The Clan System in Scotland

The first time a clan is mentioned in scottish legislation is macduff in 13 84. Most of scotland's av got a kinship and association base. The question is the balance? So typically people tend to preceed as clans where the balance in favour of kindred is higher. But that's complicated because a lot of people who take the name aren't at all related to the chief of the theyare taking the name because they are farming on the chief's land.