Reply #99: "more closely related than americans in general" isn't a synonym for "class defined by blood ties"

[Hannah Bell]

there is a ruling class. any two of its members are more likely to be related than any two random americans. however, it's not defined by blood ties in the manner of the crowned heads of europe.

and what i said re "upper crust," was:

"upper crust, who are more likely to have ancestry dating to the 1600-1700s."