Good for you!

You had expressed sadness at the fact that your sons didn't seem to be carrying on your traditions (at least the heraldic ones), so I'm very pleased to read that you confronted it and did something about it!

My mother always insisted that the "Swans" in my family tree were Irish, because the earliest birthplace we could identify was Cork in 1799. Some research on my part soon showed that my fourth great grandfather and his wife were in Ireland with the military to put down the "1798 Uprising". I'm still digging through any of the old military rolls I can find from the time to try and determine if he served in a regiment or went along in a support role.

But this isn't my thread, and I apologize for being long-winded. It's great that the traditions are alive and that your children love and respect you enough to keep them alive - that says a great deal about you as a father.