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== [[Real Life]] ==
* Ancient Romans had a belief that psychological and moral attributes were [[In the Blood|passed down geneologically]]. As a result Family Honor could actually decide elections.
*In places where family honor is important, relations are memorized by everyone because they are the resume. To know someone's relations is to know who will pay back a bad loan. It is also a way to know who will beat you up if you hurt that person.
**Missionaries in places like this have sometimes been interested to find that the unending family records in the Bible which are excruciatingly dull to many Westerners often turn out to be among the most impressive to the local congregations for just that reason.
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