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

**Antoniusz** · November 20, 2011, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by IrishBlood

that is a pretty bad ass coat of arms

Thanks!
Also I found the motto. It's Amor patriae nostra lexin latin, so in my bad translation to english it should be like "Love to our homeland, our law".

**IrishBlood** · November 20, 2011, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by saxdude

Are these supposed to be real coat of arms??

MInes real anyway, and all the irish one's i've seen posted here. The vast majority of European family names have a Matching coat of arms.

Im really glad i started this thread, those SIgils and sayings are pretty cool

**lh197** · November 20, 2011, 07:57 AM

The crest of Clan Malcolm. Motto translates to "He has Attempted Difficult Things". Need to set up some kind of blood feuds with these Campbells of Cawdor

**A_Dane** · November 20, 2011, 07:57 AM

@Irish blood: Pretty sure that statement isn't true mate, might be true in Ireland, but here in Denmark I know no one, who actually has a Coat of arms...

**Kiliç Alì** · November 20, 2011, 08:19 AM

In Southern Europe neither.

Could anybody translate "Per ardua"?

I may be wrong, but it's half of the latin motto "Per ardua ad Astra", wich means "to [reach] the Stars by [accomplishing] hard tasks".

**Danscall** · November 20, 2011, 08:54 AM

Per ardua is the first half of the motto of the royal air force 'Per Ardua Ad Astra' which is 'Through Adversity to the Stars'. So 'Per Ardua' is 'Through Adversity'.

**IrishBlood** · November 20, 2011, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by A_Dane

@Irish blood: Pretty sure that statement isn't true mate, might be true in Ireland, but here in Denmark I know no one, who actually has a Coat of arms...

really?? I know its true in Ireland and Britain, and to my knowledge in france and germany too, maybe its just western europe?

**saxdude** · November 20, 2011, 10:44 AM

MInes real anyway, and all the irish one's i've seen posted here. The vast majority of European family names have a Matching coat of arms.

Im really glad i started this thread, those SIgils and sayings are pretty cool

Silly europeans, well i might as well have one myself, since im in this thread:

Blood for the war god

The crest of Clan Malcolm. Motto translates to "He has Attempted Difficult Things". Need to set up some kind of blood feuds with these Campbells of Cawdor

Please do so.

**Lordinquisitor** · November 20, 2011, 11:20 AM

You are making me jealous. That`s it! I will contact my family in america and will ask them whether they know something about our origins. I have already found several coats for families with the surnames of some of my ancestors (3), but i won`t claim one of those without having some evidence to back it up.

**~~TheXand~~** · November 20, 2011, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by lh197

The crest of Clan Malcolm. Motto translates to "He has Attempted Difficult Things". Need to set up some kind of blood feuds with these Campbells of Cawdor

CLAN WARS!

**Sandy** · November 20, 2011, 12:32 PM

By the looks of my family crest one of my ancestors really liked elephants. I'd quite like to make my own family crest though - my maternal side are called colombi and so i guess my personal crest would be a column on a sandy beach! Heh

**Kiliç Alì** · November 20, 2011, 12:44 PM

@Danscall Adversities. It's plural. And Stars can be interpreted as "great deeds", so let's say
"to great deeds through adversities"

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**Soviet** · November 20, 2011, 01:37 PM

The surname 'Davis' has roots in all kinds of places, so there are a few variations on it.

Irish:

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Welsh:

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English:

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Motto (Welsh): Heb Dwuh heb ddym, Dhuw a digon

Motto (English): Without God without anything, God is enough

**~~TheXand~~** · November 20, 2011, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Soviet

Motto (Welsh): Heb Dwuh heb ddym, Dhuw a digon

That sounds like a plea for help from someone having a stroke.

**Lord of Lost Socks** · November 20, 2011, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by saxdude

Are these supposed to be real coat of arms??

Mine is.

**A_Dane** · November 21, 2011, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by IrishBlood

really?? I know its true in Ireland and Britain, and to my knowledge in france and germany too, maybe its just western europe?

Jup, know a few norwegians, swedes and germans (not representative in any way), but neither of those has a coat of arms either

**Lord of Lost Socks** · November 21, 2011, 09:08 AM

There are coat of arms in Finland and Russia.
I'm finnish.

**A_Dane** · November 21, 2011, 10:37 AM

Not saying there isn't any, but I think it's more widespread someplaces, like the UK and especially ireland/scotland, than others, it is atleast not a common thing amongst the people I've met..