Canadian Wongs Earn Their Own Coat of Arms

Sure, the last names of Chinese people might go back for centuries and have our names dictated by weird poems that no one remembers, but what we don’t have is one of those cool coat of arms like Europeans. Well, worry no more if you are part of the Canadian branch of the Wong family, where their coat of arms have been unveiled: A panda and a polar bear holding a shield of a dragon and a phoenix resting on Canadian maple leaves. All of these Asian animals are to casually remind you these are a family of Wongs you’re dealing with, rather than a MacClaine or O’Connor, eh?

And while this coat of arms may be a little bit, uhm, off — “wong” literally means “yellow,” of which there are none. Don’t hate: I just wish there was heraldry for the Hsiung clan, except I know our coat of arms would just be of a family fighting.