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Even today Norman surnames (compared to Anglo-Saxon/Celtic) are massively overrepresented in the wealthy in the UK, from an event that happened nearly a thousan
by dukeyukey 5y ago
Even today Norman surnames (compared to Anglo-Saxon/Celtic) are massively overrepresented in the wealthy in the UK, from an event that happened nearly a thousand years ago. Individuals might rise and fall through social/economic classes, but families as a whole are pretty sticky.