Message from @NormanLord
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i'm descendant of horselords
get shrekt
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Everyone in Europe has a family crest lol
Or at least in Ireland and the UK
Not sure about the rest of Europe if I'm to be totally honest
But half of them are fakes anyway that are just used to sell merch to Americans
In France only names with "de" are nobility
De Bourbon
De Valois
Etc, that's how their titles work
In Ireland and Scotland we have clan names so somebody with any name was once a noble
So there was once a McCarthy Mór who was top dog of a given sept of that clan
While there were also plenty of McCarthy's who were manual labourers
In England so far as I'm aware the rules regarding heraldry are still quite strict but most all native names will have some at this point
Even dirt common names like Smith, Mason and Baker do
Well yeah they're real but far from rare lol
Of course it depends which Hammond's and how far back you're talking as well
OMG hoseyss here!
Lol
Like Robinson's from Scotland descend from clan Gunni, who were Vikings, or from a random lad called Robin, or even from a Jewish origin from "Rabin"
Hammond is not Anglo Saxon anyway anything ending in "mond" is Norman French origin so far as I can remember
True
Every family has its chads and it's disappointments
I'd focus on my families American history if I were you tbh, you're unlikely to find your English ancestors to any degree of accuracy
They could've lied about their name coming off the boat, plenty of Irish people just gave fake English names and claimed they were Protestants to fit in better
This is about as specific an answer as you'll ever find
Well as I said it isn't an uncommon name
I gotta poo but it's 5am
How closely related to them are you though
kk
Lmao
was just looking at mine
and most of the notable events are people of the same surname dying in shipwrecks
or having their ships sunk
that's just bad luck, surely
looks like we should stay away from the ocean t b q h
all the best people do