05 June 2008

Royal inbreeding exemplified


a topic that likely would be worth revisiting in a future post. Click to magnify.

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  1. From Wikipedia: "His great-great-great grandmother, Joanna the Mad, mother of the Spanish King Charles I who was also Holy Roman Emperor Charles V — became completely insane early in life; the fear of a taint of insanity ran through the Habsburgs. Charles descended from Joanna a total of 14 times — twice as a great-great-great grandson, and 12 times further."

    Fear of a taint of insanity ran through the Habsburgs? Well gosh. I wonder why ...

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