Finding out more about Celtic families/clans

[collwen]

I'm curious.

To those who are clansmen/women of Celtic families/clans:
What sort of relationship does one need to have to "claim" (for the lack of a better word) a clan heritage?

I've done some digging, and my maternal line great-grandmother appears to be of mixed Scottish and Irish blood and named Elizabeth Lamont. Lamont is one of the Scottish Highland clans (which settled into Conwal from Ireland).

I'm interested in checking this out, but is my blood "too diluted" to consider looking seriously into this?



Elizabeth Lamont MacIntyre (my grandmother) married Elmer Hydorn [her mother died while giving birth to her and her twin sister. They were raised by a set of aunts]
Elizabeth Lamont Roberts died August 9 1905 (great grandmother) married Malcolm Roberts

The Lamont clan motto is "Ne parcas nec spernas" which means "Neither spare nor dispose/scorn".
Links: Lamont Clan Tartans
US Clan Lamont webpage seems to be broken for me at the moment, so here's the other "main" webpage for the clan: The Clan Lamont Society- UK

Comments

[rstormcrow.livejournal.com]

http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_lamont/

We have a winner ;-)

The tartan too!

http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_lamont/tartan.html

[rstormcrow.livejournal.com]

Oh, the paternal side too
http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_macintyre/

[(Anonymous)]

I'd say a clan upbringing.