Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-1216896-20180421203539/@comment-756329-20180425020031

But like the "Haruno" symbol, certain families can have a symbol that is significant and identifies them. They aren't big enough to be considered a "clan", but they like us in the real world have a family crest of some-kind.

My family has a coat of arms and we are a "clan" status but that's besides the point; individual families OR individual people can have crests. Take the crests Shikaku, Shikamaru, and Shikadai where; it's not the clan symbol, but something that signifies them as a person or an individual family.