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Particle, French nobility
Blog | French genealogy know-how

Particle is not always synonymous with nobility

Your family name is Delavergne, Delaborde, Dufour, Desmas, Deboise… Does this mean that you are descended from French nobility? In this article, I explain the origin of the particle and its link, or not, with the French nobility.

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