He is alluded to in the coat of arms of the chief of Clan Cameron, as a likeness of him appears as the supporters holding a Lochaber axe.

Acknowledgement of Donald's parentage did not suffice according to laws of hereditary succession, the consequence being that Ewen, an unmarried man, died without "legitimate issue".

[8] Donald was raised by Corunan MacLachlans, the earliest cadet branch of Strathlachlan to leave Cowal, and hereditary standard-bearers to Cameron of Lochiel.

Donald intervened in time, saving the young 16th chief of Clan Cameron, another heroic act, but Allan's mother was banished from Lochaber forever.

[1][7] [14] By the 18th century, his descendants carried the surnames MacInTaillear, Macintaylor, Taylor and Tayler and still lived on the Cowal peninsula.

(Mackenzie, 1875, pages 526-530)[15] Donald's legacy is preserved in the double black lines of the Taylor sept's tartan, designed in 1955 by Lt.Col.