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Originally posted by iccky
5th Cousins.
Whos says inbreeding only goes on in West Virginia?
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Fifth cousins? First cousins means one of your parents is a sibling of one of their parents. Second means grandparents, third means great-grandparents. Fifth means great-great-great-grandparents. Could you name your great-great-great-grandfather? I certainly couldn't. My great grandmother was born in 1890. I can only assume my great-great-great-grandmother was born at least 40 years before that. The original blood tie was 150 years ago. Or how about this? Your parents each represent half your genes. Grandparents one quarter. Great-great-great-grandparents represent 1/32 of your genes. Not nearly enough to be a problem.
I say inbreeding only goes on south of the Mason-Dixon line. Of course, those great greats I'm talking about for myself come from down that way...crap.