In medieval London, 1/3 of the people per generation died, and the lost population was filled by rural migrants. So it is reasonable to think that the surviving British Populations may be descendants of farmers.
But by analyzing the wills of ancestors, the relationship between wealth and descendants was revealed. The conclusion is exactly the opposite of what was originally thought.
Research shows that the rich have always had more than the poor. The children survived. The modern population of Great Britain is largely descended from the upper economic classes of the Middle Ages.
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