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in reply to a message by Underhiskilt
Patterson is a bog-standard English patronymic: Patrick's son. A gazillion totally-unrelated families bear this name around the world, some of them of Scottish origin, some of them not.
And it's nearly certain that you don't _have_ a "crest". Any website or company that tells you otherwise is fraudulently trying to sell you something. See for example https://www.fleurdelis.com/nofamilycrest.htm or https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/resources/faqs for some explanations.
And it's nearly certain that you don't _have_ a "crest". Any website or company that tells you otherwise is fraudulently trying to sell you something. See for example https://www.fleurdelis.com/nofamilycrest.htm or https://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/resources/faqs for some explanations.
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