• @Kecessa
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    878 days ago

    Incest must have been going on further back in their families because first cousins do have higher risk of genetic issues but it’s barely higher than normal if it’s a first occurrence (hence marriage between first cousins being legal in most places even to this day).

  • Diplomjodler
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    358 days ago

    I’m sure he wasn’t the first to notice that incest had negative health effects.

    • @[email protected]
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      118 days ago

      And yet, it was witchcraft.

      “Those damned heretics!.. May the Divine smite them down each time we cousins clap cheeks!”

  • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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    8 days ago

    I’m pretty sure the effects of inbreeding have always been well known.

    Sorry to ackshully, the joke was funny