Description: Do you believe you are descended from the aristocracy, or even from royalty? Or do you have a line of descent from a blue-blooded family, but want to know more? How far back do noble and royal lines go? How do coats of arms work, and how can heraldic records tell you more? How can genetics help you find your aristocratic origins?
Review Quotes: "offers an overview of the demographic history of the aristocracy in Britain, noting the near-certainty that all of us with any British ancestry descend from pre modern gentry. royalty. and of course the ancient Armenians, who scholars agree are the earliest royal dynasty which can be concretely connected genealogically to modern people of European descent with any degree of confidence."-- "The American Genealogist"