myfuntimes t1_j9vlevo wrote
Reply to comment by NewCanadianMTurker in TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511
I’ve been to the island. Yes, inbreeding is a problem there. There’s actually some disease or something named after the island.
A lot of the tomb, stones on the island have the same two or three last names.
Also, they really aren’t super isolated.
benefit_of_mrkite t1_j9vo11m wrote
Randvek t1_j9wvkvd wrote
Jesus. With a modern American diet, that just makes you a fucking time bomb.
bros402 t1_j9x3j2f wrote
sounds like they have a family wreath instead of a tree
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