(via Minute Earth) There are several ways to think about ancestry, and all of them suggest you have fewer unique ancestors ...

The Whittaker family, known as the most inbred in America, lost their home in a fire, forcing them to live in 'cramped ...

Home of America's 'most inbred family' burns down over unknown reasons as charity fund set up to help rebuild their lives in ...

Paul is one of the most important characters in the Dune books and movies. He is a product of inbreeding, born after meticulous planning and by mixing the Atreides-Harkonnen bloodlines, capable of ...

The NHS is grappling with increasing numbers of birth defects and other genetic conditions linked to first-cousin marriages, as British MPs debate whether to outlaw the practice. Former ...

The genome of a once-endangered songbird shows extensive signs of inbreeding, according to a new study by Penn State ...

Children of this type of inbreeding are also twice as likely to be treated for an illness requiring antipsychotic medicines, like schizophrenia. Marriage between first cousins is legal in ...

One of the most famous modern day examples of cousin-related inbreeding is the Whittaker family from Odd, West Virginia. Siblings Ray, Betty, Larry and Lorene, as well as her son Timmy ...

The macaque monkeys featured in Launceston's City Park will die out and not be replaced if the council adopts its proposed plan to sterilise the troop. The mayor says there is no longer a way to ...

The doctoral dissertation of Aslak Eronen, MSc, entitled "Hybridization of landlocked and anadromous Atlantic salmon: Potential genetic rescue in a population threatened by inbreeding" will be ...