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[quote=Anonymous]Old money is quite subtle but here are some possible get giveaways:

1. Middle name is usually mothers maiden (or old money fathers family name, I.e. Barbara Pierce Bush, an ode to her ancestor cousin President Franklin Pierce on her father’s side).
2. Does not speak about money the way average people do. The reality is, many old money families have lost their original wealth or do not have the massive amounts of wealth of new money like Jeff Bezos, but they have heritage, class and skin in the game, placing them in an elite class mere wealth can’t touch.
3. Old cars (sometimes), but it could be a second car for the family trip to the summer home or for hauling. It could include something like an old Land/Range Rover, a Volvo station wagon or some classic American car. The main car may be newer. 
4. Usually they have East Coast, including New England, Northeast or Mid Atlantic ties/ancestry, no matter where they were born or grew up. Comedian Alexandra Wentworth (married George Stephanopolous) is a descendant of the early English settlers who came here on the Mayflower. Obviously, George W. Bush was born in Connecticut but mostly raised in Texas.
5. Speak with distinction and do not usually have the local dialect accent, which is not accidental. [/quote]

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