“People should stop pretending that only royals were inbreeded. Before the industrialization,
“People should stop pretending that only royals were inbreeded. Before the industrialization, it was quite common to get married among relatives or cousins considering that the largest part of the population used to live small villages. You make fun of the Habsburgs but there is a high chance that your ancestors were looking pretty much the same. Marrying amoung cousins it’s still a widespread practice in Arabic and Indian communities even if they are not wealthy or aristocratic. This type of mentality is not a legacy of a high class only, unfortunately.” - Submitted by Anonymous -- source link
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