Yeah I mean I understand OP is a lighthearted joke but the aggressive way Chinese language/culture demands I be aware of how I fit in a family tree is something I've never liked and always experienced as hostilehttps://twitter.com/jeannette_ng/status/1330728940646830082 …
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yeah, that makes sense. I was honestly trying to think of any reason why you'd need that level of detail for anything but nobility and such antiquated shit would be it.
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You don't have to have a noble title, in the olden days all inheritance of land and property and so on was transmitted that way, and everyone in a family was supposed to be aware who outranked whom in terms of authority/seniority
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Complicated by the fact that English succession is semi-agnatic, whereas German succession is true-agnatic—hence why Victoria didn’t get Hanover
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