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Also, Hughnon is married. Therefore it is likely he has (as yet un-named) children and grandchildren? --[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 08:28, 29 March 2010 (UTC) | Also, Hughnon is married. Therefore it is likely he has (as yet un-named) children and grandchildren? --[[User:AgProv|AgProv]] 08:28, 29 March 2010 (UTC) | ||
But wizards are generally eighth sons of eighth sons, so would that mean that their father had at least 9 children. Then again, that doesn't seem to account for the number of wizards mentioned in the UU, unless a lot of people have a lot of children. --[[User:Confusion|Confusion]] ([[User talk:Confusion|talk]]) 05:47, 9 March 2014 (UTC) | |||
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As remarked on the page, in the British upper classes on whom Discworld's upper classes are closely modelled, practice with surplus sons (after the all-important heir) is to pack them off to the professions in order of perceived competence and ability. The military, law and academia appear to be favoured: but a consistent theme is that of religious orders being reserved for the younger and thicker.
Does this suggest there may are/have been older Ridcully sons, perhaps long-dead in one of the Sto Plains' many wars? It certainly suggests Mustrum Ridcully (Arch-chancellor) is older than Hughnon Ridcully (priest) whose birth-year is likely to have happened in the time-period 1915-1920 (he isn't that much younger than Mustrum).
Also, Hughnon is married. Therefore it is likely he has (as yet un-named) children and grandchildren? --AgProv 08:28, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
But wizards are generally eighth sons of eighth sons, so would that mean that their father had at least 9 children. Then again, that doesn't seem to account for the number of wizards mentioned in the UU, unless a lot of people have a lot of children. --Confusion (talk) 05:47, 9 March 2014 (UTC)