I found something interesting about the family crests, or at least in my case. Both Johnson and McEwan family crests are similar. Some friends I had look up their family sides were drastically different. Probably doesn't mean anything though.
My family name has 2 or 3 different coat of arms depending if I trace back to Ireland, or even further back to Scotland. 3 different clan badges. And the family motto is "ratione non vi" by reason, not by force.
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