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If their fathers were first cousins, wouldn't that make them second cousins?
by sopooneo 14y ago
If their fathers were first cousins, wouldn't that make them second cousins?
- tadfisher 14y agoNot necessarily; their mothers were sisters, and their fathers were cousins on their father's side (so both Albert and Elsa had the surname "Einstein").
- ams6110 14y agoFunny that when we think of inbreeding we think of low IQ as one of the common characteristics.
- unreal37 14y agoAlbert Einstein was not himself imbred. His mother and father were not related before marriage.
- lostlogin 14y agoI think Hitler falls into the category too - I seem to recall that his parents were distant cousins.
- tadfisher 14y agoThe actual consequences of inbreeding are overblown by most. First cousins have a 12.5 percent chance of passing on a set of recessive gene expressions, which is about the same chance as an ordinary mother in her 40s.