Bain Tartan Heavyweight 16ozIn spite of their name however, members of the Bain family was not in The Scottish Clan MacBean (McBain). They were actually a sept or branch from the Clan Mackay, another Highland Scottish clan. The family's founder is John Bain Mackay, otherwise called John Ban (Ban is Gaelic meaning fair, which means fair haired). John was the father of Neil Neilson Mackay who was the grandchild of Donald Mackay (died 1370) the head from Clan Mackay. Bain Tartan is