Submitted by bjco t3_ysedll in dataisbeautiful
SurroundingAMeadow t1_iw2ao4r wrote
Reply to comment by Retrospectrenet in The effect of the First World War on names, in France [OC] by bjco
At first I read your comment as a dark joke about unfaithful wives having kids with their deployed husband's brother, but then I realized that it makes more sense that the men who weren't deployed were naming their sons after their brothers who were deployed or killed.
Reddit has jaded me into assuming the worst in commentators.
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