How Inbred is King Charles?

How Inbred is King Charles? Is King Charles England's Most Inbred King? Is King Charles Britain's Most Inbred King? As we know, royalty in history is incredibly inbred, as they performed inbreeding far too often. We know that Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were cousins, but to what extent does this make King Charles inbred? Whether you're into horrible histories, or whether you despite Queen Camilla, this video is for you!

Find out in today's video just how inbreeding has affected King Charles and the royal family. Turns out, there's some royal secrets still waiting to be revealed!

Stay tuned for my next video, where we will be comparing King Charles to other English and British kings and queens in history, and whether King Charles would be the most inbred king!

Music credit: Kevin McLeod - Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

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[OfficiallySnek]

For those who are wondering why inbreeding is so bad, it's because of the increased likelihood of inheriting identical copies of genes from both parents, which could include harmful recessive mutations

[Felisitus]

Fun fact: Iceland has an app where you can check how closely you are related to someone to try to stop inbreeding considering their smaller population.

[anomalyldn]

It’s actually CRAZY how much George V looked like Nicholas II of Russia (for those who don’t know, yes they are related)

[LM-tint]

When my brother was a little kid, he asked my dad why Prince Charles "looked so weird." Without missing a beat, my dad replied: "Inbreeding."

[jameseire]

To my fellow Shy Historian, I have the real rough number. The average person has 10, 000 discreet and separate ancestors. Charles Windsor has 1, 000 discreet and separate ancestors. Meaning that he is 10X more inbred than the average person.

[julianaylor]

Blame the power struggles of two noble German families.
You can understand why Queen Elizabeth's children and grandchildren were encouraged to pick partners, outside of royal circles, when possible. So it's probably a good thing that this has been the case. Inbreeding was the curse of many European monarchies in the past. However the worst examples of inbreeding in history, doesn't go to the Hapsburgs, it belongs to many Ancient Egyptian rulers.

[TexasHomesteaders]

That's assuming no one cheated and I'm sure that many did. Both of my parents turned out to be the results of affairs my Grandmothers had outside of their marriages. Without dna testing, we'd have never known this because they took that secret to their graves.

[Tuffydipstick]

It’s not only Charles then is it. It would also include Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.

[FloridaManSam]

Love that I wasn’t doing anything special, just looking at the recommended page, and see a video with that title. When you come across something like this you just have to sit down and say, “I got 13 minutes.”

[anthonyanth]

Fun fact. In Zimbabwe everyone belongs to a clan and it is strictly forbidden to marry someone from your clan and incest is taboo. This i believe was instigated by the ancients to prevent inbreeding.

[roberthansen]

Feel free to correct me but I believe that every British monarch from George 1 to George Vi were products of "cousin marriages." In most cases they were first cousins. Further back in history I believe that Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon were at least second cousins. It wasn't just royalty, back in the day people that worked the land (peasants) tended to stay in the same place for generations and cousin marriages were the norm not the exception.

[poxidog]

For anyone wondering 10% is roughly where we start seeing problems

[bite-sizedshorts]

One thing most people don't realize is that in the 1600s and 1700s in the US, there weren't that many people in each neighborhood, so there were a lot of 1st and 2nd cousin marriages. This holds true in New England as well as in the South. My father's parents were distant cousins, and all four of their parents were cousins as well.

[creamage.]

I recently did a DNA test and found some interesting things on one side of my family which included 1st and 2nd cousin marriages. They all grew up in small towns in rural America, so I honestly wasn't surprised. It was not as uncommon back in the 16th-19th century as some people would like to believe.

some of y’all seem to think this only happened in america and i just couldn’t imagine being that ignorant…also, my family is from the rural midwest, not Alabama…sorry to disappoint😭

[Vyjz]

My great-grandparents were first cousins and had five children together. It was found out, however, 20 years after their deaths that my grandmother's real father was a local bus company owner and my great-grandfather had been away in WW2 when she was conceived. So my grandmother isn't as inbred as she thought she was.

[mjrchapin]

So royalty can pretty much get everything they want, but they can't stop Mother Nature! Excellent presentation!

[Flipdrivel]

"Camilla is a secret cousin to King Charles. However, this is an open secret and withheld to the public at large." Sorry, I honestly don't know what you're trying to say.

[sweethistortea]

With Carlos II of Spain, I am shocked he made it to one year, let alone almost making it to forty.

[alvinabiesenbach-stricklan]

It may make you uncomfortable, but as you go back in history, the more closely related people who married tends to be especially if it's an isolated ethnic group. We're all more closely related than most people ever think about.

[silvermainecoons]

Wow, I loved this video! I can’t wait to watch the one about the Hapsburgs. I’ve been obsessed with inbreeding among royal families for a long time partly because I love history and partly because I’m a molecular biologist. Genetics was one of my favorite branches of biology in college. I’m so happy to have found this channel! 🧬