tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32042844.post3852457987602317907..comments2023-04-27T10:19:29.962+02:00Comments on The Pirate Balthasar: Cousins MarriageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32042844.post-90821401901459295272012-12-17T07:35:19.284+01:002012-12-17T07:35:19.284+01:00Yes, I suspected it was one or the other. Isolatio...Yes, I suspected it was one or the other. Isolation is dangerous.<br /><br />and yes, it's true, I wonder how the haemophilia myth came to be. <br /><br />Most people think that haemophilia in European royal families is the result of inbreeding but it's the other way around: it spread because of inbreeding.<br />It was a genetic disease that started with queen Victoria transmitted to some of her kids (females) and because they married in other royal families they transmitted the illness to their children. Although it affects males it's transmitted by females.<br /><br />Some of Victoria's children were perfectly healthy and had no problems whatsoever though even though their parents were both Sax-Couburg. <br /><br /><br />For some reason the "Royal illness" has been attributed to inbreeding and has been extended to royalties centuries away from Victoria and that were not related to her in any possible way and even if we connect her with George III, well he had Porphyria not haemophilia, right?<br /><br />But constant inbreeding can create mental problems and deficiencies especially if the couples are double related (like double cousins) or they keep inbreeding like the Habsburg family. <br /><br /><br /><br />dedasaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08118053216478451902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32042844.post-23355963542243013422012-12-17T04:37:50.761+01:002012-12-17T04:37:50.761+01:00In the US I think the big issue is the inbreeding,...In the US I think the big issue is the inbreeding, not the Puritans. Early pilgrims and later pioneers all had problems with isolation within small communities. I've lived in a couple small towns that are so inbred that half of Prom dates are from 50, or more, miles away so they wouldn't have to take a cousin. =)Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728601732334008431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32042844.post-88725204765228847632012-12-17T04:19:32.132+01:002012-12-17T04:19:32.132+01:00Where I'm from in the US, the general opinion ...Where I'm from in the US, the general opinion of marrying cousins has to do with inbreeding, not Puritanistic influences. After people migrated west (1800s)they were often isolated in small communities for generations. Particularly if they were too far from the railroad line. I've lived in a couple of small towns where 60-75% of the population had at least one common ancestor, usually lots. Things like bright blue eyes, wall-eye, pigeon-toe, and almost albino white skin were very common traits. All the shared family lines seem to reinforce all sorts of good and bad qualities, and it's the bad that get publicized. Like, Britain's royal family's hemophilia, for example.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728601732334008431noreply@blogger.com