The 'Lion Rampant' is a few hundred years before the 1800's and does not denote a 'family bloodline'. Certainly not one that is still traceable. I'm no expert but I do know that it predates the Domesday Book. About 1100 was when it was first used in Britain. Originating from Normandy/France prior to that. It was - and still can be - used to make a heraldic 'coat of arms' which is actually like a statement of sorts. Denoting things such as name, allegiance, place etc. No 'family' in ancient Europe (as its now called) would have had it as a standalone symbol. It would have been given to a knight. One, single, solitary, man. His family were not given it. The individual man was. Who that first man was, and IF he had any descendants who earned the right to continue carrying that particular symbol, is impossible to trace. You would need the birth certificates dating from circa 900AD up to the finder of this ring, to prove he was even loosely related to the family who had a male relative that was awarded this as his and his alone. Nobody can do that. Despite all early sources of information/records, nobody can say with 100% certainty who found America first, let alone who the descendants of him are.
Despite our own English records of heraldry, we are not able to give individual symbols their first recipient. The Royal family do not have a single symbol, so I think there is a way to tell if this belonged to a family living today, or not. And that is.....it is Not.
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