Scottish Clans in the Lowlands

Another piece of my conversations with Prof. Ali Cathcart regarding a controversial topic. Even though Lowland kindreds my not have used the term 'clan', were many of them set up and operating like a Highland clan? What do you think, and why do you feel that way?
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[@ConfusedGoat13]

I would like to hear more about the Gordon clan/family, they were an extremely powerful family that tends to get overlooked. I would also love more history of Aberdeenshire/Aberdeen, as it is also overlooked and hard to find history on.

[@smccowan7106]

been reading about history of my family. Mccowan family. and read back to where they were in lowlands of Scotland and far northwest England. supposedly were there for thousand years or more.

[@williamcathcart7994]

I am a Cathcart from Charleston S.C. Best wishes.

[@redbeardsbirds3747]

Representing Clan Hamilton ! 🪓🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

[@kiltedhiker1982]

I would love to learn more about the Craig family. I've seen where they lived in both Highlands and lowlands. My grandmother was a Craig

[@thescottishclans]

The real question with the Craigs is whether they were a clan. There were landed, aristocratic families like England had all through Scotland. Then there were clans. How do we know which was which? We'd have to define a clan, which is harder than you'd think. My definition (which I don't presume the authority to expect that everyone adopts it) is that there is a chief of a broader kindred than his own family. He sees himself as their chief and they see him as the same. We'd also look for some kind of cooperative effort with this group on the basis of their kinship. Unfortunately this is easiest to see in conflict (feuding, war, etc.). Finding something like this is a good indication we're dealing with a clan. Now, just because we can't find it doesn't mean FOR SURE that they weren't a clan but we might consider the possiblity. I thought the Kennedy's of Carrick might not be a clan because the most common histories didn't show anything that looked clannish. Then I discovered the work of Hector MacQueen, who provided ample evidence they indeed operated as a clan.

[@JeanC.-cu2lp]

Where is the Wallace clan. No one mentions them. It was Stuart that turned William Wallace over to the English

[@annayoder4332]

i heard a lot of wallaces, possibly changed their named after it all to avoid being killed themselves. so its sorta a mystery !