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Essays on family history

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Genealogies reduce the lives of family members to names and dates, but families themselves also have lives, the subject of family history. Family history starts with the adoption of a surname and, if the family long survives in the male line, it will inevitably reflect the radical social changes of recent centuries, especially increasing mobility, urbanization and distribution of wealth. However, the ultimate fate of the great majority of patrilineal families is extinction, with a consequent loss of surnames—a loss more than compensated by new surnames contributed by immigrants and foundlings.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21399435

Author: STEWART, ALEXANDER DONALD

Language: English

Topic: Biographical and Historical Analysis

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7169214014

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