Designing your own family crest is up to you. If you are not able to trace your crest back to a long time ago, then you can design one of your very own. Making sure you use the right elements in a crest, you can be creative. By looking at the many books and websites on the net, you can get a good idea of what they look like, and lots of ideas from them. By knowing your heritage, or something about where your family originated from, you can then use that symbol as the main part of your design. Then around the main symbol, you can add items that pertain to your family in present day. For example, if your family like to play a certain sport, then you can add that to your design. If  there is an animal or symbol that represents your passions, then add that. Remember, this is your family crest design, so you can make it what you want.

 

By looking in books and on the internet, you can find symbols that represent many Irish tattoo designs. From the lion, to the four leaf clover, designs that represent you and your family are out there. Many people like to trace their lineage back in history, and by finding out their family crests, this can tell them about about their family.  By tracing the lineage, you can find out if you had kings, and queens, to poets and adventurers in your family of long ago.

 

A good place to start is by looking at the different meanings of the symbols on the coat of arms or crest. Since each symbol has a meaning, for example; an acorn means strength, apple represent happiness and peace, and the drum means ready for war. The list of symbols and meanings is vast, so by looking at a book, or searching on the internet on sites like; Fleurdelis.com, you will find everything you need to design an emblem.

 

 

There are no rules as to the design of your own family crest. By looking into your past, this can give you great insight as to what your lineages did before you. Creating one of your very own is also a good idea, as when two people marry, they each bring with them separate family backgrounds. So joining them into a new crest is a wonderful way to start the new line with your family. This way your crest can have symbols from both parents, bringing them together in one crest which represents their union.