RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoDoppelgängers Don't Just Look Alike—They Also Share DNA. New research finds genetic and lifestyle similarities between unrelated pairs of “virtual twins”www.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square69linkfedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down16
arrow-up1332arrow-down1external-linkDoppelgängers Don't Just Look Alike—They Also Share DNA. New research finds genetic and lifestyle similarities between unrelated pairs of “virtual twins”www.smithsonianmag.comRegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square69linkfedilink
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoI mean, iirc there’s no genetic reason first cousins shouldn’t have kids, I doubt third cousins would be a problem.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoFirst cousins not having kids is generally good since it prevents the founder effect from getting too bad or long term inbreeding like with Charles of Spain or really any European royal.
I mean, iirc there’s no genetic reason first cousins shouldn’t have kids, I doubt third cousins would be a problem.
First cousins not having kids is generally good since it prevents the founder effect from getting too bad or long term inbreeding like with Charles of Spain or really any European royal.