Quote Originally Posted by gilmore View Post
It's irrelevant whether my clan ancestors would accept me. Likely they wouldn't. I am sure I would not accept some of them.

Clans are history. The clan system had been in decline for centuries before they were actively suppressed after the '75 uprising. The past is the past, and immutable. Only schizophrenics and prevaricators hold otherwise. The clans one's ancestors were in may be an interesting relic worthy of conversation (or they may not,) but to actively and knowingly misrepresent things for one's own present day self-aggrandizement is a different kettle of haggis.


Fair enough. Just wondering how you view all this, as I am coming from a prospective that I should not wear a clan tartan because the connection is too far back, and has too much non-Scot history inbetween; so picked a more relevant, non-clan tartan to stick with... I agree, though, picking a clan tartan, then making up a connection to it is not a good approach to this.