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Clan

f you have Scottish (or sometimes Irish) ancestry, sooner or later you’re likely to come across reference to your family belonging to a clan. A clan is a kinship group, sometimes (but not always) with shared descent from a founder member, whose descendant may be the present-day clan chief. ‘Septs’ are surnames or clans that are associated with a particular clan, usually because of historic links relating to land tenure or hereditary service to the clan chief. The Court