Van der Walt · sedert 1727

Claim your place on the one tree

Three hundred years, one family. By blood or by bond, there is a place for you. Adopt the family mark, find where you belong, and receive your own achievement. It is free, and it is yours.

By birth or by bond, the door is open. One true shield, your true place.

Step one

Find your place

Start with what you know. We will estimate your generation, then help you find your exact branch.

Your name

Your birth year

The parent you descend from

The van der Walt you joined the family through How did you join?

Step two

Your motto

The shield is the family's and never changes. Your name, your place in the line, and a motto are what make it yours. The motto is yours to choose.

Your motto

"Van die woud", of the forest, the meaning of the name itself. Keep it or write your own.

Yours

Your achievement

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The registered shield, unaltered. Only your name, your line and your motto are personal.

Your email (so we can confirm your branch) I agree that my details may be stored to place me on the family tree, to show my name on the public tree once my branch is confirmed, and to contact me about my branch. See the privacy note.

Next, when you are ready: your full personal story, the line written in prose, from Gaele to you.

Your place is held · one of the founding 300

Now, tell your story

Where do you come from? A place, a memory, the people who made you. Anything you write helps us find your exact branch, and one day becomes your own story, the line written in prose from Gaele to you. This part is yours, and entirely optional.

I am happy for my story to be saved with my record and, if I choose later, turned into a written keepsake. See the privacy note.

Could you help build this?

The founding 300 are the family that makes this happen. If you have something to give, even just interest, tell us. Optional.

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