Family Tree Names

Senusret I · #1 10-15-2010, 11:27 AM

You can start by using symbols from your sorority and them remixing them....

So say one of your symbols is a peacock.... you could take one of the colors in peacock feathers and make it a "thing." Like the Purple Passion family tree, and you give amethysts as gifts, and your personal sets of letters are in purple.

Basically it doesn't have to be a "theme" as much as it can be an idea that leaves room for creativity in future generations.

mayor13 · #2 10-15-2010, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Senusret I

You can start by using symbols from your sorority and them remixing them....

So say one of your symbols is a peacock.... you could take one of the colors in peacock feathers and make it a "thing." Like the Purple Passion family tree, and you give amethysts as gifts, and your personal sets of letters are in purple.

Basically it doesn't have to be a "theme" as much as it can be an idea that leaves room for creativity in future generations.

Thanks for the idea. One of our symbols is the nautical star...our mascot is a phoenix...kinda hard to work with that but thank you.

btw didnt realize this was in a sorority specific forum, sorry for the hijack!

33girl · #3 10-15-2010, 11:54 AM

If your mascot is the phoenix (which FYI is also the symbol of a national sorority and I think a national fraternity as well) you could have the Fire family.

MysticCat · #4 10-15-2010, 12:09 PM

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If your mascot is the phoenix (which FYI is also the symbol of a national sorority and I think a national fraternity as well) . . . .

At least two fraternities -- Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Phi -- have the phoenix for a symbol. Something tells me there may be at least one more, but I can't think of what it might be.

mayor13 · #5 10-15-2010, 12:18 PM

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At least two fraternities -- Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Phi -- have the phoenix for a symbol. Something tells me there may be at least one more, but I can't think of what it might be.

We assumed that other organizations might have the same mascot/symbol, but we had pretty good reasons for picking it considering the situation that we came out of.

MysticCat · #6 10-15-2010, 01:36 PM

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We assumed that other organizations might have the same mascot/symbol, but we had pretty good reasons for picking it considering the situation that we came out of.

I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. I was just responding to 33girl.

mayor13 · #7 10-15-2010, 01:40 PM

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I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. I was just responding to 33girl.

I didn't take it any other way. I just wanted to clarify.

Anyways, I was thinking of doing something along the lines of the Diamond tree, since I started my tree a little late so the whole "diamond in the rough" type thing. (Finding the perfect littles- for me!) but I feel like that may be unoriginal.