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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The concept of a bloodline is incoherent.

Since the number of direct ancestors doubles every generation you go back, individual lineage is closer to a bowl of spaghetti than a family tree.

Every generation you go back, you share less and less genetic markers. You share exactly 50% of your DNA with each parent, about 25% with each grandparent etc. Eventually you'll find a direct ancestor with whom you share no DNA markers. It's 12 generations back, on average.

So, go back a few hundred years, and you're not genetically related to anybody. Go back a thousand, and everyone's list of ancestors is indistinguishable.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

...So you're saying it's OK to fuck my cousin

[–] Capricorn_Geriatric@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends on how far removed the cousin is. Literally.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Nice, she moved like 1,000 miles away, so it's SO on next family reunion!

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 day ago

If he's okay with it, I don't see any issues.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Even fucking a sibling is okay (probably,) from a genetic viewpoint. It's when you have multiple generations doing it when you run into trouble. Genetically speaking.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

That's assuming you have a family tree and not a family column.