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Title: Habsburg Jaw Linked to Inbreeding
Post by: mirth on December 02, 2019, 04:03:01 PM
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/12/02/Habsburg-jaw-likely-caused-by-inbreeding-study-finds/2431575301278/
Title: Re: Habsburg Jaw Linked to Inbreeding
Post by: Cyrano on December 02, 2019, 05:41:02 PM
Very strange to find this as news.

I was taught that in grad school...you know, before there were computers and stuff...
Title: Re: Habsburg Jaw Linked to Inbreeding
Post by: mirth on December 02, 2019, 06:00:06 PM
Now it's official!
Title: Re: Habsburg Jaw Linked to Inbreeding
Post by: Staggerwing on December 02, 2019, 06:48:19 PM
Makes me wonder if Crispin Glover has some royal blood in him...
Title: Re: Habsburg Jaw Linked to Inbreeding
Post by: panzerde on December 03, 2019, 05:29:46 PM
Very strange to find this as news.

I was taught that in grad school...you know, before there were computers and stuff...

IKR? I was kind of surprised to read this. I mean, they pretty much knew this back when Charles II of Spain droolingly snuffed it in 1700. At that point the Hapsburgs had been marrying their cousins for 300 years already. Maybe no one had an ancestry.com DNA kit to test with, but for crying out loud, just look at the man.
Title: Re: Habsburg Jaw Linked to Inbreeding
Post by: bob48 on December 03, 2019, 05:31:13 PM
He was definitely near the front of the queue when chins were being handed out.
Title: Re: Habsburg Jaw Linked to Inbreeding
Post by: panzerde on December 03, 2019, 05:33:33 PM
Makes me wonder if Crispin Glover has some royal blood in him...

(https://allthatsinteresting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/habsburg-jaw-of-charles-ii.jpg)(https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/crispin-glover-3.jpg)

Well. There ya go.
Title: Re: Habsburg Jaw Linked to Inbreeding
Post by: Staggerwing on December 03, 2019, 07:09:55 PM
Ha- I knew it!!