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  What it means

  “There’s no family without a degenerate.” A variant of the same idea: every family has at least one member who brings shame or disgrace. No family tree is without a bad branch.

  English equivalent

  Every family has a black sheep.

  Vocabulary

  • ród — family, lineage, clan
  • wyród — degenerate, black sheep, one who has fallen from the family's standards

  Grammar note

  'Rodu' and 'wyrodu' are genitive forms. 'Wyród' is derived from 'wyrodzić się' (to degenerate, to turn out badly).

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