Many people seem to think that single parent families and blended families were a rarity until the increased prevalence of divorce in recent decades. Genealogy tells a different story. In researching my ancestors and those of other people, I have indeed found very few that were divorced, but I have also found very few children … Continue reading How Genealogy Debunks Myths About History, #2: Nuclear Families
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How Genealogy Debunks Myths About History, #1: Marriage
My explorations in genealogy have led me to question a lot of conventional wisdom about the lives of people in earlier eras. One of the assumptions I had was that until fairly recently, most people married before age 30. There might have been the occasional confirmed bachelor or spinster aunt, but they were unusual. In … Continue reading How Genealogy Debunks Myths About History, #1: Marriage
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