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<blockquote data-quote="ShirleyT1" data-source="post: 1615675" data-attributes="member: 365934">Many are valid.&nbsp; However, if one is valid it belongs to one man and one man alone. They certainly don&#039;t belong to surnames. To display one of those little walnut plaques, tshirts,keychains, coffee mugs with a coat of arms on it is usurpation of another&#039;s identity.If you have pride in yourself and your family, you certainly don&#039;t want to take on another&#039;s identity.Countries have different law.&nbsp; But coats of arms were granted to or assumed by an individual man.&nbsp; Now in Britain when a man is granted a coat of arms, all sons are eligible to apply and have one granted with some differences.&nbsp; Only the oldest son inherits his father&#039;s upon his father&#039;s death.Also frequently more than one man with the same surname, not necessarily related.&nbsp; were granted a coat of arms, all different.No one peddler that sells them on the internet, at shopping malls, in airports, in magazines will have all of them. They don&#039;t need to in order to sell to suckers.&nbsp; The only time they will have more than one is if more than one man with the same surname from different national origins were granted one. Then they will have one of each and there might have been others.See the links below regarding heraldry in various countries.http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.htmThis is the Britisn College of Arms. They grant coats of arms. http://www.bothwell.cx/arms.shtmlThis link regarding Bothwell arms gives the rules on Scottish Armshttp://www.heraldry.ws/info/article10.htmlThis is regarding Irish heraldryhttp://www.regalis.com/onom.htmThis is regarding Italian heraldryhttp://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/frherald.htmThis is regarding French heraldryhttp://www.szlachta.org/heraldry.htmThis is regarding Polish heraldry.France and Poland might be the only 2 countries in Europe where they belong to a family. However, they still don&#039;t belong to a surname.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ShirleyT1, post: 1615675, member: 365934"] Many are valid. However, if one is valid it belongs to one man and one man alone. They certainly don't belong to surnames. To display one of those little walnut plaques, tshirts,keychains, coffee mugs with a coat of arms on it is usurpation of another's identity. If you have pride in yourself and your family, you certainly don't want to take on another's identity. Countries have different law. But coats of arms were granted to or assumed by an individual man. Now in Britain when a man is granted a coat of arms, all sons are eligible to apply and have one granted with some differences. Only the oldest son inherits his father's upon his father's death. Also frequently more than one man with the same surname, not necessarily related. were granted a coat of arms, all different. No one peddler that sells them on the internet, at shopping malls, in airports, in magazines will have all of them. They don't need to in order to sell to suckers. The only time they will have more than one is if more than one man with the same surname from different national origins were granted one. Then they will have one of each and there might have been others. See the links below regarding heraldry in various countries. http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.htm This is the Britisn College of Arms. They grant coats of arms. http://www.bothwell.cx/arms.shtml This link regarding Bothwell arms gives the rules on Scottish Arms http://www.heraldry.ws/info/article10.html This is regarding Irish heraldry http://www.regalis.com/onom.htm This is regarding Italian heraldry http://www.heraldica.org/topics/france/frherald.htm This is regarding French heraldry http://www.szlachta.org/heraldry.htm This is regarding Polish heraldry. France and Poland might be the only 2 countries in Europe where they belong to a family. However, they still don't belong to a surname. [/QUOTE]

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