The Disney Family Coat of Arms

[Aurora_25]

It also depends on your culture of origin, and the wealth of your family. There is a lot of history involved. Not everyone hails from Europe, and for the vast majority of those that lived there (back in the times before many of our families left), staying alive from day to day was hard enough without the additional burden of coming up with a family crest. What on Earth would a poor oppressed peasant farmer want with a coat of arms? In my grandfather's culture, you didn't even carry a name from one generation to the next. You just took your father's name and put "son" or "daughter" after it. That's worth the trouble, making a new coat for every new kid that comes along :lol: not to mention that you then had countless unrelated people who then had the same last names.

Edit- well, this is some interesting reading:


http://genealogy.about.com/library/tips/blcoatofarms.htm

http://www.fleurdelis.com/nofamilycrest.htm

http://www.fleurdelis.com/coatofarms.htm

http://www.britainusa.com/faq/showfaq.asp?SID=397

http://www.jaunay.com/crest.html

Worth nothing- the sites that claim the opposite are all selling something :lol:

That is true- plus why would the Royalty and wealthy want to give the poor working class crests or a coat of arms. To them the working class was nothing so why would they make an effort to bestow them with such a "gift"

 

[Woody13]

The fact of the matter is that some people like to believe in the fantasy that they are descendant from rich, noble or important families. Various unscrupulous companies play off of this gullibility and sell all manner "heraldic research". All of it is genealogical junk!

 

[Connor002]

not to add fule to the fire but, i believe that not every family has a crest, coat of arms, ect., now lets just stop and think for a second- the practice was centralized, if not restricted to Europe- now lets just think, what if you coem from africa or asia or the americas. what happens then? how is it possible to have such things if you probally neither understand nor know about?

we do not know of any crests in our family, whether you trace my anscestry back to Ireland, Germany, or Ukraine. I've accepted the fact that i come of middle/pesant class families. But i certainly find it irrating when soem try to play dress-up in there ancestor's success. there is a difference between being taking interest in you history, and reveling in the fact that your ancestor's were "special"

this post was not ment to offend anyone who has posted in this board

 

[Erika]

The fact of the matter is that some people like to believe in the fantasy that they are descendant from rich, noble or important families. Various unscrupulous companies play off of this gullibility and sell all manner "heraldic research". All of it is genealogical junk!

I'm descended from a man who got into trouble in Sweden and was run out of town by an angry mob :lol: AND I'M NOT ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT! :sohappy: :king:

 

[MouseMadness]

I'm descended from a man who got into trouble in Sweden and was run out of town by an angry mob :lol: AND I'M NOT ASHAMED TO ADMIT IT! :sohappy: :king:

Gosh dammit, I"ve been newly inspired to look up MY family history! :sohappy: :lol:

 

[Woody13]

Gosh dammit, I"ve been newly inspired to look up MY family history! :sohappy: :lol:

Heck, you're a Premium Member. You just need to go to the PML and Gordon will bestow some royal title on ya! :kiss:

 

[MouseMadness]

LOL I admit I've been curious to know what mine would be. :lol: I just never did it cause I always figured that, like every other aspect in my life, I'd get one just before everybody decided it was no longer "cool". :lol:

 

[Connor002]

my ancestor killed a goose and had to flee the country :lol:


ok, long story, but she did kill a goose and leve the country, though tecnicly the events were not realated

 

[Aurora_25]

LOL I admit I've been curious to know what mine would be. :lol: I just never did it cause I always figured that, like every other aspect in my life, I'd get one just before everybody decided it was no longer "cool". :lol:

You don't have one!! Hmm, I need to talk to someone about that....:lookaroun You'll always be cool

 

[disneylands]

Does anybody have a picture or know what it looks like?

3 red dragons on a field of white, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/4thgenaccord/Rennaissance/YardCrest2b.jpg

 

[Woody13]

3 red dragons on a field of white, http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/4thgenaccord/Rennaissance/YardCrest2b.jpg

If you squint your eyes, you can see the hidden Mickey.