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Re:Friends are as genetically similar as fourth cousins by pliny on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @02:27AM (#12077109)
That is less interesting, in the context of inbreeding, than any of them being products of first cousin marriage.
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Re:Friends are as genetically similar as fourth cousins by eru on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @03:26AM (#12077344)
I think Roentgen, discoverer of x-rays, was the product of first cousins.

(I bet Wikipedia has a list of famous persons being children of first cousins.)

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