[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Paternal counts for nothing, unless you've got a lab far beyond the ken of the 18th century!

Founding fathers and people of that time period were patriarchal. Precedence was to the man. Women didn't even have right to vote. The founders were smart. Things went downhill after women's suffrage.

[DiogenesLamp]

Founding fathers and people of that time period were patriarchal. Precedence was to the man. Women didn't even have right to vote. The founders were smart. Things went downhill after women's suffrage.

A video on this subject which you might find very interesting.