Your tartans and Why?

[AL-58]

Buchanan Modern(13oz wool):
My Clan through my mother whose maiden name was Buchanan

Gordon:
I wanted a darker tartan, preferably a green that would not stain so bad for camping and general use.

Heritage of Scotland(16oz PV):
It was the theme at my cousins wedding, I liked the Blue/Purple tones, I wanted another kilt(while i was in Scotland) and my wife had got some complimentary items already

Future acquisitions:
Nothing soon, but a Black Stewart and Antique Buchanan would be nice.

[Raptor]

I'm fairly boring:
A number of modern Gordons
2 Dress Gordons
1 weathered Gordon
2 plain black (ok, not a tartan, but still...)

yet to be obtained:
more weathered Gordon
ancient Gordon
ancient Watson
Dyer
Skene

[sirdaniel1975]

Tartans I Own:

Gunn Ancient my Surname is Williamson
MacLeod Hunting Modern really like it & my surname is Williamson, even though my family has typically assocciated with Clan Gunn
Black Watch my Great Great Grand father was in the Royal Scot's Dragoon Guards

Tartans in the near Future

MacDonald haven't decided whether I'll get MacDonald or Of The Isles (My Great Grandmother's maiden name was McKluskey, her ancestors migrated from Ireland to Clan Donald Territory.)

Glasgow Modern my family lived there in the 19th century

"MacPherson" or " " Hunting one my family names is Gow

Unidentified Family Artifact Tartan as soon as I'm $$ able to I'll get this registered and have Matt make me a kilt in this Tartan, this might be my next Tailored Kilt

[glenlivet]

Unidentified Family Artifact Tartan as soon as I'm $$ able to I'll get this registered and have Matt make me a kilt in this Tartan, this might be my next Tailored Kilt

Did you ever id the mystery tartan? It kinda' looked like it might be a Drummond tartan or Perthshire district tartan.

[Tim Little]

I prefer some sort of family/personal connection, but aesthetics are a significant factor.

The current collection:
Mackenzie modern -- paternal grandmother's family

Wish list:
Mackenzie weathered -- as above, but better for less formal occasions
SWK black shadow tartan -- fashion tartan
Maine -- wife's family
Cape Breton -- we spent our honeymoon on the island
Hearts FC -- my adopted team (the SPL's version of the pre-2004 Boston Red Sox)
Highland Granite -- fashion tartan
Scotland Forever -- fashion tartan
X Marks -- of course!

Pending review:
Scotland's National -- nice, but awful close to the Mackenzie modern
Capercaillie -- fashion tartan/good cause
Isle of Skye -- fashion tartan
Macdonald of Clanranald -- there are supposed family connections through my maternal great-great-grandfather (MacCash), but I haven't been able to flesh them out and I'm ambivalent about the tartan itself

Of course I'll probably find more to add to the list as I keep going....

[Carolina Kiltman]

Don't know why I didn't post here before: Current Kilt, MacLaine of Lochbuie, 13oz Tank. I wanted something fitting for our never very cold climate.

Ancestors:

Mother's side: (born in Tobermory, Mull, 1900.)
McFadden (a sept of MoL, but they have their own tartan, both dress and hunting)
Boyd her Maternal and Paternal Grandmother's name

Father's side
Ross
Leslie

Next in line: MacLaine of Lochbuie hunting, modern

Currently have material I picked up in a fabric dump, unknown tartan, if it is actually one. I m going to try my hand at Kiltmaking on these two first. . . Pictures will be posted when I start.

[Riverkilt]

Well this is fun!

Paternal side

Macdonald of Kingsburgh for my ancestor's living on the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye.

Macdonald of the Isles for my Skye lineage

Generic Macdonald

Isle of Skye for a district tartan.

Gordon modern, Gordon red, and weathered Gordon for a strong line that crossed the Bozeman Trail in 1866 amid the Indian Wars.

Cameron red and black for Catherine Cameron the wife of my 3 great grandfather who came from Skye to Cape Breton Island in 1856


Maternal side

Fraser for a rogue great grandfather from Glasgow

Buccleuch for its association with the Scotts

Scott modern red for my mother's mother's clan

Thomson gray for a suspected maternal line



Heritage

Scottish National, Ireland's National, saffron, Prince of Wales for my lineage to those three great lands


Service

Royal Air Force in honor of my father's service as a fighter pilot with the RAF in 1942 including the Dieppe Raid.

U.S. Army in honor of my father's service with the Army Air Corps in 1942-45 including being shot down at Kassarine Pass. Also his little brother Don's service with the 157th Infantry Regiment - The Thunderbirds - carrying a Thompson submachine gun across France and Germany and being with the first company to liberate Dachau.

Leatherneck in honor of my late little brother's service with the USMC including time as a drill instructor. Also my cold war efforts in 1965-66.


Groups

The X Marks the Scot tartan for the fun on this board

The Warrior tartan to get a lot of purple to wear for domestic violence days and functions since I'm on the board of directors of our local domestic violence shelter.


The other tartans I own were purchased just because I like them and they offered variety back when I was wearing kilts to work daily.

Ron

[Colin]

Well this is fun!

Hey Ron, didn't you mention that one side of your family had come through Nova Scotia? I had my Nova Scotia tartan fleece blanket camping this past weekend, and I was reminded how nic eof a tartan it is

is this on the future possibilits list?

[Riverkilt]

Aye Colin,

Three generations lived on a farm at Skye Glenn, Nova Scotia. I've been back and forth between the Nova Scotia tartan and the Cape Breton Island tartan...both on my list...but right now, trying to let my plastic cool off some...

Ron

[Galloglaich]

MacDonald of the Isles Hunting Weathered:because my paternal family is a sept of Clan Donald South (MacDonald of Dunyveg & the Glens) from Islay. I really like the weathered variation. The kilt I wear the most.

Loud MacLeod (Lewis/Dress) (Greatkilt): First kilt I ever bought. At the time, I had just traced some of my maternal ancestry to the MacLeods (no idea if Lewis or Harris branch). My daughter wears this tartan when she participates in highland dancing competitions. She always gets compliments. I'm not a big fan of yellow, but I gotta say-this is one beautiful tartan. Also, makes a great "terrible tartan" at Steeler games.

Blackwatch (Greatkilt): No real claims (except a few loose Campbells in the distant woodpile), other than the fact that it's an awesome tartan and is considered to be fairly "universal".

Something that looks like a weathered version of Blackwatch (Greatkilt): Not really a tartan, but it looks good. Makes a good loaner if someone else wants to wear a kilt to a re-enactment etc.

Other claims remaining to be fufilled:
MacDonald: both boys have modern MacDonald kilts, now I have to get one too (might make a perfect family portrait).
MacDougall: great grandmother.
Montgomery: other great Grandmother.
Antrim/Ulster districts: some paternal ancestry settled there.
O'Neill: on my paternal grandma's side. Love the tartan.
U.S.A: proud to be American, but don't really like the tartan too much.
Islay: supposedly a tartan is in the works, but I haven't seen it yet (maybe someone here has...)
Connaught: a branch of the family has been established in the Sligo area since the 14th century. Not my direct branch, but since the tartan is so cool, I'd be willing to bend a few "rules".
Pennsylvania: I'm Pennsylvanian. Beautiful tartan.
X-Marks: This forum rocks!
U.S. Army: In honor of my father's service in Vietnam & my Grandfather's service in WWII.

Wife's family: Cameron, MacLennan (& MacDonald too).

All the other various & sundry universals, etc. Not particularly looking for anything else, but if I spied a good deal, I'd get it.

There is also some German & Norwegian blood scattered throughout the branches of my family tree. Although there are tartans created or adopted for use by those type individuals, I don't think I'd really wear them.