You ARE A Product of Inbreeding- Here's Why

The Pedigree Collapse: If you go back in time, your ancestors will amount to over 1 trillion- much more than the Earth's population... so why and how did they all disappear? It's called the Pedigree Collapse and this informs us that not every one of your ancestors are unique individuals. Due to smaller villages, communities, and groups of people, marrying a relative was inevitable. In this video I explain more about your individual ancestors, ancient ancestors, distinct ancestors, and offspring.

#genealogy #inbreeding #familytree #history

[scotbotvideos]

Anybody who does their family tree (at least those who do it seriously, i.e. they're way past their 3x great-grandparents) would be able to tell you how inter-related we all are. Realisation for me was when the surnames of my classmates at school were popping up. They're not 1st, 2nd or 3rd cousins, but after that they'll be distant cousins, e.g.. we'll share a common ancestor from about 400 years ago.

[kevinlatham]

the bicycle had significant effect on western gene pool. it enabled young men to court women over a greater area especially in non urban environments . horses were expensive and required significant upkeep.

[Sandybawls_]

My Mom/Aunt is very offended at this video.

[Blockhog]

I don't even need to use statistics to reliably say I'm the product of inbreeding. My parents both know their common ancestor.

[GetToTheFarm]

i rescued a female Alaskan Malamute, when I ran her pedigree back, i found that in 8 generations, except for two outcrosses, every line went back to the SAME TWO dogs!!!!

[Belloking]

my parents are from separate countries so my gene pool should be healing now.

[jeffersonkee]

I use a website that can check to see if my parents are closely related. After all, Eleanor Roosevelt was born a Roosevelt and married one, so she never had to change her name.

[cargosquid]

My grandmother's paternal great grandfather was her maternal great great grandfather. Two sons. One married, his child married and had her father. The other son married, that son married, and the child of that was her mother.

In the same chain... two sisters from another family married brothers in my chain. I'm missing entire trees.

[j.b.]

I’ve found two places, one from each parent, where the family tree “doesn’t branch”. One is separated by four generations, the other by five, but still. Both times were in a small town.

[ShinigamisBlade]

This makes sense but it's not something I've ever thought about so thank you for putting the video together! I never knew pedigree collapse was a thing either

[hunchbackaudio]

When you look back in time at your family tree, the number of ancestors grow exponentially, at the same time we have more people on the planet than ever before. So this should have come as no surprise to anyone.

[ElizabethRussell]

My parents (born on opposite coasts) are 4th cousins!

[DaveTheRave-sdyc]

Oh man i wasn't expecting Habsburg chin to appear, thx for the laugh.

[uniquepolyglot]

I just discovered your YouTube channel because Youtube recommended me this video. I found this video interesting and I immediately subscribed to your YouTube Channel.

[Qrtuop]

My great-grandparents were cousins so... Yes.

[Ripped-Inflatables]

Somehow I met and married my 12th cousin. Raised in different states, met in a place neither of us was born, both of us had similar interests which led to us meeting. But much closer family marriages in the tree than us...

[isabellepelletier]

I researched my ancestry for about 11 generations (all lines, male and female). At that point (around the 17th century), during the French colonization of Quebec, the same couples repeat all the time. One couple is there 42 times!!!

[macgyversmacbook]

I’m related to French royalty, the Habsburg family included. I mean it’s cool to name my whole family but it’s still weird to know I’m related to Carlos the Bewitched

[Washu]

Roman Bellic : "Hey cousin do you want to go bowling?"

[justanotherhappyhumanist]

Jokes on Olivia, I’m not having kids.