Submitted by mantasmark t3_zzuhay in GetMotivated
WhimsicalWyvern t1_j2dqekc wrote
Most people probably do not have 2048 ninth great grandparents. If you've come from a small village where your family has been for a long time... you're probably not even close.
mediumokra t1_j2dthxg wrote
Though at some point in the past.... Somewhere, my ancestor is the same as your ancestor.
WhimsicalWyvern t1_j2e001g wrote
True for literally all forms of life!
TheDieselTastesFire t1_j2e8v3k wrote
So what you're saying is.. I'm a fish?
WhimsicalWyvern t1_j2ec4co wrote
No, I'm saying you're cousins with a fish... several million times removed. (don't quote me on that number)
Phenotyx t1_j2eu688 wrote
A gay fish
You like fishstdicks
braveabandon t1_j2fk0oq wrote
I wish id seen this joke in an aquaman convo
DrSWil70 t1_j2f96xe wrote
It even has a name: "pedigree collapse". Especially high within european royal families.
road2dawn26 t1_j2dryt2 wrote
ew
WhimsicalWyvern t1_j2dsd2p wrote
Once you're a couple generations back, the risk of inbreeding is pretty minimal. Unless your village is extremely small and insular, or you're European nobility, you're fine.
road2dawn26 t1_j2dsige wrote
yeah I getcha, the pool of available humans only gets smaller as you go further back, I just couldn't pass up a good one word comment Lol
WhimsicalWyvern t1_j2dsm7x wrote
Fair enough!
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