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Ancient and noble family from Marquina (Vizcaya). They are his weapons: Of gold, with a flat cross, at all trance, of gules, and cantoned of four panelas of azure. Silver border with eight sinople bases. Badge: "Audiam voces ad versariorum", put in gules letters a gold flyer. By references of historians of the time and others found by Araldis in the city and other private registry files, we could affirm, but not assure, that this shield or another very similar to it, initially appeared from the 11th to the 14th century, particularly in the construction of the house and the church in Roncesvalles, participating in the works paid for by Sancho el Fuerte de Navarra. All this seems to coincide with the family memory of some of the members of the Andariate family branch. The study of the family heraldic shield "speaks" to us of those who formed the origin of family A., because that was its function, that of manifesting its differential elements to others, since the inclusion of the cross element is the first figure used in heraldry and its meaning is the relationship of its members with the faith and the expansion of Christianity. The enamels of the weapon of the A. proclaim the following values: Gold is the symbol of the Sun, origin of life, its spiritual characteristics correspond to faith, mercy, temperance, charity and justice, on the other hand said enamel points to the family with happiness, love, nobility and splendor, that is, it is the noblest of metals.