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Funky little Habsburgs (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Explanation: The Habsburgs were a royal dynasty of Europe that controlled much of the continent in the 1500s-1600s AD. Like many royal and noble dynasties, they practiced extensive intermarriage within the family in order to keep lands and titles from passing outside of the family's hands by unfortunate inheritances. This led to some... genetically interesting results

[–] shalafi 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Of course they're still around. All the royal families inter-married, their family trees resemble wreaths