this has been a very interesting thread.

Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
... As a general guide one should wear your father's tartan and only that.I know that is hard for some to understand,but on the whole we in Scotland,particularly in the Highlands,go along that line.
so Jock, where would a person stand if like in my mum's family the father is English (going back to at least 1730 that i've traced in the family tree) and not "entitled" to wear a tartan but the mother has family in Aberdeen going back to the 1600s?

would you allow them to wear the mother's taran?