All About Hemophilia, The Royal Blood Disease

For centuries, hemophilia was a dangerous genetic disorder with no treatment. Children with hemophilia often didn't make it to adulthood, since a bump or fall could cause massive internal bleeding. But why was hemophilia known as the royal disease? In the 19th century, royal intermarriage meant Europe's royal families shared a small gene pool. And Queen Victoria, the product of generations of cousin marriages, carried a rare genetic mutation that caused hemophilia. She passed it on to three of her children who went on to marry other royal families and spread the disorder.

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[NyikoDoris]

royals: *marry their relatives*
haemophilia: hey YOU-

[elydoraonate]

The most royal tradition: marrying Their own family members

[CamaroAmx]

The wonderful royal family tree that resembles more of a telephone pole then a tree for it does not fork.

[NewMessage]

"She did have eyes, after all.."
Considering her genetics, one could be forgiven for not assuming that as a given, though.

[barbara]

So basically Bran Stark’s parent’s weren’t related, considering he survived that fall.

[heatherjones]

I was born in ‘85 with Hemophilia and my brother, born in ‘87, also has it. This video was great! It mentioned Hemophiliac’s contracting AIDS, which a cousin of mine with Hemophilia contracted and passed away from. I was fortunate to dodge AIDS but did contract Hepatitis C from a transfusion when I was a toddler. That virus was also nasty and destroyed my liver. I had a liver transplant nine years ago and am no longer a Hemophiliac. It is always surreal to watch a video like this about something that has completely defined my life. Great work Weird History!

(I just realized I am signed in with my wife’s YouTube account...)

[raayaswidler]

The ever powerful and strong royals of the past died from tripping. Nice.

[skrgrlteen]

Is it just me or does the narrator has an heir of sarcasm in his voice? Especially felt when describing unfortunate or otherwise sad things. ?

[kaitlynyates]

I would like to learn about Korean Royals.

[kyleschultze]

My great grandfather had hemophilia and he was really afraid of having a daughter because he new that there was a good chance the disease would be passed down through her. But luckily he only had two sons so it stopped there. unfortunately he was one of the victims of a bad blood transfusion in the 1980s.

[MichelleIbarraMHAEdD]

"For one, it's gross..." 🤣😂

[readifsussy]

Imagine playfully punching your friend and then having them straight up die of internal hemorrhaging

[chloek]

A friend said genetic issues have run through her family since her grandparents got then they found out they were siblings....

[Nmdixon-cuvm]

Idea for weird history if it hasn’t been covered yet: the trend of taking family photos of people after they died; example mother, father and a dead daughter.

[areiaaphrodite]

Just clarifying, they showed Leopold's son and inferred that he was the haemophilia baby that died at 2 from a fall but in actuality, Leopold's son Charles lived to be 69 and died from cancer.
The grandson that died at 2 was Princess Alice's son, Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine. Furthermore, it wasn't a just candid fall he had. He fell out of a Palace window, 20 feet down! Yes, he had haemophilia but I think any 2 year old child would die from a fall like that.

[laurac]

Moral of the story, don’t marry your family 🤣🤣

[MissLiss]

Ra Ra Rasputin lover of the Russian queen...

[JordanT]

Can I just say thank you for covering this topic. My family have the rare blood disorder and my father (aged 54) specifically understands as we have/carry the rarer type B. It is currently an issue in the UK, there is an inquiry into the NHS and government regarding 70s/80s blood used in the UK, bought from USA. Our government knew and willingly gave the blood to UK population without informing them that the blood was poisoned with viruses. If anyone sees this video and reads my comment, thank you. Awareness of both the blood disorder and the inquiry are very welcome. Finally thankyou weird history for covering this topic.

[rainevermore]

"All this tragedy may sound like it's the fault of women... and it is."

I don't know why I laughed at that.

[icefyer]

I lost it at the term "genetic rampage", and lost it again at the "genetic reign of terror".