[OT] Whats your family Coat of arms and motto? :)

[CARNINJA68]

Animal on Coat of Arms: 3 Griffens, Country: Ireland (I'm Canadian)
Motto: "I would rather die than be disgraced"

[Munchiebox]

Really like this thread.

MacQueen clan from Scotland.



Crest: An heraldic tyger rmine holding an arrow, pointing downwards Argent pheoned Gules.
Motto: Constant and Faithful.

Another Crest associated with clan MacQueen look likes some Clegane type shield.

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[The Unknown General]

Where did you guys go to find your coat of arms and motto?

[jomas]

Where did you guys go to find your coat of arms and motto?

Some families are pretty easy to track, especially Scottish families with Clan tradition, while not used for the same purpose of old, family clans is a source to draw pride from.
If you are Scottish, it's possible your surname is associated with a clan name, like my mother's is Sutherland, which is a highland clan. It's also possible you're name is a Sept of one, like on my paternal side there's Williams, which is a Sept of clan Gunn.

If you aren't scottish, maybe your family holds a heirloom or something. It's very possible you don't, I never got such thing, my last name being Dance I very much doubt it was a very noble family, but if you look online you'll probably find some kind of coat of arms.
They're generally made up, it seems people make money off of creating coat of arms off of surnames, slapping them on a mug and selling them, but it's still pretty cool to look on the internet for.

You might even find out your name actually does have significance in history if you look into your family tree.

EDIT: Here's a link to a site that does that kind of shenanigans, while I don't buy anything, it's fun to see the kinds of surnames you can find.
http://www.houseofnames.com/
You can also just google your surname and coat of arms I suppose.

[Fürst Frederic]

Google your surname and try to look for family trees or some thing like that. I got lucky and found a family tree for my mothers side of the family that seems to be true. I traced my lineage back to 1918 using that family tree, so it was pretty useful. If you just want a coat of arms the google your name and "coat of arms" and then look on google pictures. Most of the shown coat of arms are fakes, but there are some legit ones. Also ask your parents/grandparents if they know anything about your heritage.