Employment has always been conditional on who one is related to, especially when it was a government job.
Very often true. Especially true in smaller towns and cities. In my area, Town Royalty nepotism has pulled up all the ladders, and has it all sewn up tight.
Locally sourced Government contract jobs, school district, and public works workplaces are just one big family reunion. It's so laughably obvious to long term locals that it's shameful.
One of my regrets is that when I was young and dumb, I didn't think to try to put a baby in any daughters of Town Royalty.
Those who do that have mysteriously never known job or housing insecurity ever again.