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iayork t1_iu4be82 wrote

Reply to comment by Kaalmimaibi in Is it possible that only 4 moose imported to Newfoundland in 1904 could produce a viable modern population of 110,000 today? by SlipCritical9595

European royalty were pretty much the opposite of “a long period of low-level inbreeding”, so no.

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Kaalmimaibi t1_iu4e05b wrote

The data here indicates the predominance were second cousins and it’s been going on for a thousand years. What degree of relatedness and timeframe is necessary then?

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Alis451 t1_iu4o4ta wrote

> second cousins

these aren't actually any inbreeding, second cousins are functionally strangers.

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iayork t1_iu4kjqp wrote

Are you arguing that the royalty of Europe have entirely gone extinct due to inbreeding? Or are you arguing that occasional members showed deleterious recessives, while most (like Charles) have been spared those effects, as you’d see with purging of recessives?

I know you just made a throwaway joke, but if you’re actually going to make an argument of it, you should think through what you’re actually claiming.

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