I've been thinking about getting an ancestral tattoo. Just one maybe on my arm that symbolizes my heritage.
The only problem is I'm a mutt!
I'm Scottish, Irish, Norwegian, French, and Cherokee. I'm imagining something with a Celtic or Pictish design with Viking Runes to start with. Maybe family names in each language. For example My Cherokee ancestors name in Cherokee script, Norwegian in Runes, and Scotch/Irish in Gaelic.
And my second choice would most likely be a phrase in Kanji "Masakatsu Agatsu" meaning "True Victory is Self Victory". Which would be a constant reminder to myself to keep up the unending effort to improve myself everyway that I can.