Blue blood

How will you relate to the new blue blood trait? It seems to be given to newborns born into nobility.

I must admit it turns out I got this phrase wrong all my life thinking that blue blood was about royalty only. Now I looked it up and it can be used by anyone born into nobility/aristocracy/society. So it won't be restricted to my royals. It might equal to my existing system of seeing anyone born into a House as member of Aristocracy.

Not much info about this in game yet, but I think the game will assign this blue blood trait to all babies born to someone in the Nobility career. I don't know anything about benefits/disadvantages from this trait, but it might connect to the scandal system, or perhaps even more to marriage - most blue blood sims are probably expected to find a spouse with blue blood - or cause a scandal.

Another question is whether noble children not joining the Nobility career will keep their blue blood trait. Maybe the trait was needed to keep track on those sims that are not in the career? They should still be "blue blood", and suitable spouses etc.

During my RL research I found that the "blue blood" origins from Spain in 1811. It likely referred to pale skin where the veins are easier to spot. On a side note, they had not only blue blood:

"The nobility of Valencia are, by themselves, divided into three classes, blue blood, red blood, and yellow blood. Blue blood is confined to families who have been made grandees." -- The Annual Register

Today I think it has a broader meaning as society is more mixed. Hm, not even sure if blue blood is still used by others than glossy magazines?

I think I will use the new Blue blood trait as a way to see nobility from commoners, but for marriages I don't think a king's daughter should ever marry someone on level 1 of the Nobility career. So I might be more strict than the game suggests. Also, while I see powerful persons in my game (like the Prime Minister) as member of Aristocracy, they are not of blue blood.