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faustianredditor t1_iw1xh15 wrote on November 12, 2022 at 8:49 AM

Reply to comment by WAJGK in The effect of the First World War on names, in France [OC] by bjco

Highly unlikely. That's not what the casualty rates of WW1 would look like. The sudden uptick is completely inconsistent with that. Why would you have the same ratio of deceased fathers after one week as after half a year?