But seriously, how much “incest” does the average family tree really have? And I’m drawing the line at great-grandparents, anything less than that is unrelated imo.
Royals were doing multiple generations of first-degree incest, that’s on a completely different level from normal people.
There’s probably lots of first and second cousins who married in centuries past, though even most royals usually didn’t do as much inbreeding as the extreme examples like the ancient Egyptians and Habsburgs. It became pretty common to look for spouses all over the continent, that’s why so many of the european royal families are related in various ways; arguably that means that they were probably less inbred than the average villager in most cases.
Like I said, royals aren’t normal people. See the fabled family tree of the Ptolemaic dynasty:
But that only works if you have a family fortune to protect. Normal people would rather spread their children around and increase their chances of survival.
So for example: Cleopatra II was first married to Ptolemy VI, her brother, and had a daughter Cleopatra III. Then when Ptolemy VI died Cleopatra II was married to Ptolemy VIII, her other brother. Ptolemy VIII also took his niece Cleopatra III as his second wife.
Yeah, I can see that.
But seriously, how much “incest” does the average family tree really have? And I’m drawing the line at great-grandparents, anything less than that is unrelated imo.
Royals were doing multiple generations of first-degree incest, that’s on a completely different level from normal people.
There’s probably lots of first and second cousins who married in centuries past, though even most royals usually didn’t do as much inbreeding as the extreme examples like the ancient Egyptians and Habsburgs. It became pretty common to look for spouses all over the continent, that’s why so many of the european royal families are related in various ways; arguably that means that they were probably less inbred than the average villager in most cases.
Well the guy who got cut off in the screenshot has quite a bit
Like I said, royals aren’t normal people. See the fabled family tree of the Ptolemaic dynasty:
But that only works if you have a family fortune to protect. Normal people would rather spread their children around and increase their chances of survival.
Holy shit!
So for example: Cleopatra II was first married to Ptolemy VI, her brother, and had a daughter Cleopatra III. Then when Ptolemy VI died Cleopatra II was married to Ptolemy VIII, her other brother. Ptolemy VIII also took his niece Cleopatra III as his second wife.