Ahh, so it’s the side of a tree with some made up attribute?
Comment on Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"?
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Blood line is a literal line of blood between the family. In-laws don’t count. It’s important when talking about royalty and you trace back whether someone has actual “royal blood” or is just an in law that married into the family.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 4 days ago
Baaahb@feddit.nl 3 days ago
I mean, the people of a bloodline is a literal descendent of a specific person, while a family tree shows people who marry in as well.
The fact that you dont place value on knowing exactly how generically related you are to the person you wanna bang is fine, but to say its “made up” is stupid. Its made up in exactly the same way every part of human culture is made up.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Genetics isn’t made up, and I’m not talking about incest either. Royalty however, is made up. Tracking that, especially after a couple generations is cool, but that’s about it
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I get you’re trying to do, but it’s almost disrespectful to say royalty is made up. Whether their grounds for ruling is still or not. Monarchies have had very, very lasting impacts on the world around us, almost never for the better. Going “Oh hahaha, look at them and their silliness” when many monarchs actively ruined countries, feels a little dismissive.
futatorius@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Yeah, it only matters for old-school animal breeders and royal genealogists. It’s a pre-scientific notion.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 days ago
When your family tree looks like a christmas wreath you understand why some of the lights are flickering.