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It is more complicated than that. There are Scottish Clan tartans, Irish Clan tartans, military tartans, generic tartans, then other plaids and check patterns. You're technically not supposed to use the clan or military tartans for anything other than their intended purpose, but the generics are open game.
Also doesn't help that the Scottish and Irish diaspora in North America is fucking massive even if you are just going by self identification let alone genetics. It's kinda inevitable that clan and military tartans would get misused eventually.
Also as someone who self identified as California-Scots let me tell you the fucken breadth and width of folks who identify as some variety of Scots and/or Irish is downright mind numbing, I've met fellow pals bastards like myself, Native Americans who integrated it into their families identity, and at least one black dude who's grandfather was adopted by a McNulty and who carried that name still. All of them are valid and I will disembowel and feed to the ravens any who disagree.